TY  - GEN
TY  - GEN
T1  - Archaeology, heritage and ethics in the Western Wall Plaza, Jerusalem : darkness at the end of the tunnel
T2  - Copenhagen International Seminar
A1  - Kletter, Raz kirjoittaja
LA  - eng
PP  - London
PB  - Routledge
YR  - 2020
UL  - https://kansalliskirjasto.finna.fi/Record/fikka.5448408
AB  - 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.　　　
NO  - This title is published in Open Access with the support of the University of Helsinki.
NO  - Helda Open Books (rinnakkaisjulkaisut)
SN  - 978-0-429-03131-1 PDF
ER  -