The Hellenistic Far East: archaeology, language and identity in Greek Central Asia
- Submitting institution
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The University of Reading
- Unit of assessment
- 29 - Classics
- Output identifier
- 40059
- Type
- A - Authored book
- DOI
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- Publisher
- University of California Press
- ISBN
- 9780520281271
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
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- Year of publication
- 2014
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- Yes
- Number of additional authors
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0
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- Yes
- Double-weighted statement
- This 230 page book, arising from research from 2002-12, is one of the very few serious academic monographs published on the Hellenistic East in the last century, and revolutionizes the field. It is interdisciplinary, drawing on archaeology and texts in several languages (Aramaic, Bactrian, Greek and Prakrit) and applying innovative perspectives from social theory. The sources are complex, because owing to the war in Afghanistan most archaeological sites there were never fully investigated or published, and access to sites and archives remains difficult. In addition, important but unprovenanced material emerged onto the antiquities market only in the early 2000s.
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
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- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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