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Archaeology, Heritage and Ethics in the Western Wall Plaza, Jerusalem
Raz Kletter
2019
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This volume is a critical study of recent archaeology in the Western Wall Plaza area, Jerusalem. Considered one of the holiest places on Earth for Jews and Muslims, it is also a place of controversy, where the State marks ‘our’ remains for preservation and adoration and ‘theirs’ for silencing. Based on thousands of documents from the Israel Antiquities Authority and other sources, such as protocols of planning committees, readers can explore for the first time this archaeological ‘heart of darkness’ in East Jerusalem. The book follows a series of unique discoveries, reviewing the approval and execution of development plans and excavations, and the use of the areas once excavation has finished. Who decides what and how to excavate, what to preserve – or ‘remove’? Who pays for the archaeology, for what aims? The professional, scientific archaeology of the past happens now: it modifies the present and is modified by it. This book ‘excavates’ the archaeology of East Jerusalem to reveal its social and political contexts, power structures and ethics. Readers interested in the history, archaeology and politics of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will find this book useful, as well as scholars and students of the history and ethics of Archaeology, Jerusalem, conservation, nationalism, and heritage.
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Keywords
- Archaeological Park, jerusalem
- archaeology in jerusalem
- Ateret Cohanim
- Biblical Archaeology
- Davidson Centre, jerusalem
- East Jerusalem
- Emek Shaveh
- good life
- Holy Basin
- IAA
- Israel Antiquities Authority
- Israeli archaeological legislation
- israeli archaeology
- Mamilla Cemetery
- Mughrabi Quarter
- palestinian archaeology
- Salvage Excavation
- Strauss House, jerusalem
- thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTM Regional / International studies
- thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCC Cultural studies
- thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government
- thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHC Ancient history
- thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHG Middle Eastern history
- thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NK Archaeology::NKD Archaeology by period / region
- Western Wall
- Western Wall Heritage Foundation
- Western Wall Plaza
- Western Wall Plaza Heritage Foundation
- Western Wall Tunnels
- Yoram Tsafrir
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DOI: 10.4324/9780429031311Editions