Just past? : the making of Israeli archaeology /
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| Author / Creator: | Kletter, Raz. |
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| Imprint: | London ; Oakville, CT : Equinox, 2006. |
| Description: | xix, 362 p. : ill., 1 map ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5875612 |
Table of Contents:
- List of illustrations
- Introduction
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- 1. Archaeology and the 1948 War
- 2. Abandoned places, new places
- 3. Foreign aid
- 4. Frozen funds
- 5. A battalion of guards
- 6. Relief work
- 7. Man robs his land: "agreement" with General Dayan
- 8. "Gold of Ophir for Beth-Horon": 3,000 shekels
- 9. The building beyond the border: the PAM, 1948-67
- 10. A building of dreams: a home for the IDAM and the origins of the Israel Museum, Jerusalem
- 11. A dead man on the council: the story of the supreme archaeological body in Israel
- 12. "But trust comes from 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. The policy of salvage and early Israeli excavations
- 15. Myths and conclusions
- Appendix. Other documents from the IDAM files
- Bibliography
- Author index
- Index
