Facts on the Ground: Archaeological Practice and Territorial Self-Fashioning in Israeli Society
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Boldly uncovering an Israel in which science and politics are mutually constituted, this book shows the ongoing role that archaeology plays in defining the past, present, and future of Palestine and Israel.
Nadia Abu El-Haj
Nadia Abu El-Haj is Ann Whitney Olin Professor in the Departments of Anthropology at Barnard College and Columbia University. The recipient of numerous awards, including from the Social Science Research Council, the MacArthur Foundation, and the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation, she is the author of Facts on the Ground: Archaeological Practice and Territorial Self-Fashioning and The Genealogical Science: Genetics, the Origins of the Jews, and the Politics of Epistemology.
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