Pub Date : 2024-02-01DOI: 10.5325/jeasmedarcherstu.12.1.0035
Patrick M. Michel
The Temple of Baalshamin in Palmyra was excavated by a Swiss team (1954–1956, 1966) led by the Swiss archaeologist Paul Collart. All of the field notes and other data are at the University of Lausanne. Today, these archives are the best existing source to study the temple, which was destroyed by ISIS (Islamic State in Syria) in 2015. Switzerland was not a colonial power, but, from a postcolonial perspective, it is interesting to study the dismantling process of the Byzantine structures as an assumption that the Roman-era Temple was more important. Based on a study of the historical archives, this article explores the question of whether this action can be seen as favoring a hegemonic narrative that the classical period supersedes all other periods represented by the site.
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Pub Date : 2024-02-01DOI: 10.5325/jeasmedarcherstu.12.1.0035
Patrick M. Michel
The Temple of Baalshamin in Palmyra was excavated by a Swiss team (1954–1956, 1966) led by the Swiss archaeologist Paul Collart. All of the field notes and other data are at the University of Lausanne. Today, these archives are the best existing source to study the temple, which was destroyed by ISIS (Islamic State in Syria) in 2015. Switzerland was not a colonial power, but, from a postcolonial perspective, it is interesting to study the dismantling process of the Byzantine structures as an assumption that the Roman-era Temple was more important. Based on a study of the historical archives, this article explores the question of whether this action can be seen as favoring a hegemonic narrative that the classical period supersedes all other periods represented by the site.
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Pub Date : 2024-02-01DOI: 10.5325/jeasmedarcherstu.12.1.0079
I. Sabrine, Yousef Awad, Hasan Ali, Ginerva Rollo
Palmyra, renowned for its historical significance and cultural richness, fell victim to the ravages of conflict, leaving its architectural wonders in ruins and its community displaced. This article explores the transformative potential of community-led reconstruction in safeguarding Palmyra’s heritage. By intertwining tangible restoration with the revitalization of intangible traditions, this holistic approach seeks to empower the Palmyrene community, reignite cultural pride, and foster social cohesion. Drawing inspiration from successful models of community involvement in heritage restoration, such as Timbuktu in Mali and Al-Resafa in Syria, the article envisions a future where the Palmyrenes become active participants in the restoration of their city’s identity. Through capacity-building initiatives, awareness-raising programs, and inclusive decision-making processes, the Palmyrenes can reconstruct the intangible threads that connect them to their past. By placing the community at the forefront of preservation efforts, this article proposes a pathway toward healing, resilience, and the revival of Palmyra’s timeless legacy.
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Pub Date : 2024-02-01DOI: 10.5325/jeasmedarcherstu.12.1.0050
Sarah Irving
The 1927 Jericho earthquake caused widespread damage across Palestine and Transjordan, both ruled at the time by Britain. The worst-hit city was Nablus, where the Old City’s historic buildings became a field for conflict. Drawing on G. Gordillo’s differentiation between ruins and rubble and his analysis of colonial anxiety, power, and oppression, this article considers local and colonial reactions and competition over the material heritage of Nablus, particularly in the city’s Samaritan Quarter and the Crusader wall of the Great Mosque. Entangled in these are definitions of antiquity and ideas of archaeological value for the Ottoman and British rulers of Palestine. Decisions made and contested in Nablus and Jerusalem highlight the fine line between ruin and rubble, the mechanisms by which the mandatory administration sought to tame the built environment and indigenous communities of Nablus, and the way their confrontations reverberated in the city’s rebellious history and insurrectionary future.
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Pub Date : 2024-02-01DOI: 10.5325/jeasmedarcherstu.12.1.0063
G. Plets, N. A. Munawar
This article analyses the reconstruction efforts of Russian heritage scholars and institutions in Palmyra, Syria. There is little doubt that the financial opportunities provided by the Kremlin for the reconstruction of the war-damaged World Heritage site can be analyzed as propaganda directed at foreign audiences. Drawing on ethnographic and historical research on world heritage politics, this article contextualizes reconstruction efforts as part of a Russian cultural diplomacy goal that promotes the need for a multipolar world. The article also draws attention to the limits of describing Russian heritage reconstruction efforts as foremost international propaganda. The argument is that reconstruction efforts by Russia are deeply connected to domestic and international politics, propagating the Kremlin’s grand narrative that portrays Putin as a leader of a global power that reclaims its status in the international arena. This signifies the increasing endeavors of states to utilize cultural assets for political and legitimation ends.
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Pub Date : 2024-02-01DOI: 10.5325/jeasmedarcherstu.12.1.0050
Sarah Irving
The 1927 Jericho earthquake caused widespread damage across Palestine and Transjordan, both ruled at the time by Britain. The worst-hit city was Nablus, where the Old City’s historic buildings became a field for conflict. Drawing on G. Gordillo’s differentiation between ruins and rubble and his analysis of colonial anxiety, power, and oppression, this article considers local and colonial reactions and competition over the material heritage of Nablus, particularly in the city’s Samaritan Quarter and the Crusader wall of the Great Mosque. Entangled in these are definitions of antiquity and ideas of archaeological value for the Ottoman and British rulers of Palestine. Decisions made and contested in Nablus and Jerusalem highlight the fine line between ruin and rubble, the mechanisms by which the mandatory administration sought to tame the built environment and indigenous communities of Nablus, and the way their confrontations reverberated in the city’s rebellious history and insurrectionary future.
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Pub Date : 2024-02-01DOI: 10.5325/jeasmedarcherstu.12.1.0001
R. Raja
Archival material from archaeological fieldwork contained in private and public collections has long been the object of study within various archaeological contexts. Often, however, such material is used as a backdrop or as anecdotal information and not as a point of departure. In this special issue, contributions focus on a variety of ways in which archival material and other kinds of legacy data can usefully be integrated into or provide the ground for archaeological projects and archaeological research, including preparations of new projects or for gaining a deeper understanding of ongoing projects or past projects. Modern developments, conflicts, wars, and the recent pandemic, have all accentuated the need for the curation of archival material and legacy data to an even higher degree than hitherto suspected and revealed that such material often holds information just as crucial to the project as archaeological raw data directly from the ground.
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Pub Date : 2024-02-01DOI: 10.5325/jeasmedarcherstu.12.1.0063
G. Plets, N. A. Munawar
This article analyses the reconstruction efforts of Russian heritage scholars and institutions in Palmyra, Syria. There is little doubt that the financial opportunities provided by the Kremlin for the reconstruction of the war-damaged World Heritage site can be analyzed as propaganda directed at foreign audiences. Drawing on ethnographic and historical research on world heritage politics, this article contextualizes reconstruction efforts as part of a Russian cultural diplomacy goal that promotes the need for a multipolar world. The article also draws attention to the limits of describing Russian heritage reconstruction efforts as foremost international propaganda. The argument is that reconstruction efforts by Russia are deeply connected to domestic and international politics, propagating the Kremlin’s grand narrative that portrays Putin as a leader of a global power that reclaims its status in the international arena. This signifies the increasing endeavors of states to utilize cultural assets for political and legitimation ends.
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Pub Date : 2024-02-01DOI: 10.5325/jeasmedarcherstu.12.1.0107
Ianir Milevski
{"title":"Nationalism, Colonialism, and Racism in Archaeology","authors":"Ianir Milevski","doi":"10.5325/jeasmedarcherstu.12.1.0107","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5325/jeasmedarcherstu.12.1.0107","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43115,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139819414","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-02-01DOI: 10.5325/jeasmedarcherstu.12.1.0093
N. Silberman
What has been achieved—or can realistically be achieved—by calls for the decolonization of archaeology? In the Middle East and the eastern Mediterranean, as elsewhere, discourse about the past is often closely entangled with concerns of the present, and the idea of decolonizing archaeological practice in this war–torn region has particular relevance to its intractable ethic and political cultural conflicts. By more deeply examining the ideological roots and possible political outcomes of decolonized archaeology, this contribution attempts to contextualize the increasingly prominent intellectual trend of archaeological activism within the broader field of postcolonial theory and explores its relationship to other forms of authorized heritage discourse. This Forum showcases an essay by Neil Silberman that explores new frontiers in decolonizing archaeology and four book reviews of Yannis Hamiliakis and Raphael Greenberg’s timely book entitled: Archaeology, Nation, and Race: Confronting the Past, Decolonizing the Future in Greece and Israel.
考古学非殖民化的呼吁取得了什么成果，或者说现实中能够取得什么成果？在中东和东地中海地区，与其他地方一样，关于过去的讨论往往与对现在的关注密切相关，而在这个饱受战争蹂躏的地区，考古实践非殖民化的想法与该地区棘手的伦理和政治文化冲突尤其相关。通过对非殖民化考古学的思想根源和可能的政治结果进行更深入的研究，这篇论文试图在更广泛的后殖民理论领域内对日益突出的考古学行动主义思想潮流进行背景分析，并探讨其与其他形式的授权遗产话语之间的关系。本论坛展示了尼尔-西尔伯曼（Neil Silberman）探索非殖民化考古学新前沿的文章，以及扬尼斯-哈米利亚基斯（Yannis Hamiliakis）和拉斐尔-格林伯格（Raphael Greenberg）及时出版的题为《考古学、民族和种族：在希腊和以色列面对过去，非殖民化未来》（Archaeology, Nation, and Race: Confronting the Past, Decolonizing the Future in Greece and Israel）一书的四篇书评。
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