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Although history and archaeology each seek to elucidate the past,
both sets of data are incomplete and ambiguous and thus open to
multiple readings that invite contradictory interpretations of
human activity. This is particularly true when scholars of each
field ignore or fail to understand research in the other
discipline. "Excavating Asian History" contains case studies and
theoretical articles that show how archaeologists have been
investigating historical, social, and economic organizations and
that explore the relationship between history and archaeology in
the study of pre-modern Asia. These contributions consider biases
in both historical and archaeological data that have occasioned
rival claims to knowledge in the two disciplines. Ranging widely
across the region from the Levant to China and from the third
millennium BC to the second millennium AD, they demonstrate that
archaeological and historical studies can complement each other and
should be used in tandem. The contributors are leading historians
and archaeologists of Asia who present data, issues, and debates
revolving around the most recent research on the ancient Near East,
early Islam, India, China, and Southeast Asian states. Their
chapters illustrate the benefits of interdisciplinary
investigations and show in particular how archaeology is changing
our understanding of history. Commentary chapters by Miriam Stark
and Philip Kohl add new perspectives to the findings. By showing
the evolving relationship between those who study archaeological
material and those who investigate textual data, "Excavating Asian
History" offers practical demonstrations of how research has been
and must continue to be structured.
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