Print version: Harland, James M. Ethnic Identity and the Archaeology of the Aduentus Saxonum Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press,c2021
Cover -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- Historical Approaches to the aduentus Saxonum -- A Note on Terminology -- The Structure of the Book -- A Note on Contemporary Political Resonances -- 2 Ethnicity and Archaeology -- Ethnicity: General Conception and Theorisation -- Ethnic Theorisation and Archaeology -- Ethnicity in Anglo-Saxon Archaeology -- The Freiburg School -- 3 Empiricism and Metaphysics -- Differential Ontology -- Derridean Deconstruction -- Deleuze, Guattari, and the Rhizome -- Applying Differential Ontology -- Earlier Applications of Differential Ontology to Archaeological Interpretation -- Some Final Methodological Principles -- Selecting and Approaching the Case Studies -- 4 Deconstructing Anglo-Saxon Archaeology -- Introduction -- John Hines and Culture History -- Catherine Hills: The Migration Debate -- Sam Lucy: ’Deconstructing’ Ethnicity? -- Howard Williams: Remembering ’Germans’ and ’Ancestors’? -- James Gerrard: Ethnicities or ’Ideologies’? -- Toby Martin: The Cruciform Brooch and ’Anglian’ Identity -- Conclusion -- 5 The Material Evidence Reconsidered -- Critical Issues -- A Summary of the Present Evidence Base and Problems with Its Use -- ’Germanic’ Artwork? The Saxon Relief Style and Salin’s Style I -- Searching for Ethnicity in ’Folk’ Costume and Weapon Burials -- Non-Empirical Uses of Data in Action -- Conclusion -- 6 Building an Alternative -- The Case Studies -- Wider Implications from the Case Studies -- The End of Roman Rule in Britain and the Transformation of the Roman World -- ’Re-use’ of Roman Material -- Conclusion -- 7 New Approaches and Final Reflections -- New Approaches to Communal Organisation -- Avenues for Further Research -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index.