Archaeologies of the Middle East : critical perspectives
Susan Pollock (Editor), Reinhard Bernbeck (Editor)
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
History
1 online resource (xi, 363 pages) : illustrations, maps
9781405137232, 9780631230007, 9780631230014, 1405137231, 0631230009, 0631230017
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A cultural-historical framework / Reinhard Bernbeck and Susan Pollock
Producing and disseminating knowledge about the ancient Near East / Reinhard Bernbeck and Susan Pollock
Who has not eaten cherries with the devil? archaeology under challenge / Caroline Steele
Archaeology and nationalism in the Holy Land / Adel Yahya
Archaeology goes to war at the newstand / Susan Pollock
The past as fact or fiction from historical novels to novel histories / Reinhard Bernbeck
Reassessing evolutionary "firsts" / Reinhard Bernbeck and Susan Pollock
Bleeding or breeding : Neandertals vs. early modern humans in the middle Paleolithic Levant / John Shea
Lumps of clay and pieces of stone : ambiguity, bodies, and identity as portrayed in neolithic figurines / Ian Kuijt and Meredith Chesson
The state : the process of state formation as seen from Mesopotamia / Jean-Daniel Forest
Archaeology, Bible, and the history of the Levant in the Iron Age / Israel Finkelstein
Imperialism / Mario Liverani
Constructing arguments, understanding perceptions / Reinhard Bernbeck and Susan Pollock
Ethnoarchaeology, analogy, and ancient society / Marc Verhoeven
The ancient Sumerians in the tides of time / Petr Charvát
Reliquaries on the landscape : mounds as matrices of human cognition / Sharon Steadman
Archaeology and texts in the ancient Near East / Paul Zimansky
Representations, reality, and ideology / Jennifer Ross
English