Perceptions of the past in the Turkish Republic : Classical and Byzantine periods /
edited by Scott Redford and Nina Ergin.
- Leuven ; Walpole, MA. : Peeters, 2010.
- vi, 236 p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
- Ancient Near Eastern studies. Supplement ; 31 .
- Ancient Near Eastern studies. Supplement ; 31. .
Proceedings from the international and first annual RCAC conference (organized by Koç University's Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations) in Istanbul, in December 2006.
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction / Archeology and the perception of Greek, Roman and Byzantine eras in Early Republican Turkey / Constructing the past in Ankara : from Augustus to Atatürk / From the Lofty Halls of Academia to the Dusty Hills of Anatolia : Howard Crosby Butler and the first Sardis Expedition through peace and war, 1909-1926 / Guillaume de Jerphanion (1877-1948) as Jesuit and scholar in Turkey / Louis Robert (1904-1985) : a historian-epigrapher discovering Anatolia / The archaeology of the Turkish Republic and the School of Ekrem Akurgal / Arif Müfid Mansel : a pioneer of Turkish archaeology / The Museum in Bergama as an example of Turkish politics of culture and of German-Turkish collaboration / The Russian archaeological institute of Constantinople (1894-1914) : from its establishment until today / The future of classical archaeology in Turkey / Byzantine art history in modern Turkey / Afterword : Heritage, nationalism and archaeology in the Republic of Turkey / Scott Redford, Nina Ergin -- Murat Ergin -- Suna Güven -- Fikret K. Yegül -- Vincenzo Ruggieri -- Pierre Chuvin -- A. Coșkun Özgünel -- Haluk Abbasoğlu -- Wolfgang Radt -- Konstantinos Papoulidis -- Kutalmiș Görkay -- Engin Akrürek -- David Shankland.