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Archaeologies of the Middle East: Critical Perspectives

Susan Pollock (Editor), Reinhard Bernbeck (Editor)
ISBN: 978-0-631-23000-7
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384 pages
December 2004, Wiley-Blackwell
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List of Figures.

List of Tables.

List of Contributors.

Series Editors' Preface.

Acknowledgments.

1. Introduction: Susan Pollock and Reinhard Bernbeck (Binghamton University, SUNY; Binghamton University, SUNY).

2. A Cultural-Historical Framework: Reinhard Bernbeck and Susan Pollock.

Part I: Producing and Disseminating Knowledge About the Ancient Near East: Reinhard Bernbeck and Susan Pollock.

3. Who Has Not Eaten Cherries with the Devil? Archaeology under Challenge: Caroline Steele (Independent Scholar).

4. Archaeology and Nationalism in the Holy Land: Adel Yahya (Palestinian Association for Cultural Exchange).

5. Archaeology Goes to War at the Newstand: Susan Pollock.

6. The Past as Fact and Fiction: From Historical Novels to Novel Histories: Reinhard Bernbeck.

Part II: Reassessing Evolutionary “Firsts”: Reinhard Bernbeck and Susan Pollock.

7. Bleeding or Breeding: Neandertals vs. Early Modern Humans in the Middle Paleolithic Levant : John Shea (Stony Brook University, SUNY).

8. Lumps of Clay and Pieces of Stone: Ambiguity, Bodies, and Identity as Portrayed in Neolithic Figurines: Ian Kuijt and Meredith Chesson (University of Notre Dame; University of Notre Dame).

9. The State: The Process of State Formation as Seen from Mesopotamia: Jean-Daniel Forest (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris).

10. Archaeology, Bible, and the History of the Levant in the Iron Age: Israel Finkelstein (Institute of Archaeology, Tel Aviv University).

11. Imperialism: Mario Liverani (University of Rome).

Part III: Constructing Arguments, Understanding Perceptions: Reinhard Bernbeck and Susan Pollock.

12. Ethnoarchaeology, Analogy, and Ancient Society: Marc Verhoeven (University Museum, University of Tokyo).

13. The Ancient Sumerians in the Tides of Time: Petr Charvát (Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic and Charles University, Prague).

14. Reliquaries on the Landscape: Mounds as Matrices of Human Cognition: Sharon Steadman (SUNY Cortland).

15. Archaeology and Texts in the Ancient Near East: Paul Zimansky (Boston University).

16. Representations, Reality, and Ideology: Jennifer Ross (Hood College).

Index

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