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Agency and Identity in the Ancient Near East
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Agency and Identity in the Ancient Near East

New Paths Forward

Agency and Identity in the Ancient Near East

New Paths Forward

BySharon R. Steadman, Jennifer C. Ross
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2010
eBook Published 1 April 2016
Pub. location London
Imprint Routledge
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.4324/9781315539256
Pages 216 pages
eBook ISBN 9781315539256
SubjectsHumanities
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Steadman, S., Ross, J. (2010). Agency and Identity in the Ancient Near East. London: Routledge, https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315539256

Agency theory examines the relationship between individuals or groups when one party is doing work on behalf of another. 'Agency and Identity in the Ancient Near East' offers a theoretical study of agency and identity in Near Eastern archaeology, an area which until now has been largely ignored by archaeologists. The book explores how agency theory can be employed in reconstructing the meaning of spaces and material culture, how agency and identity intersect, and how the availability of a textual corpus may impact on the agency approach. Ranging from the Neolithic to the Islamic period, 'Agency and Identity in the Ancient Near East' covers sites located in Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Palestine, and Israel. The volume includes contributions from philology, art, history, computer simulation studies, materials science, and the archaeology of settlement and architecture.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|10 pages
Agency and Identity in the Ancient Near East
New Paths Forward
WithJennifer C. Ross, Sharon R. Steadman
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part I|49 pages
The Agency of Place
chapter 2|14 pages
Movement Across the Landscape and Residential Stability
Agency and Place in the Southern Levantine Early Bronze Age *
WithJennifer E. Jones
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chapter 3|20 pages
Agency, Architecture, and Archaeology
Prehistoric Settlements in Central Anatolia
WithSharon R. Steadman
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chapter 4|13 pages
Agents in Motion
WithScott Branting
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part II|66 pages
The Agency of Daily Practice
chapter 5|17 pages
Subsistence Actions at Çatalhöyük *
WithNerissa Russell, Amy Bogaard
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chapter 6|19 pages
The Scribal Artifact
Technological Innovation in the Uruk Period
WithJennifer C. Ross
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chapter 7|18 pages
Shared Painting
The Practice of Decorating Late Neolithic Pottery in Northern Mesopotamia *
WithA. Gabriela Castro Gessner
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chapter 8|10 pages
Early Islamic Pottery
Evidence of a Revolution in Diet and Dining Habits?
WithJodi Magness
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part III|63 pages
The Agency of Power
chapter 9|19 pages
Material Culture and Identity
Assyrians, Aramaeans, and the Indigenous Peoples of Iron Age Southeastern Anatolia *
WithTimothy Matney
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chapter 10|18 pages
Object Agency?
Spatial Perspective, Social Relations, and the Stele of Hammurabi *
WithMarian H. Feldman
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chapter 11|15 pages
Akkad and Agency, Archaeology and Annals
Considering Power and Intent in Third-Millennium BCE Mesopotamia
WithAnne Porter
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chapter 12|9 pages
Agency, Identity, and the Hittite State
WithGregory McMahon
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part IV|10 pages
Beyond Agency
chapter 13|8 pages
Beyond Agency
Identity and Individuals in Archaeology *
WithA. Bernard Knapp
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