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Collected as a festschrift for the 70th birthday of Peder
Mortensen, former director of the Moesgard Museum and the Danish
Institute in Damascus, the essays in this volume reflect the
breadth of Mortensen's passion for archaeology and culture in the
Middle East. The 24 contributors hail from four continents, and, as
the book title suggests, the subjects they examine here are just as
widely distributed in time. The topics are arranged chronologically
and range from stone tools and early human footprints, to the
cultural transitions revealed by a Palestinian mosaic from the 4th
century AD, to the way the design of a Jordanian madafah from the
early 20th century encouraged traditional Muslim hospitality.
Several papers survey fields that are underrepresented in the
archaeological literature, including Luristan, Elam and the Syrian
Palaeolithic, while Frank Hole uses his experiences travelling with
Iranian nomads to shed light on excavations of ancient campsites.
One fascinating piece looks at the evolving use of human
representations in Egyptian depictions of national identity during
the past 150 years, despite Muslim prohibitions against such images
(iconoclasm). The final essay considers the development and future
of Islamic archaeology as an academic discipline. Handsomely
illustrated in colour, this volume contains something for everyone
with an interest in Middle East history and prehistory.
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