Archaeologies of Colonialism - Consumption, Entanglement, Violence in Ancient Mediterranean France

"Archaeologies of Colonialism contributes to a new understanding of a very large body of material. Its publication will be welcomed by historians and archaeologists who study ancient Greek and Roman colonialism, Mediterranean trade, and Iron Age Europe."—Peter S. Wells, author of The Battle that Stopped Rome

"Dietler examines colonial encounters and entanglements through a variety of lenses (consumption, violence, space), elegantly deploying the rich archaeology and history of the Western Mediterranean, an antiquity that shaped our very notions of the colonial experience. This is a book as complex and nuanced as the process it explores."—Susan E. Alcock, Brown University

About the author

Michael Dietler is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Chicago and the author of Consumption and Colonial Encounters in the Rhone Basin of France.

Summary

Analyzing archaeological data and ancient texts, this book explores these colonial encounters over six centuries, focusing on material culture, urban landscapes, economic practices, and forms of violence. It also shows how selective consumption linked native societies and colonists and created transformative relationships for each.

Additional text

“Substantial and highly informative. . . . A detailed study.”

Product details

• Authors: Michael Dietler, Dietler Michael, Michael Dietler
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2015
• EAN: 9780520287570
• ISBN: 978-0-520-28757-0
• No. of pages: 480
• Subjects: Guides > Food & drink > General, dictionaries, tables; Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Cultural Studies, France, prehistory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Indigenous Studies, Indigenous Peoples, Ancient World, Relating to indigenous peoples, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Archaeology by period / region, Prehistoric archaeology