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Author Dietler, Michael.

Title Archaeologies of Colonialism : Consumption, Entanglement, and Violence in Ancient Mediterranean France.

Publication Info. Berkeley : University of California Press, 2010.

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Description 1 online resource (950 pages)
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Contents Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1: The Cup of Gyptis; 2: Archaeologies of Colonialism; 3: Consumption, Entanglement, and Colonialism; 4: Social, Cultural, and Political Landscapes; 5: Trade and Traders; 6: A History of Violence; 7: Culinary Encounters; 8: Constructed Spaces: Landscapes of: Everyday Life and Ritual; 9: Conclusion and Imperial Epilogue; Notes; References; Index.
Summary This book presents a theoretically informed, up-to-date study of interactions between indigenous peoples of Mediterranean France and Etruscan, Greek, and Roman colonists during the first millennium BC. Analyzing archaeological data and ancient texts, Michael Dietler explores these colonial encounters over six centuries, focusing on material culture, urban landscapes, economic practices, and forms of violence. He shows how selective consumption linked native societies and colonists and created transformative relationships for each. Archaeologies of Colonialism also examines the role these ancie.
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Subject Social archaeology -- Gaul.
Social archaeology.
Gaul -- Colonization.
Gaul -- Ethnic relations.
Colonization -- Social aspects -- Gaul -- History.
Colonization -- Social aspects.
History.
Colonization.
Acculturation -- Gaul -- History.
Acculturation.
Consumption (Economics) -- Gaul -- History.
Consumption (Economics)
Violence -- Gaul -- History.
Violence.
Gaul -- Antiquities.
France -- Antiquities.
France.
Antiquities.
Mediterranean Region -- Antiquities.
Mediterranean Region.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Dietler, Michael. Archaeologies of Colonialism : Consumption, Entanglement, and Violence in Ancient Mediterranean France. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2010 9780520265516
ISBN 9780520947948 (electronic book)
0520947940 (electronic book)