Human Mobility in Archaeology: Practices, Representations and Meanings

It has been abundantly demonstrated that theories and paradigms in the humanities are influenced by historical, economic and socio-cultural conditions, which have profoundly influenced archaeology’s representation of migration. This was mostly conceived as the study of the movement of large and homogenous population groups, whose identity was often represented as ethnically characterized. The present-day shift of attention from collective to individual agency and the countless facets of migration goes hand in hand with new socio-political and cultural scenarios such as the extraordinary migratory flows into Europe, shifting boundaries, alternative forms of citizenship and identity, and the emergence of emotive reactionism. The third volume of Ex Novo gathers multidisciplinary contributions addressing mobility to understand patterns of change and continuity in past worlds; reconsider the movement of people, objects, and ideas alongside mobile epistemologies, such as intellectual, scholarly or educative traditions, rituals, practices, religions and theologies; and provide insights into the multifaceted relationship between mobile practices and their shared meanings and how they are represented socially and politically.

Table of Contents

Editorial: Practices, Representations and Meanings of Human Mobility in Archaeology – by Maja GORI, Martina REVELLO LAMI & Alessandro PINTUCCI

Mobility during the Upper Palaeolithic Greece: Some Suggestions for the Argolid Peninsula – by Paraskevi ELEFANTI & Gilbert MARSHALL

Greek Migrations along the Ionian Coast (Southern Italy) – by Maurizio CRUDO

Variation in Material Culture: Adoption of Greek Ceramics in an Indigenous Sicilian Site (8th century BC) – by Anna RAUDINO

The Jewish Diaspora in the Roman Empire. Diaspora, Social Agents and Social Networks: Towards the Creation of a New Analytical Toolkit – by Maria ALVAREZ-FOLGADO

A Road to Firuzabad – by Domiziana ROSSI

Exploring Immigrant Identities: The Link between Portuguese Ceramics and Sephardic Immigrants in 17th Century Amsterdam – by Marijn STOLK

From War Material Culture to Popular Heritage, and Beyond. The PSP “Cancelli di Venosa” as paradigms of Object Biography Theory – by Jesus GARCIA SANCHEZ

Review: A. Falcone & A. D’Eredita (eds.) ARCHEOSOCIAL L’Archeologia Riscrive il Web: Esperienze, Strategie e Buone Pratiche, Rende (CS): Dielle Editore, 2018, 195 pp. – reviewed by Paola DI GIUSEPPANTONIO DI FRANCO