This volume explores the theme
of ethnicity and ethnogenesis in societies of the ancient world. Its
starting point is the current view in the social and historical sciences
of ethnicity as a subjective construct that is shaped through
interaction with an ethnic 'other'. The 13 essays collected in this
volume are based on the analysis of historical, epigraphic and
archaeological source material and thematically range from Archaic
Greece to Early Mediaeval Western Europe. Despite frequent claims by
ethnic groups to the contrary, all ethnic formations are intrinsically
unstable and dynamic over time. Much of this dynamism is to be
understood in close association with conflict, violence and changing
constellations of power. The explicit theoretical framework, together
with the wide range of case-studies makes this volume indispensable for
historians, archaeologists and social scientists with an interest in the
ancient world.
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