Facts on the Ground: Archaeological Practice and Territorial Self-Fashioning in Israeli Society

From: The Australian Journal of Anthropology | Date: January 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

Nadia Abu El-Haj. Facts on the Ground: Archaeological Practice and Territorial Self-Fashioning in Israeli Society. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press. 2001. Pp. 352, 20 halftones, 4 maps, refs., index. $US52.00 (Hc.), ISBN 0-226-00194-6; $US20.00 (Pb.), ISBN 0-226-00195-4.

This is a timely and important book that attempts to understand the role that archaeology has played, and is playing, in the shaping of Israeli national identity. Of course, it is a sign of the times that such a search for understanding also throws into stark contrast the consequences for Arab communities ...

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