« Prismatic Prehistory: Ernst Herzfeld on Early Iran », in : Ann C. Gunter & Stephan R. Hauser, eds, Ernst Herzfeld and the Development of Near Eastern Studies, 1900-1950. Leiden/Boston, 2005, pp. 215-259

Autor: Aurélie Daems
Rok vydání: 2007
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Zdroj: Abstracta Iranica.
ISSN: 1961-960X
0240-8910
DOI: 10.4000/abstractairanica.14412
Popis: Margaret Cool Root provides an excellent account on the accomplishments and failures of Ernst Herzfeld as a pioneer on many things Iranian. As the title suggests focus is put on ‘prismatic – read “Herzfeldian” – prehistory’, i.e. on the many spectrum flashes that characterized the study of anything prehistoric during the ‘early days’. Archaeological and collegial issues, artefacts of Herzfeld’s personal interest all very clearly pass the revue and are set against the background of the Near Ea...
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