PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE AMERICAN CONTRIBUTION TO EARLY "BIBLICAL" ARCHAEOLOGY, 1870-1920 From: Near Eastern Archaeology | Date: March 1, 2007| Author: Hallote, Rachel | Copyright American Schools of Oriental Research Mar 2007. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

In the late-nineteenth century, the British undertook the first archaeological excavations in the Holy Land.' The British were followed by the Germans, and eventually by the Americans, relative latecomers to the excavation scene. This is why the British and Germans are often credited with refining survey and excavation methodologies in these early years.

But when the Americans finally did enter the field, they immediately jumped ahead of their European contemporaries in one particular ...

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