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Just past? : the making of Israeli archaeology
- Title
- Just past? : the making of Israeli archaeology / Raz Kletter.
- Author
- Kletter, Raz.
- Publication
- London ; Oakville, CT : Equinox, 2006.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Details
- Description
- xix, 362 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm
- Summary
- "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. The book is based on documentary material, often from obscure periodicals in Hebrew, as well as thousands of original documents never published before. It is the first large scale publication using preliminary archival material about Israel archaeology. It is also an independent study that reflects the author's personal views."--Jacket.
- Subjects
- Israel
- 1900-1999
- Israel > Politics and government > 20th century
- Eretz Israel > Antiquities > Political aspects
- Archaeologists > Israel
- Excavations (Archaeology) > Political aspects > Israel
- Ausgrabung
- Archäologie
- Politics and government
- Employees
- Israel > Rashut ha-ʻatiḳot > Officials and employees
- Israel > Antiquities > Political aspects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-343) and indexes.
- Contents
- Archaeology and the 1948 war -- Abandoned places, new places -- Foreign aid -- Frozen funds -- A battalion of guards -- Relief work -- Man robs his land : "agreement" with General Dayan -- "Gold of Ophir for Beth-Horon" : 3,000 shekels -- The building beyond the border : the PAM, 1948-67 -- A building of dreams : a home for the IDAM and the origins of the Israel Museum, Jerusalem -- A dead man on the council : the story of the supreme archaeological body in Israel -- "But trust is to the heart" : travels with the Government Tourist Corporation -- "Whether in a courtyard of a synagogue, in a courtyard adjacent to a synagogue, or under a synagogue" : the Safad affair.
- ISBN
- 1845530853
- 9781845530853
- LCCN
- 2005008378
- OCLC
- ocm58789159
- 58789159
- SCSB-14421788
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library