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The politics of the past : the representation of the ancient empires by Iran's modern states / Maryam Dezhamkhooy and Leila Papoli-Yazdi ; illustrations by Ali Roustaeeyanfard.
Penn Museum Library CC101.I7 D49 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dezhamkhooy, Maryam, author.
- Papoli-Yazdi, Leila, author.
- Series:
- Archaeopress archaeology
- Archaeopress Archaeology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Iran--Civilization--To 640.
- Iran.
- Civilization.
- Iran--Antiquities.
- Antiquities.
- Archaeology--Iran--Political aspect.
- Archaeology.
- Excavations (Archaeology)--Iran.
- Excavations (Archaeology).
- Imperialism--History.
- Imperialism.
- History.
- Archaeology and history.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 147 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd., [2018]
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Governments, Archaeologists, and the Lasting Remains of Ancient Empires in the Middle East p. 1
- Introduction: identity crisis in the modern Middle East p. 1
- Historical background: the rise of nationalism in the Middle East p. 3
- Iran's first modern state and archaeology: the establishment of laws and the administrative structure p. 5
- Archaeologists and the professional ethics p. 8
- Why the archaeology of Persian empires needs to be deconstructed? p. 11
- Chapter 2 Take Your feet off Me! Achaemenids Depicted in Reliefs and Inscriptions p. 15
- The rise of the Achaemenid Empire p. 17
- 'I': the symbol of the up and coming power structure p. 22
- Reliefs, palaces, and inscriptions: the first indicators of a new empire p. 34
- Subjectivity of materials versus objectivity of human beings p. 44
- Chapter 3 Get off Your Horse! Sasanian Propaganda in Artistic Remains p. 47
- Historical background: A brief introduction to the Parthians p. 47
- The Sasanian Empire: a socio-political review based on material culture p. 50
- Mechanisms of political and social suppression in the Sasanian Empire p. 57
- The ideal man/the ideal woman p. 58
- Sasanian propaganda in artistic remains p. 63
- The King's images: Propaganda as an imposing historical fact p. 67
- The concept of enemy p. 69
- Chapter 4 Nationalism and the Reproduction of the Ancient Kings/Empires by Iran's Modern States p. 75
- Historical Background: Shah, curiosity about history and archaeology as an Imported commodity p. 76
- Fath-Ali Shah and Naser al- Din Shah reliefs p. 78
- Qajar reliefs as negative heritage p. 81
- Iranian nationalism and the archaeology of the Achaemenid and Sasanian periods p. 83
- Islamic Revolution and Achaemenid and Sasanian material culture as negative heritage p. 87
- Chapter 5 Kings Riding Bikes: Towards the Deconstruction of Official Nationalist Archaeology p. 93
- The necessity of a politically-situated archaeology(ies) p. 94
- Public archaeology(ies) as a necessity p. 97
- Archaeology, sustainable development and future in developing countries p. 100
- A practical approach towards a nongovernmental archaeology: A personal narrative p. 102.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-139) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781789690934
- 1789690935
- OCLC:
- 1079005914
- Publisher Number:
- 99980299879
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