Pioneers to the past : American archaeologists in the Middle East, 1919-1920 /

Pioneers to the past : American archaeologists in the Middle East, 1919-1920 /

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Corporate Author: University of Chicago. Oriental Institute. Museum.

Other Authors: Emberling, Geoff.

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: Chicago : Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, 2010.

Series: Oriental Institute Museum publications ; 30.

Subjects:

Breasted, James Henry, > 1865-1935.
University of Chicago. > Oriental Institute > Exhibitions.
Archaeologists > Middle East > History > Exhibitions.
Egyptology > History > Exhibitions.

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Call Number: DT60 .U55 2010

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Table of Contents:
  • 1.
  • Introduction /
  • Geoff Emberling
  • 2.
  • Archaeology in the Middle East before 1920 : political contexts, historical results /
  • Geoff Emberling
  • 3.
  • The Middle East breasted encountered, 1919-1920 /
  • James L. Gelvin
  • 4.
  • The first expedition of the Oriental Institute, 1919-1920 /
  • Geoff Emberling and Emily Teeter
  • 5.
  • The changing legal landscape for Middle Eastern archaeology in the colonial era, 1800-1930 /
  • Morag M. Kersel
  • 6.
  • The Arab revival, archeology, and ancient Middle Eastern history /
  • Orit Bashkin
  • 7.
  • Epilogue : an appraisal of the first expedition /
  • Emily Teeter
  • App. A.
  • Proposal for the founding of the Oriental Institute submitted by James Henry Breasted to John D. Rockefeller Jr., February 1919.
  • App. B.
  • Report on the first expedition of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
  • App. C.
  • Biographical sketches of expedition participants /
  • John A. Larson.