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Just past? : the making of Israeli archaeology / Raz Kletter.

By: Kletter, Raz
Publisher: London ; Oakville, CT : Equinox, 2006.Description: xix, 362 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.ISBN: 1845530853 (hb)Subject(s): Israel. Rashut ha-ʻatiḳot -- Officials and employees | Excavations (Archaeology) -- Political aspects -- Israel | Archaeologists -- Israel | Israel -- Antiquities -- Political aspects | Israel -- Politics and government -- 20th centuryDDC classification: 933/.072/05694 LOC classification: DS111 | .K57 2006
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 comes from 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 -- The policy of salvage and early Israeli excavations -- Myths and conclusions.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Book British Museum Middle East Shelves 1449D (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available ME000000014980
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-343) and indexes.

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 comes from 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 -- The policy of salvage and early Israeli excavations -- Myths and conclusions.