Archaeology of Ethnicity

'Sian Jones develops here a new framework for the analysis of ethnicity in archaeology that has methodological, interpretative and political implications.' – Minerva'...powerful and definitive...' – New ScientistIn critically picking a way through the confusing history of ideas and theories, The Archaeology of Ethnicity offers a timely and much-needed synthesis and critique. With coherence and style, this book illustrates how far archaeology has come in recognising the relativity of ethnicity and the distance it still has to travel.' – Times Literary Supplement'This volume makes a valuable contribution to the discussion of ethnicity in archaeology, and is a 'must' for archaeologists considering aspects of ethnic identity.' – The Archaeological Journal'This book is useful because it summarises a long and complicated discussion of ethnicity and attempts to apply it to archaeology.' – ARC'This is an useful introduction to current social theories of ethnicity and a concise summary of archaeological approaches to it. It deserves to be widely raed and ought to form a springboard for further exploration.' – Antiquity'This book is useful because it summarises a long and complicated discussion of ethnicity and attempts to apply it to archaeology.' – Archaeological Review, Cambridge'A remarkable book and a welcome contribution to archaeological and anthropological reasoning about ethnicity and cultural identity. It is warmly recommended and deserves a wide readership far beyond our own disciplinary boundaries.' – Norwegian Journal of Archaeology

• List of figures, Preface, Definitions, 1 Introduction, 2 The archaeological identification of peoples and cultures, 3 Taxonomies of difference: the classification of peoples in the human sciences, 4 Ethnicity: the conceptual and theoretical terrain, 5 Multidimensional ethnicity: towards a contextual analytical framework, 6 Ethnicity and material culture: towards a theoretical basis for the interpretation of ethnicity in archaeology, 7 Conclusions: constructing identities in the past and the present, Notes, References, Index