Just Past?: The Making of Israeli Archaeology

ISBN-13: 9780367604271 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 382 str.

Raz Kletter

Opis

This book tells the story of the creation of Israeli Archaeology in the 1950s and early 1960s. Unlike other books on the archaeology of the 'holy-land', it isn't just a chronological parade of important excavations and nice finds, but a history of intrigues, budgets, failures and, above all, dreams.

Spis treści

1: Introduction.; 2: In the Middle of an Excavation a Camouflaged Evacuation Post for the Wounded -- Archaeology and the 1948 War; 3: Abandoned Places, New Places; 4: Foreign Aid; 5: Frozen Funds; 6: A Battalion of Guards; 7: Relief Work; 8: Man Robs His Land: Agreement with General Dayan; 9: Gold of Ophir for Beth-Horon 3,000 Shekels; 10: A Tale of Two Houses; 11: From Council to Council; 12: "But Trust is to the Heart": Travels with the Government Tourist Corporation; 13: Whether in a Courtyard of a Synagogue, in a Courtyard adjacent to a Synagogue or under a Synagogue: The Safad Affair; 14: Policy of Salvage and Early Israeli Excavations; 15: Myths and Conclusions; Appendix: Some other Letters

O autorze

Raz Kletter