ABSTRACT
Examines the critical implications of cultural identity from a variety of perspectives. Questions the nature and limits of archaeological knowledge of the past and the relationship of material culture to cultural identity.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
OBJECTIVITY, INTERESTS AND CULTURAL DIFFERENCE IN ARCHAEOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION
chapter 2|9 pages
The Vandals: myths and facts about a Germanic tribe of the first half of the 1st millennium AD
JES MARTENS
chapter 4|18 pages
An epistemological enquiry into some archaeological and historical interpretations of 17th century Native American-European relations
MICHAEL S.NASSANEY
part |2 pages
CULTURAL IDENTITY AND ITS MATERIAL EXPRESSION IN THE PAST AND THE PRESENT
chapter 10|11 pages
Patterns of learning, residence and descent among potters in Ticul, Yucatan, Mexico
DEAN E.ARNOLD
chapter 12|12 pages
Ancient ethnic groups as represented on bronzes from Yunnan, China
WANG NINGSHENG
chapter 14|9 pages
Ethnicity and traditions in Mesolithic mortuary practices of southern Scandinavia
LARS LARSSON
part |2 pages
THE GENESIS, MAINTENANCE AND DISAPPEARANCE OF ETHNICITY AND CULTURAL VARIATION
chapter 16|9 pages
Who is what? A preliminary enquiry into cultural and physical identity
CAROL W.HILL
chapter 22|15 pages
An ethnic change or a socio-economic one? The 5th and 6th centuries AD in the Polish lands
ZBIGNIEW KOBYLÍNSKI
