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.