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9780897570336

An Asor Mosaic: A Centennial History of the American Schools of Oriental Research, 1900-2000

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  • ISBN13:

    9780897570336

  • ISBN10:

    0897570332

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2002-05-01
  • Publisher: Amer School of Oriental
  • Purchase Benefits
List Price: $75.00

Summary

A pictorial history of the first century of research and discovery in the Near East by the American Schools of Oriental Research. It is designed to complement Philip King's earlier work, American Archaeology in the Middle East, and features photos and essays commemorating the activities of ASOR and its affiliated overseas centers through to the close of the twentieth century.

Table of Contents

Foreword vi
P. E. MacAllister
Editor's Preface vii
Joe D. Seger
Key Sources ix
About the Authors x
Tabula Congratulatoria xi
Centennial Keynote Address xiii
Hon. Thomas R. Pickering
ASOR: A History of the American Schools of Oriental Research 1900-2000
The First Eight Decades
3(31)
Eric M. Meyers
The New ASOR 1975-2000
34(44)
Joe D. Seger
Celebrating a Century
78(47)
Joe D. Seger
ASOR Appended Lists: Officers, Board of Trustees, Staff, Institutional Members, Appointees 1970-2000, CAP Affiliated Projects 1970-2000
104(21)
AIAR: A History of the W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research, Jerusalem, Israel 1967-2000
Rebuilding the House that Albright Built
125(114)
Jeffrey A. Blakely
AIAR Appended Lists: Officers, Board of Trustees, Staff, Appointees, Assisted Research Projects
218(21)
ACOR: A History of the American Center of Oriental Research, Amman, Jordan 1968-2000
The ACOR Odyssey
239(80)
Nancy Lapp
ACOR Appended Lists: Officers, Board of Trustees, Staff, Appointees, Assisted Research Projects
301(18)
CAARI: A History of the Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute, Nicosia, Cyprus 1978-2000
The House of the Dancing Bird
319
Stuart Swiny
CAARI Appended Lists: Officers, Board of Trustees, Staff, Appointees, Assisted Research Projects
368

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