Just past? the making of Israeli archaeology /

Kletter, Raz.

Just past? the making of Israeli archaeology / [electronic resource] : Raz Kletter. - London ; Oakville, CT : Equinox, 2006. - xix, 362 p. : ill., maps.

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.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Israel. Rashut ha-atikot --Officials and employees.


Excavations (Archaeology)--Political aspects--Israel.
Archaeologists--Israel.


Israel--Antiquities--Political aspects.
Israel--Politics and government--20th century.


Electronic books.

DS111 / .K57 2006

933/.072/05694