Mapping the Z-Axis: Early Archaeological Engagement with Time and Space in the Ancient Near East

IF 1.2 0 ARCHAEOLOGY
Susan D. Cohen
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Abstract

The development of the archaeology of the ancient Near East as an independent discipline in the nineteenth century, with its focus on uncovering the peoples and places of the past, particularly from the biblical world, contributed to a visual tradition that presented the time and space of an idealized historical past often influenced by religious preconceptions. Using the physical materials from excavated sites, and linking these discoveries with literal and uncritical readings of the Bible, European and American scholars in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries created maps for the public showing peoples, places, routes, and events from the past imposed on the contemporary landscape of the present. In so doing, the archaeology of the ancient Near East helped to define and create visual presentations of a particularized view of the past that continues to hold significance for common understandings of history in the present.
绘制z轴:古代近东的时间和空间的早期考古参与
19世纪,古代近东考古学作为一门独立学科的发展,其重点是揭示过去的民族和地方,特别是从圣经世界中,促成了一种视觉传统,这种传统往往受到宗教先入为主的影响,呈现了理想化的历史过去的时间和空间。19世纪末和20世纪初,欧洲和美国的学者们利用出土地点的实物资料,并将这些发现与对圣经的字面和不加批判的解读联系起来,为公众绘制了地图,展示了过去强加于当代景观的人物、地点、路线和事件。在这样做的过程中,古代近东的考古学帮助定义和创造了一种对过去的特殊观点的视觉呈现,这种观点对今天对历史的共同理解仍然具有重要意义。
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