ABSTRACT
The Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean are some of the most politically charged regions in which archaeology is implicated. Historically, they played a formative role in the birth of archaeology as a discipline. Archaeology Under Fire addresses archaeology's role in current political issues, including the ethnic cleansing in the Balkans, the division of Cyprus, and the continued destruction of Beirut. The contributors consider the positive role of the past as a means of reconciliation, whether it be in Turkey, Israel, and the Gulf. They advocate a responsible global archaeology, and an awareness of contemporary issues can only enhance this aim.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter Chapter 3|19 pages
Contests of heritage and the politics of preservation in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
chapter Chapter 6|16 pages
The past as passion and play
Çatalhöyük as a site of conflict in the construction of multiple pasts
chapter Chapter 9|14 pages
Whose game is it anyway?
The political and social transformations of American Biblical Archaeology
