van Dommelen, P. (2012) Colonialism and migration in the ancient Mediterranean. Annual Review of Anthropology, 41, pp. 393-409. (doi: 10.1146/annurev-anthro-081309-145758)
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Abstract
People and their material culture have moved across the Mediterranean since early prehistory. By the early first millennium BC, a crucial step change occurred, when people began to establish permanent settlements overseas and migrated in substantial numbers. This article focuses on the critical centuries of the Iron Age to examine how thinking about colonialism and migration in the Mediterranean has changed in recent decades. Because Mediterranean and Classical archaeology have always paid more attention to the ‘colonial’ settlements founded than to the people who migrated, this article begins with an examination of ‘colonial terminology’ to assess its conceptual roots and the influences of modern colonialism and nationalism. This leads to a discussion of approaches to migration and colonialism in recent decades and consideration of current postcolonial views of colonial situations and (material) culture. The article concludes with a brief survey of potential connections between migration studies and Mediterranean colonialism.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Keywords: | Migration, colonialism, archaeology, Mediterranean |
| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | van Dommelen, Prof Peter |
| Authors: | van Dommelen, P. |
| Subjects: | C Auxiliary Sciences of History > CC Archaeology D History General and Old World > DE The Mediterranean Region. The Greco-Roman World |
| College/School: | College of Arts & Humanities > School of Humanities > Archaeology |
| Research Group: | Mediterranean Archaeology |
| Journal Name: | Annual Review of Anthropology |
| Publisher: | Annual Reviews |
| ISSN: | 0084-6570 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1545-4290 |
| Published Online: | 02 July 2012 |
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