Alfie Garland | University of Bristol (original) (raw)
Researcher investigating the distribution and evolution of decorated ostrich egg luxuries in the Mediterranean and Near Eastern Bronze/Iron Ages. Special interest attached to all things luxury, Phoenician, or hybridised.
Currently working towards an MPhil at the University of Bristol, graduate of the University of Edinburgh (MA (Hons)).
Supervisors: Dr. Tamar Hodos and Dr. J. Andrew Dufton
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The Mediterranean Iron Age saw the inception of technological and cultural developments that gave... more The Mediterranean Iron Age saw the inception of technological and cultural developments that gave rise to civilisations that would define the future of Europe the Mediterranean, and thereby the world. Amongst these were the Phoenicians, an originally Levantine people that spread throughout the Mediterranean coastlines. Their identity has been constantly influenced by external sources, with limited evidence from their perspective to offer a true insight into perceptions of their own culture. This paper will assess the receptions of Phoenicia throughout time, redressing their identity from that of a cultural scapegoat, filling the narrative as required. The Phoenicians have been characterised by their developments and the reception of them, often identifying them as singular items, cultures, or technologies, ignorant of the mutable, lived nature of their identity that was as diverse as their geographical range. Consideration will be given to a range of material and literary evidence to demonstrate that the static recreations of Phoenicia are a manufactured identity with little resemblance to the mobile Phoenicians of the ancient world.
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The Mediterranean Iron Age saw the inception of technological and cultural developments that gave... more The Mediterranean Iron Age saw the inception of technological and cultural developments that gave rise to civilisations that would define the future of Europe the Mediterranean, and thereby the world. Amongst these were the Phoenicians, an originally Levantine people that spread throughout the Mediterranean coastlines. Their identity has been constantly influenced by external sources, with limited evidence from their perspective to offer a true insight into perceptions of their own culture. This paper will assess the receptions of Phoenicia throughout time, redressing their identity from that of a cultural scapegoat, filling the narrative as required. The Phoenicians have been characterised by their developments and the reception of them, often identifying them as singular items, cultures, or technologies, ignorant of the mutable, lived nature of their identity that was as diverse as their geographical range. Consideration will be given to a range of material and literary evidence to demonstrate that the static recreations of Phoenicia are a manufactured identity with little resemblance to the mobile Phoenicians of the ancient world.
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