Dear All,
I propose to add the following to the scope note of Period:
Settlements and populations in their diachronic identity are
also regarded as Periods.
Argument:
E.g. "This object is from Heraklion"
can have two interpretations:
A) It was found within the city limits at the time of finding.
In that case Heraklion denotes a Place, but only, if identified
at a specific instance of time.
B) It is a product or trading good of the city.
What is the city? people change, buildings change, borders change.
The diachronic identity can neither be Stuff, Actor, Place.
Therefore I regard it as a contiguous set of phenomena, a Period.
I have so far not found any conflict with this interpretation.
A "community" would be an Actor. I would however not identify the
Greek, Sarazene, Byzantine, Venetian, Turkish, and again Greek
community of Heraklion as one Actor. But despite discontinuity in
will, sef-understood identity and influence, there is continuity
in settlement.
I think this explanation has been used by us, but not been formulated.
Martin
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