UID:
almahu_9947415058402882
Format:
1 online resource (x, 278 pages) :
,
digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9780511552014 (ebook)
Content:
Social network analysis maps relationships and transactions between people and groups. This text was the first book-length application of this method to the ancient world, using the abundant documentary evidence from sixth-century Oxyrhynchos and Aphrodito in Egypt. Professor Ruffini combines a prosopographical survey of both sites with computer analyses of the topographical and social networks in their papyri. He thereby uncovers hierarchical social structures in Oxyrhynchos not present in Aphrodito, and is able for the first time to trace the formation of the famous Apion estate. He can also use quantitative techniques to locate the central players in the Aphrodito social landscape, allowing us to see past the family of Dioskoros to discover the importance of otherwise unknown figures. He argues that the apparent social differences between Oxyrhynchos and Aphrodito in fact represent different levels of geographic scale, both present within the same social model.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
,
Introduction -- The centralized elite of Oxyrhynchos -- The growth of the Apions -- Aphrodito and the strong ties of village society -- Quantifying Aphrodito's social network -- Conclusion.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9780521895378
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
Hochschulschrift
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511552014
URL:
Volltext
(URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
URL:
Volltext
(lizenzpflichtig)
Bookmarklink