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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Thompson, Thomas L.
• Hjelm, Ingrid

Titel

1 Old and new in Scandinavian interpretation of the

Ist Teil von

• History, Archaeology and The Bible Forty Years After Historicity, 2016, p.33-50

Ort / Verlag

Routledge

Erscheinungsjahr

2016

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This chapter discusses Eitan's proposal and the processes that affected the deserted villages. Eitan found in them an opportunity for an archaeological exercise, while the vast majority of Israeli archaeologists at the time ignored their existence. Eitan's text is situated in a middle point. For a long time after the 1948 war, the deserted villages were identified with the enemy and grasped as a threat. At a superficial glance, Eitan's proposal seems to belong to the field of ethno-archaeological studies, that is, research of past societies based on comparison with societies documented by anthropologists. To the proposal of Eitan was attached a brief letter by Yigal Yadin, addressed to the Survey Committee of the Archaeological Council. He brought to the surface a taboo in Israeli archaeology. Archaeologists who watch the past with inquiring, that is, critical, eyes, cannot ignore the questions that arise from the story of the deserted villages.