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THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE AND ITS AFTERMATH IN THE MIDDLE EAST

Tasha Vorderstrasse is a research associate at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. Her work focuses on the study of the material culture of the Near East, Caucasus, and Central Asia and the relationships between the archaeology, art history, and texts of these areas and China. She has excavated at many sites throughout the Middle East and the south Caucasus and is currently working on excavations in both Armenia and Turkey. She is responsible for the study of the Classical Chinese texts about early medieval Bactria for the Balkh Art and Cultural Heritage Project (BACH).

Abstract

Ottoman and post-Ottoman archaeology represent an important part of the discipline of Islamic archaeology, but they remain largely unstudied. Post-Ottoman archaeology in particular, is often not considered an important part of sites and this material is often discarded or ignored. This article provides an overview of the issues facing the study of the archaeology of this period and focuses on some of the important sites that have been investigated, including WWI battlefields and village sites.