A Review of Archaeology in the ‘Land of Tells and Ruins’. A History of Excavations in the Holy Land Inspired by the Photographs and Accounts of Leo Boer

Tim Murray

doi:10.5334/bha.2417

Abstract

<em>Archaeology in the ‘Land of Tells and Ruins’. A History of Excavations in the Holy Land Inspired by the Photographs and Accounts of Leo Boer</em>, edited by Bart Wagemakers, Oxford: Oxbow Books, 264 pages, 2014, ISBN: 9781782972457

Highlights

Boer’s archive records an archaeological world that has ceased to exist
A History of Excavations in the Holy Land Inspired by the Photographs and Accounts of Leo Boer
Edited by Bart Wagemakers, Oxford: Oxbow Books, 264 pages, 2014, ISBN: 9781782972457. This is a splendid snapshot of the history of archaeology in what has become present-day Israel and Palestine

Summary

Introduction

Boer’s archive records an archaeological (and political) world that has ceased to exist. A Review of Archaeology in the ‘Land of Tells and Ruins’. Edited by Bart Wagemakers, Oxford: Oxbow Books, 264 pages, 2014, ISBN: 9781782972457 This is a splendid snapshot of the history of archaeology in what has become present-day Israel and Palestine.

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