Scramble for the past : a story of archaeology in the Ottoman Empire, 1753-1914 / edited by Zainab Bahrani, Zeynep Çelik, Edhem Eldem ; [translations by Willard Wood, Leyla Tonguç Basmacı, and Doolie Sloman]. - Istanbul : SALT, 2011. - 519 p. : ill. (some col.), facsims., col. maps ; 25 cm.

"This book has been published on the occasion of the exhibition 'Scramble for the Past: A Story of Archaeology in the Ottoman Empire, 1753-1914,' at SALT Galata, Istanbul, November 22, 2011-March 11, 2012"--T.p. verso. Also published in Turkish as: Geçmişe hücum : Osmanli İmparatorluǧu'nda arkeolojinin o?Öyküsü, 1753-1914.

Includes bibliography : (p. 489-508) and index.


Some contributions presented in translation from French, Greek or Turkish.

9789944731270


Archaeology--History.--Turkey
Archaeology--Middle EastXHistory.
Archaeology and state--History.--Turkey
Archaeology and state--History.--Middle East


Turkey--Antiquities.
Middle East--Antiquities.
Europe--Relations--Turkey.
Turkey--Relations--Europe.
Europe--Relations--Middle East.
Middle East--Relations--Europe.