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Archaeology, Nation, and Race is a must-read book for students of archaeology and adjacent fields. It demonstrates how archaeology and concepts of antiquity have shaped, and have been shaped by colonialism, race, and nationalism. Structured as a lucid and lively dialogue between two leading scholars, the volume compares modern Greece…

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1 author picked Archaeology, Nation, and Race as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This more recent book focuses specifically on archaeology, which is my own area of expertise, and so I rushed to buy it when it first came out.

I don’t agree with absolutely everything in it, but it’s the mark of a good book if you come away with a head full of questions and exciting thoughts, which I definitely did with this one!

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