Archaeologies of the Middle East
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Archaeologies of the Middle East

Critical Perspectives

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Archaeologies of the Middle East

Critical Perspectives

About this book

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

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Yes, you can access Archaeologies of the Middle East by Susan Pollock, Reinhard Bernbeck, Susan Pollock,Reinhard Bernbeck in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & Archaeology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Year
2009
Print ISBN
9780631230014, 9780631230007
eBook ISBN
9781405137232
Edition
1
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Archaeology
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. List of Figures
  2. List of Tables
  3. List of Contributors
  4. Series Editors’ Preface
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. 1. Introduction
  7. 2. A Cultural-Historical Framework
  8. Part I. Producing and Disseminating Knowledge About the Ancient Near East
  9. 3. Who Has Not Eaten Cherries with the Devil? Archaeology under Challenge
  10. 4. Archaeology and Nationalism in Holy Land
  11. 5. Archaeology Goes to War at the Newsstand
  12. 6. The Past as Fact and Fiction: From Historical Novels to Novel Histories
  13. Part II. Reassessing Evolutionary “Firsts”
  14. 7. Bleeding or Bleeding: Neandertals vs. Early Modern Humans in the Middle Paleolithic Levant
  15. 8. Lumps of Clay and Pieces of Stone: Ambiguity, Bodies, and Identity as Portrayed in Neolithic Figurines
  16. 9. The State: The Process of State Formation as Seen from Mesopotamia
  17. 10. Archaeology, Bible, and the History of the Levant in the Iron Age
  18. 11. Imperialism
  19. Part III. Constructing Arguments, Understanding Perceptions
  20. 12. Ethnoarchaeology, Analogy, and Ancient Society
  21. 13. The Ancient Sumerians in the Tides of Time
  22. 14. Reliquaries on the Landscape: Mounds as Matrices of Human Cognition
  23. 15. Archaeology and Texts in the Ancient Near East
  24. 16. Representations, Reality, and Ideology
  25. Index