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Tracing the complex history of Jordan through its archaeology, Competitive Archaeology in Jordan examines how foreign and indigenous powers have competed for and used antiquities to create their own narratives, national identities, borders, and conceptions of the nation.

Table of Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Note on Transliterations
  • 1. Archaeology Is Politics: The Meaning of Archaeological Heritage in Jordan
  • 2. Holy Land Core and Periphery
  • 3. Antiquity and Modernity in Southeastern Bilad al-Sham
  • 4. British Mandate: Core, Periphery, and Ownership of Narrative
  • 5. Antiquities of a Hashemite State in Mandatory Space
  • 6. Antiquity, Pan-National, and Nation-State Narratives in the Expanded Hashemite Kingdom
  • 7. Return to the Core
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 1/30/2015 12:01:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781477309902, 978-1477309902
      ISBN10: 147730990X
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Tracing the complex history of Jordan through its archaeology, Competitive Archaeology in Jordan examines how foreign and indigenous powers have competed for and used antiquities to create their own narratives, national identities, borders, and conceptions of the nation.

      Table of Contents
      • List of Illustrations
      • Acknowledgments
      • Note on Transliterations
      • 1. Archaeology Is Politics: The Meaning of Archaeological Heritage in Jordan
      • 2. Holy Land Core and Periphery
      • 3. Antiquity and Modernity in Southeastern Bilad al-Sham
      • 4. British Mandate: Core, Periphery, and Ownership of Narrative
      • 5. Antiquities of a Hashemite State in Mandatory Space
      • 6. Antiquity, Pan-National, and Nation-State Narratives in the Expanded Hashemite Kingdom
      • 7. Return to the Core
      • Notes
      • Bibliography
      • Index

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