Human Identities in the Archaeological Record
Interdisciplinary Perspectives from Late Antiquity to the Modern Period
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Product details:
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
- Date of Publication 11 June 2026
- ISBN 9781350536241
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages288 pages
- Size 236x162x20 mm
- Weight 580 g
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- Illustrations 46 bw illus 700
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Short description:
Interdisciplinary case studies from across the globe - spanning from Late Antiquity to the early modern period - analyse and interpret the archaeological record to detect and reconstruct human identities and diversity persistence.
MoreLong description:
Retracing the origin, development and survival of individual and collective identities in past human societies, this volume features a global and interdisciplinary range of case studies from Late Antiquity to the modern period covering a diversity of geographical and historical regions. The contributors delve into the archaeological record to detect not only biological and cultural affinity, but also evidence of diversity and 'otherness'. Through the lens of burial customs, dietary habits, biocultural changes, paleopathological evidence, everyday objects, built remains and belief systems, this book highlights archaeology's crucial role in unearthing, reconstructing and protecting long-established as well as forgotten - or even obliterated - identities, while also unveiling the recurrence of human values transcending space and time.
Organised by broad thematic sections, this collective body of work draws together perspectives from archaeology, bioarchaeology, zooarchaeology, forensic anthropology, archaeosciences, anthropology, historical archaeology and other disciplines. As a result, this book elucidates the importance of holistic approaches to the analysis of material culture and skeletal remains - often the only indisputable remnants of human survival and resilience.
Table of Contents:
List of Illustrations
List of Contributions
Introduction
Annamaria Diana (Independent Scholar, Ireland), Daniela Marcu-Istrate (Archaeology Institute V. Parvan, Ireland) and Alice Toso (University of Bonn, Germany)
Part I - Belonging, Resilience and Spirituality
1. Aksum and Beyond: Plurality, Hybridization and Religious Identity in the Horn of Africa
Gabriele Castiglia (Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology (PIAC) in Rome, Italy)
2. Martyrdom Narratives and Identity Formation at the Edge of the Roman Empire: The Case of Epictetus and Astion from Halmyris,
Ciprian Cretu (Anthropology Institute F. Rainer, Romania) and Dorian Andrei Soficaru (Anthropology Institute F. Rainer, Romania)
3. Irish Identities Reflected in Pre-famine Headstone Iconography
Gerry Mullins (Independent Scholar, Ireland)
Part II - Stories From the Burial Context
4. Marginalised Communities in Late Medieval Lisbon: A Multi-isotopic Diet and Mobility Study of the Rua Das Lagares 74 Necropolises
Rebecca Anne Macroberts (Hercules Laboratory and In2past, University of -voran Portugal), Lucy Shaw Evangelista (Independent Scholar, Portugal), Marina Louren-o (University of Coimbra, Portugal), Cristina Barrocas Dias (University of -vora, Portugal), Herm-nia Vasconcelos Vilar (University of -vora, Portugal), Bernd R. Sch-ne (University of Mainz, Germany), Anne-France Maurer (University De -vora, Portugal)
5. A History of Violence? Atypical and Deviant Burial Patterns at Turda Veche's Reformed Church Cemetery, Transylvania
Horatiu Dorin Groza (History Museum of Turda, Romania) and Annamaria Diana (Independent Scholar, Ireland)
6. Grips and Grip plates: Getting a Hold on Identity in Post-medieval Yorkshire, England
Diana Swales (University of Dundee, UK)
Part III - Biocultural Transitions
7. Exploring Transition and Identity Through an Interdisciplinary Study of the Third to Seventh Centuries CE Northamptonshire: a Theoretical Discussion
Alvaro Felipe Ortega-Gonz-lez (University of Leicester, UK)
8. Animals as Witness to Cultural Identities: The Spanish Imprint of the Colonization of the Americas
Aur-lie Manin (University of Bordeaux, France), No-mie Tomadini (National History Museum of Bordeaux, France) and Oph-lie Lebrasseur (Centre for Research on Biodiversity and the Environment, France)
9. The Taste of the Land: Isotopic Evidence of Urban and Rural Identities in Medieval Portugal Alice Toso (University of Bonn, Germany), Cleia Detry (University of Lisbon, Portgual), Ines Sim-o (Era Arqueologia SA, Portugal), Jaoquina Soares (University of Lisbon, Portgual), Ana Margarida Arruda (University of Lisbon, Portgual), and Michelle Alexander (University of York, UK)
10. Paddock to Plate at the Barracks: Meat Cuts as a Socioeconomic Indicator in Nineteenth-century Colonial Triabunna (Tasmania, Australia)
Madeleine E. Lucas (Independent Scholar, Australia), Sofia C. Samper Carro (Australian National University, Australia), D. A. Lenton (Australian National University, Australia), Catherine J. Frieman (Australian National University, Australia), and James L. Flexner (University of Sydney, Australia)
Part IV - Expressions of Individuality
11. New insights on the Identity of a Seventh-century Horse Rider. The Case of Grave 104 Bis from T-rgsor
Erwin G-ll (Archaeology Institute V. Parvan, Romania), Andrei Dorian Soficaru (Anthropology Institute F. Rainer, Romania), Ana Stefan, Andrei Magureanu (Institute of Archaeology 'Vasile P-rvan', Romania), Gergely Szenthe (Hungarian National Museum, Hungary) and Bogdan Ciuperca (Prahova County Museum of History and Archaeology, Romania)
12. Archaeological Storytelling, or Stories About the 'Other'? Cognitive Archaeology and its Potential to Understand Emotional Actions Toward the Deceased
Patrycja Godlewska (Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland)
13. Brick by Brick: Constructing Anthropomorphic Graves for the Early Nobility
Daniela Marcu-Istrate (Archaeology Institute V. Parvan, Romania)
14. 'In a community of pipes is a community of hearts': Glazed Tobacco Pipes as a Reflection of Identity
Ionu?-Cosmin Codrea (Museum of Dacian and Roman Civilisation, Romania)
Part V - Reclaiming and Protecting Identities
15. After the Storm: Counteracting the Impact of Catastrophic Weather Events on the Indigenous Archaeological Record with Creative Mitigating Solutions in the Midwestern United States
Elizabeth C. Reetz (University of Iowa, USA) and John F. Doershuk (University of Iowa, Archaeologist, USA)
16. The Roman-Catholic Bulgarians of Transylvania and the Franciscan Monastery in Vintu de Jos: Historical and Archaeological Evidence of an Eighteenth-century Diaspora
Sebastian Ovidiu Dobrota (Archaeology Institute V. Parvan, Romania)
17. Identity Without Context: Integrating Anthropological and Forensic Methods for the Analysis of Isolated Archaeological Skulls
Annamaria Diana (Independent Scholar, Ireland), Daniel O'Meara (Independent Scholar, Ireland) and Julieta G-mez Garc-a-Donas
Epilogue
Annamaria Diana (Independent Scholar, Ireland), Daniela Marcu-Istrate
(Archaeology Institute V. Parvan, Romania) and Alice Toso (University of Bonn, Germany)
Notes
Bibliography
Index
