- Antiquities, Archaeology, Archaeology and history, Ethnoarchaeology
"Archaeology in Israel is truly a national obsession, a practice through which national identity--and national rights--have long been asserted. But how and why did archaeology emerge as such a pervasive force there?
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Grave, earnest, classical in form and cool.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- contemplativerelentless
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About the book
- Author
- Nadia Abu El-Haj
- First published
- 2001
- Pages
- 363
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press, University Of Chicago Press
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780226001951
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“A "national hobby"-that is how archaeology has often been described in Israeli society.”
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