Archaeology s role in building national narratives: Israel as a case study (ANTH 209) (UCSD, Winter 2019, Graduate Seminar)

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1 Archaeology s role in building national narratives: Israel as a case study (ANTH 209) (UCSD, Winter 2019, Graduate Seminar) Instructor: Prof. Erez Ben-Yosef ebenyose@post.tau.ac.il Phone/Skype: erez.ben.yosef Office hours: Mo, 3-5pm (office: SSB292) Class meetings: Mo, 12:00P-2:50P Room: SSB105 Archaeology played a major role in the early days of the newly founded state of Israel, with many projects aimed at finding evidence for past Jewish presence in the land. Archaeological excavations, some on a national scale, were part of the creation of a new national narrative and some would argue that this role still exists today. In this class we will explore the connection between archaeology and modern history in the contentious land of Israel (with case studies such as Masada and Jerusalem); using examples from other places around the globe, it will be demonstrated that this role of archaeology is rather common in modern history of nation-state, although accentuated in places of conflict. Class assignments and grading - Active participation in discussion (15%) Discussions are based on the required reading materials; your contribution should demonstrate your understanding of the topic if needed, also read the complementary reading - Presentation of selected papers (30%) Each student will present 3-6 selected papers in class, as introduction to discussions. The presentation includes: (a) a concise, bullet-point summary of the arguments made in the paper printed as a handout; (b) a 15-20min oral presentation of the paper in class (Power Point in not required); (c) a suggestion of 1-2 selected issues for further discussion - Final paper (55%) A seminar paper (15-20 pages) on selected topics Topic approval by the end of the 5 th week Annotated bibliography to be submitted by the end of the 8 th week (15%) Final paper due: March 23 rd 2019 (40%) 1

2 Reading materials Most of the required reading materials are available at the library. Selected papers will be distributed via Tritoned. The following books have an electronic version accessible on UC campuses: Silberman, N.A Between past and present: archaeology, ideology, and nationalism in the modern Middle East. New York. Silberman, N.A. and Small, D. (Eds.) The Archaeology of Israel: Constructing the Past, Interpreting the Present. Sheffield. Class Program (by week) 1. Introduction - Getting acquainted with class participants - Review of syllabus and class requirements - The relevance of the class s theme to the present-day active archaeological discourse: a case study from King Solomon s Mines Kafafi, Z New insights on the copper mines of Wadi Faynan/Jordan. Palestine Exploration Qarterly 146 (4): Najjar, M Solomonic phobia or 10th century BCE phobia? Response to Zeidan A. Kafafi, "New insights on the copper mines of Faynan/Jordan", PEQ (2014), Palestine Exploration Qarterly 147 (3): Additional (complementary) reading: Levy, T.E., Najjar, M. and Ben-Yosef, E Conclusions. In: Levy, T.E., Najjar, M. and Ben-Yosef, E., eds. New Insights into the Iron Age Archaeology of Edom, Southern Jordan. (Vol. 2). Los Angeles. pp Ben-Yosef, E Back to Solomon's Era: Results of the First Excavations at Slaves Hill (Site 34, Timna, Israel). Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 376: Ethics and (of-) Archaeology González-Ruibal, A Ethics of Archaeology. Annual Review of Anthropology 47: Scarre, C. and Scarre, G. (Eds.) The Ethics of Archaeology. Cambridge. Pluciennik, M. (Ed.) The Responsibilities of Archaeologists. Oxford. Zimmerman, L.J., Vitelli, K.D. and Hollowell-Zimmer, J. (Eds.) Ethical Issues in Archaeology. Walnut Creek CA. 2

3 3. Nationalism and Archaeology: broad perspectives Díaz-Andreu, M Guest editor's introduction: Nationalism and archaeology. Nations and Nationalism 7 (4): Kohl, P.L Nationalism and Archaeology: On the Construction of Nations and the Reconstructions of the Remote Past. Annual Review of Anthropology 27: Trigger, B.G Alternative Archaeologies: Nationalist, Colonialist, Imperialist. Man 19: Arnold, B Past as propaganda: totalitarian archaeology in Nazi Germany. Antiquity 64 (244): Fowler, D.D Uses of the Past: Archaeology in the Service of the State. American Antiquity 52: Additional reading Kohl, P.L. and Fawcett, C. (Eds.) Nationalism, Politics and the Practice of Archaeology. Cambridge. Good, J.F Negotiating for the Past: Archaeology, Nationalism and Diplomacy in the Middle East Austin. Meskell, L Archaeology Under Fire: Nationalism, Politics and Heritage in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East. London. Silberman, N.A Between past and present: archaeology, ideology, and nationalism in the modern Middle East. New York. Kohl, P.L., Kozelsky, M. and Ben-Yehuda, N. (Eds.) Selective Remembrances: Archaeology in the Construction, Commemoration, and Consecration of National Pasts. Chicago. 4. Israeli Archaeology Silberman, N.A Structuring the Past: Israelis, Palestinians, and the Authority of Archaeological Monuments. In: Silberman, N.A. and Small, D., eds. The Archaeology of Israel: Constructing the Past, Interpreting the Present. Sheffield. Hallote, R.S. and Joffe, A.H The Politics of Israeli Archaeology: Between Nationalism and Science in the Age of the Second Republic. Israel Studies 7 (3): Elon, A Politics and Archaeology. In: Silberman, N.A. and Small, D., eds. The Archaeology of Israel: Constructing the Past, Interpreting the Present. Sheffield. pp Shavit, Y Archaeology, Political-Culture, and Culture in Israel. In: Silberman, N.A. and Small, D., eds. The Archaeology of Israel: Constructing the Past, Interpreting the Present. Sheffield. pp Bar, G Reconstructing the Past: The Creation of Jewish Sacred Space in the State of Israel, Israel Studies 13: Levine, L.I The revolutionary effects of archaeology on the study of Jewish history: the case of the ancient synagogue. In: Silberman, N.A. and Small, D., eds. The Archaeology of Israel: Constructing the Past, Interpreting the Present. Sheffield. pp BOOKS Slyomovics, S The Object of Memory: Arabs and Jews Narrate the Palestinian Village. Philadelphia. Abu el-haj, N Facts on the Ground: Archaeological Practice and Territorial Self-Fashioning in Israeli Society. Chicago. Kletter, R Just past? The making of Israeli archaeology. London. Silberman, N.A. and Small, D. (Eds.) The Archaeology of Israel: Constructing the Past, Interpreting the Present. Sheffield. 3

4 PAPERS Silberman, N.A Promised Land and Chosen Peoples. In: Kohl, P.L. and Fawcett, C., eds. Nationalism, Politics and the Practice of Archaeology. Cambridge. pp Shay, T Israeli Archaeology Ideology and Practice. Antiquity 63: Bar-Yosef, O. and Mazar, A Israeli Archaeology. World Archaeology 13 (3): Biblical Archaeology: Criticism Thompson, T.L Biblical Archaeology and the Politics of Nation-Building. Holy Land Studies 8: Ostigard, T The Bible and Believers, the Power of the Past. In: Bergstol, J., ed. Scandinavian Archaeological Practice in Theory, Proceedings from the 6th Nordic TAG, Oslo Oslo. pp Lemche, N.P History as an argument for land possession. In: Pfoh, E. and Whitelam, K.W., eds. The Politics of Israel's Past: The Bible, Archaeology and Nation-Building. Sheffield. pp Pfoh, E. and Whitelam, K.W. (Eds.) The Politics of Israel's Past: The Bible, Archaeology and Nation-Building. Sheffield. 7. Biblical Archaeology: The response Dever, W.G Beyond the Texts: An Archaeological Portrait of Ancient Israel and Judah. Atlanta Chapter 1: History from Things: On History and History-Writing [including Excursus 1.1: A Critique of the European Seminar on Methodology in Israel s History ] Faust, A Archaeology and Politics in Israel: A Different Perspective. In: Bailer, B., ed. 60 Years Israel- Aspects from History and Present. Vienna. pp Maeir, A.M Review of: Nadia Abu el-haj, Facts on the Ground: Archaeological Practice and Territorial Self- Fashioning in Israeli Society, Chicago: University Press of Chicago ISIS 95 (3): Hands-on issues: Finkelstein, I Pots and people revisited: ethnic boundaries in the Iron Age I. In: Silberman, N.A. and Small, D., eds. The Archaeology of Israel: Constructing the Past, Interpreting the Present. Sheffield. pp Small, D.B Group identification and ethnicity in the construction of the Early State of Israel: From the outside looking in. In: Silberman, N.A. and Small, D., eds. The Archaeology of Israel: Constructing the Past, Interpreting the Present. Sheffield. pp Halpren, B Text and artifact: two monologues? In: Silberman, N.A. and Small, D., eds. The Archaeology of Israel: Constructing the Past, Interpreting the Present. Sheffield. pp Archaeological Sites: Masada, Zippori/Sepphoris, Jaffa Silberman, N.A From Masada to the Little Bighorn: The Role of Archaeological Site Interpretation in the Shaping of National Myths. Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites 3:

5 Ben-Yehuda, N Excavating Masada: The Politics-Archaeology Connection at Work. In: Kohl, P.L., Kozelsky, M. and Ben-Yehuda, N., eds. Selective Remembrances: Archaeology in the Construction, Commemoration, and Consecration of National Pasts. Chicago. pp Levine, M Nationalism, Religion and Urban Politics in Israel: Struggles Over Modernity and Identity in 'Global' Jaffa. In: Monterescu, D. and Rabinowitz, D., eds. Mixed Towns, Trapped Communities: Historical Narratives, Spatial Dynamics, Gender Relations and Encounters in Palestinian-Israeli Towns. Aldershot. Bauman, J Tourism, the ideology of design, and the nationalized past in Zippori/Sepphoris, An Israeli National Park. In: Rowan, Y.M. and Baram, U., eds. Marketing heritage: archaeology and the consumption of the past. Walnut Creek. pp Ben-Yehuda, N Masada Myth: Collective Memory and Mythmaking in Israel. Madison. Ben-Yehuda, N Sacrificing Truth: Archaeology and the Myth of Masada. Amherst-New York. 9. Archaeological Sites: Jerusalem Abu el-haj, N Archaeology, and the Remaking of Past and Present in Contemporary Jerusalem. American Ethnologist 25: Sulimany, G Israeli archaeology in the Old City of Jerusalem. In: Pfoh, E. and Whitelam, K.W., eds. The Politics of Israel's Past: The Bible, Archaeology and Nation-Building. Sheffield. pp Thompson, T.L What we do and do not know about Pre-Helenistic al-quds. In: Pfoh, E. and Whitelam, K.W., eds. The Politics of Israel's Past: The Bible, Archaeology and Nation-Building. Sheffield. pp Archaeology and Nationalism: Future Perspectives Baram, U. and Rowan, Y.M Archaeology after nationalism: Globalization and the consumption of the past. In: Rowan, Y.M. and Baram, U., eds. Marketing heritage: archaeology and the consumption of the past. Walnut Creek. pp Greenberg, R Towards an inclusive archaeology in Jerusalem: The case of Silwan/the City of David. Public Archaeology 8 (1): Scham, S Diplomacy and desired pasts. Journal of social archaeology 9: Rowan, Y. and Baram, U. (Eds.) Marketing Heritage - Archaeology and the Consumption of the Past. Walnut Creek. Additional sources in Hebrew: פייגה, מ' (1998). ארכיאולוגיה, אנתרופולוגיה ועיירות הפיתוח: עיצובו של המקום הישראלי. ציון סג,

6 ב( סולימני, ג', וקלטר, ר' (2014). ההרס הניתן לבדיקה': הארכיאולוגיה הישראלית והכפרים הפלסטינים הנטושים. תיאוריה וביקורת ,42 פייגה מ' ושילוני, צ' (עורכים), תשס"ח, קרדום לחפור בו: ארכיאולוגיה ולאומיות בארץ-ישראל, באר-שבע :מכון בן גוריון. שולמית גבע, הארכיאולוגיה המקראית הישראלית בראשית דרכה. זמנים (1992), 42 עמ' שביט, י', 'אמת מארץ תצמח': קוים להתפתחות העניין הציבורי היהודי בארכיאולוגיה. קתדרה 44 (תשמ"ז), עמ' מיוחד מעמ' 46 והלאה). גרינברג, ר', תשע"ב, יצרני העבר, אודיסאה : רייך, ר', תשע"ב, אמת חפרתי, אודיסאה : בן תור, א, תשס"ט, המחקר הארכיאולוגי ומיתוס מצדה, בתוך: בחזרה למצדה, ירושלים: יד יצחק בן צבי והחברה לחקירת ארץ-ישראל ועתיקותיה, עמ' גבע, ש', תשנ"ב. פה בארץ חמדת אבות: הארכיאולוגיה המקראית הישראלית בראשית דרכה. זמנים : קמפינסקי, א', תשנ"ד. השפעת הארכיאולוגיה על החברה והתרבות הישראלית. אריאל : שי, א', תשס"ג. גורל הכפרים הערביים הנטושים במדינת ישראל ערב מלחמת ששת הימים ואחריה. קתדרה 105: סולימני, ג', וקלטר, ר', ההרס הניתן לבדיקה: הארכיאולוגיה הישראלית והכפרים הפלסטיניים הנטושים. תיאוריה וביקורת : 6