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9781405137232

Archaeologies of the Middle East: Critical Perspectives

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  • ISBN13:

    9781405137232

  • ISBN10:

    1405137231

  • Format: eBook
  • Copyright: 2009-02-01
  • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary

Archaeologies of the Middle East provides an innovative introduction to the archaeology of this fascinating region and a window on both its past and present. Written by some of the top archaeologists of the Middle East: scholars from diverse backgrounds with a wide range of interests and intellectual approaches Coverage spans 100,000 years: from the Paleolithic to Hellenistic times Explores the connections between modern-day politics and the social context of archaeological practice and various underutilized approaches to archaeological interpretation Designed for student use

Table of Contents

List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Contributors
Series Editors' Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
A Cultural-Historical Framework
Producing and Disseminating Knowledge About the Ancient Near East
Who Has Not Eaten Cherries with the Devil? Archaeology under Challenge
Archaeology and Nationalism in the Holy Land
Archaeology Goes to War at the Newstand
The Past as Fact and Fiction: From Historical Novels to Novel Histories
Reassessing Evolutionary ôFirstsö
Bleeding or Breeding: Neandertals vs. Early Modern Humans in the Middle Paleolithic Levant
Lumps of Clay and Pieces of Stone: Ambiguity, Bodies, and Identity as Portrayed in Neolithic Figurines
The State: The Process of State Formation as Seen from Mesopotamia
Archaeology, Bible, and the History of the Levant in the Iron Age
Imperialism
Constructing Arguments, Understanding Perceptions
Ethnoarchaeology, Analogy, and Ancient Society
The Ancient Sumerians in the Tides of Time
Reliquaries on the Landscape: Mounds as Matrices of Human Cognition
Archaeology and Texts in the Ancient Near East
Representations, Reality, and Ideology
Index
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