Agency and Identity in the Ancient Near East - New Paths Forward (Hardcover)

Concepts of agency and identity have penetrated very little into practices and research agendas in Near Eastern archaeology. This volume addresses this lack, and initiates a new level of theoretical discourse in the field. Several themes run throughout the chapters in the volume, including: how agency theory can be employed in reconstructing the meaning of spaces and material culture; how agency and identity intersect and how archaeologists might investigate this intersection; how the availability of a textual corpus may impact the agency approach. An overarching goal of this volume is to advance the theoretical discourse within archaeology, and particularly among practitioners of archaeology in the Near East. The volume is interdisciplinary, including contributions derived from the fields of philology, art history, computer simulation studies, materials science, and the archaeology of settlement, architecture, and empire. It offers chapters ranging in time from the Neolithic to the Islamic period, and covers cultures and sites located in the present-day regions of Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Palestine, and Israel.

General

Imprint:	Equinox Publishing Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 2010
First published:	2010
Authors:	Sharon R. Steadman • Jennifer Cross
Dimensions:	254 x 178 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	216
ISBN-13:	978-1-84553-443-1
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Archaeology by period / region > General
LSN:	1-84553-443-3
Barcode:	9781845534431

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