Ethnic Identity in Greek Antiquity
Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of figures -- Preface and acknowledgements -- Abbreviations used in the text and bibliography -- 1 Phrasing the problem -- Introduction -- The Dorians in a 'sociology of knowledge' -- 2 The nature and expression of ethnicity: an anthropological view -- The rise and fall of instrumentalism -- Denning the ethnic group -- The genesis and maintenance of ethnic groups -- Summary -- 3 The discursive dimension of ethnic identity -- Ethnic groups in ancient Greece -- Myths of ethnic origins -- The Athenians: Ionians or autochthons? -- Dorians and Herakleidai -- Conclusion -- 4 Ethnography and genealogy: an Argolic case-study -- The ethnic populations of the Argolid -- The genealogies of the Argolid -- Decoding the genealogical grammar -- Staking the Heraklid claim -- Ethnicity and cult: Hera, Herakles and the Herakleidai -- Conclusion -- 5 Ethnicity and archaeology -- Excavating the ethnic group -- Archaeology and the 'Dorian invasion' -- Ethnic groups and archaeological cultures -- The archaeology of social praxis -- Conclusion -- 6 Ethnicity and linguistics -- Scripts and alphabets -- Greek dialect history: a synopsis -- Problematising linguistic diversity -- The Greek attitude to dialect -- The role of language in ethnicity -- Conclusion -- 7 Conclusion -- Chronological table -- Chronological table of authors cited in the text -- Bibliography -- Index