3. The Writing of Caucasian Albania. Facts and Falsifications

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction. Selective Remembrances: Archaeology in the Construction, Commemoration, and Consecration of National Pasts 1
4. Part One: Russia and Eastern Europe
5. 1. Russian Response. Archaeology, Russian Nationalism, and the “Arctic Homeland” 31
6. 2. The Challenges of Church Archaeology in Post-Soviet Crimea 71
7. 3. The Writing of Caucasian Albania. Facts and Falsifications 99
8. 4. Archaeology and Nationalism in The History of the Romanians 127
9. Part Two: The Near East
10. 5. The Rise of the Hittite Sun. A Deconstruction of Western Civilization from the Margin 163
11. 6. The Sense of Belonging. The Politics of Archaeology in Modern Iraq 189
12. 7. The Name Game. The Persian Gulf, Archaeologists, and the Politics of Arab-Iranian Relations 206
13. Part Three: Israel/Palestine
14. 8. Excavating Masada. The Politics-Archaeology Connection at Work 247
15. 9. Recovering Authenticity. West-Bank Settlers and the Second Stage of National Archaeology 277
16. 10. Appropriating the Past. Heritage, Tourism, and Archaeology in Israel 299
17. 11. An Archaeology of Palestine. Mourning a Dream 326
18. Part Four: South and Southeast Asia
19. 12. The Aryan Homeland Debate in India 349
20. 13. The Impact of Colonialism and Nationalism in the Archaeology of Thailand 379
21. Contributors 401
22. Index 405