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Neil Asher Silberman is the Director of Programs at the Center for
Heritage and Society, University of Massachusetts- Amherst and
President of the ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on
Interpretation and Presentation. The former director of the Ename
Center for Public Archaeology and Heritage Presentation, Silberman
has written nine books on archaeology, including David and Solomon:
In Search of the Bible's Sacred Kings and the Roots of the
Western Tradition (Free Press 2006), The Bible Unearthed:
Archaeology's New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origins of Its
Sacred Texts (Free Press 2001; both co-written with Israel
Finkelstein), and Heavenly Powers:
Unraveling the Secret History of the Kabbalah (Putnam 1998).
"The volume is undoubtedly comprehensive in its coverage. It has
entries that cover not only the expected topics, major sites,
cultures, countries, and archaeologists, and key methods and
techniques, but also much that is not found in most "encyclopaedic"
books on archaeology....Backed up by 24 pages of close-set index,
the volume provides a readily accessible source of information on
just about anything archaeological that the reader might wish
to
pursue."--AJA Book Reviews "This is an important reference, an
absolutely wonderful browsing book, and an extremely good starting
point for those beginning to research almost any of the fascinating
topics
associated with archaeology."--Richard B. Lane, Science Books &
Films
"Authoritative, well written, and the only recent work of its kind.
This companion fills a gap in the reference literature for
archaeology and should be purchased for all reference
collections."--Library Journal
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