Historical archaeology and heritage in the Middle East / Ruth Young.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Description: xiii, 240 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780815395584
  • 0815395582
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Historical archaeology and heritage in the Middle EastDDC classification:
  • 935/.7 23
LOC classification:
  • DS261 .Y68 2019
Contents:
Introduction -- Recent histories of Iran and Oman -- An archaeology of place and memory -- Memory, place, and belonging -- Heritage in the Middle East -- Historical archaeology and heritage in the Middle East.
Summary: "Historical Archaeology and Heritage in the Middle East explores everyday, rural communities in Iran and Oman in the 19th and 20th centuries, through a combination of building analysis, excavation, artefact analysis and ethnographic interviews. The first of its kind, the book draws on the results of original field projects and brings together methodologies, research questions, and themes never before used or addressed in the Middle East. It helps establish historical archaeology in the Middle East and provides new ways in which the memorable, quotidian past can be exploited for its social and economic value in contemporary community and heritage developments"-- Provided by publisher.
Item type: BOOK
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-229) and index.

Introduction -- Recent histories of Iran and Oman -- An archaeology of place and memory -- Memory, place, and belonging -- Heritage in the Middle East -- Historical archaeology and heritage in the Middle East.

"Historical Archaeology and Heritage in the Middle East explores everyday, rural communities in Iran and Oman in the 19th and 20th centuries, through a combination of building analysis, excavation, artefact analysis and ethnographic interviews. The first of its kind, the book draws on the results of original field projects and brings together methodologies, research questions, and themes never before used or addressed in the Middle East. It helps establish historical archaeology in the Middle East and provides new ways in which the memorable, quotidian past can be exploited for its social and economic value in contemporary community and heritage developments"-- Provided by publisher.