Archaeologies of the Middle East: Critical Perspectives

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Susan Pollock, Reinhard Bernbeck
John Wiley & Sons, 9 feb 2009 - 384 páginas
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
 

Índice

1 Introduction
1
2 A CulturalHistorical Framework
11
Part I Producing and Disseminating Knowledge About the Ancient Near East
41
3 Who Has Not Eaten Cherries with the Devil? Archaeology under Challenge
45
4 Archaeology and Nationalism in Holy Land
66
5 Archaeology Goes to War at the Newsstand
78
From Historical Novels to Novel Histories
97
Part II Reassessing Evolutionary Firsts
123
10 Archaeology Bible and the History of the Levant in the Iron Age
207
11 Imperialism
223
Part III Constructing Arguments Understanding Perceptions
245
12 Ethnoarchaeology Analogy and Ancient Society
251
13 The Ancient Sumerians in the Tides of Time
271
Mounds as Matrices of Human Cognition
286
15 Archaeology and Texts in the Ancient Near East
308
16 Representations Reality and Ideology
327

Neandertals vs Early Modern Humans in the Middle Paleolithic Levant
129
Ambiguity Bodies and Identity as Portrayed in Neolithic Figurines
152
The Process of State Formation as Seen from Mesopotamia
184

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Sobre el autor (2009)

Susan Pollock is Professor of Anthropology at Binghamton University, with a specialty in archaeology of the Middle East. She has conducted fieldwork in Iran, Turkey, and Iraq. Her research contributes to studies of political economy, ideology and representation, and archaeology in the media.


Reinhard Bernbeck is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Binghamton University. His specialty is the archaeology of the ancient Near East. He has directed and participated in field projects in Syria, Jordan, Turkey, and Iran. He is interested in historiography and theories of praxis and also remains committed to a historical materialist view of the past.

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