Colonial constructs

Colonialism and archaeology in the Mediterranean

Bibliographic Data

ID3919590
AuthorsPeter Van Dommelen (0000-0003-0970-6651, Leiden University, corresponding author)
Year1997
Volume28
Issue3
Pages305-323
Publication date1997-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueWorld Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0043-8243 • E-ISSN: 1470-1375
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00438243.1997.9980350
OpenAlexW2147985646
LanguageEN
Citations received104
References cited19

This paper first explores colonialist traditions in Mediterranean archaeology: it exposes the relationships between representations of ancient colonial situations in the Mediterranean and the recent context of modern (neo-)imperialism in which Classical Archaeology was formed as a discipline and in which many archaeologists have been working. It is argued that dualist representations of colonialism must be abandoned. As an alternative, the postcolonial concept of hybridity is introduced as a useful starting point for examining the more mundane and less polarized dimensions of colonial situations. Such an alternative postcolonial interpretation of Carthaginian colonialism in west central Sardinia during the fifth to third centuries BC is expounded in the second part of the paper. Keywords: Hybridizationpostcolonial perspectivesClassical ArchaeologyMediterraneanCarthageSardinia

Archaeology · Colonialism · Context (archaeology · Ethnology · Hybridity · Interpretation (philosophy · Linguistics · Mediterranean climate · Sociology · Anthropology · Classical Antiquity Studies · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Philosophy

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