Corbett, Elena Dodge,

Competitive archaeology in Jordan : narrating identity from the Ottomans to the Hashemites / by Elena D. Corbett. - First edition. - Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, (c)2014. - 1 online resource.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Archaeology is politics : the meaning of archaeological heritage in Jordan -- Holy Land core and periphery -- Antiquity and modernity in southeastern Bilad al-Sham -- British mandate : core, periphery, and ownership of narrative -- Antiquities of a Hashemite state in mandatory space -- Antiquity, pan-national, and nation-state narratives in the expanded Hashemite Kingdom -- Return to the core.



9780292767447


Archaeology--Political aspects--Jordan.
Archaeology--Political aspects--Palestine.


Electronic Books.

DS153 / .C667 2014