Comprehensive Review of the Book “Political Archaeology of the Middle East”

Document Type : Book Review

Author

Research Institute of Cultural Heritage and Tourism, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

The book “Political Archaeology of the Middle East” by Mehdi Mortazavi (Corresponding Author), Fariba
Mosapour Negari, and Goodarz Hadadi Nasab, as the first comprehensive attempt in Persian, examines the complex
and intertwined relationship between archaeology and politics in the Middle East region. This work, published by
a university press, critically analyses how states and regional and supra-regional powers exploit archaeology to
advance their political and ideological.

Keywords


Mortazavi, M. 2024. Archaeology of Liberation vs. Political Archaeology: Rethinking the Past for a Just Future. Iranian Journal of Archaeological Studies 14(1): 81-86. https://doi.org/ 10.22111/ijas.2024.50018.1317