Abstracts and Biographies

Ottoman Archaeology in the Late Nineteenth Century: the Local Dimension
Edhem Eldem, Bosphorous University, Istanbul

Discourses on Ancient Archaeological Sites and Antiquities in the Late Ottoman Empire
Wendy Kural Shaw, Bahçesehir University, Istanbul

Historic Heritage and the Image of the Empire: the Official Perspective
Zeynep Çelik, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark

The Entries of the Imperial Archeological Museum in Istanbul
Filiz Yenişehirlioğlu, Bashkent University, Ankara, Turkey

Excavation of Raqqa by the Ottoman Imperial Museum in the early 20th century
Ayşin Yoltar-Yıldırım, Ankara, Turkey

Ottoman Perceptions of Western Archaeology
Emel Erten, Gazi University, Ankara

Looking for “a happier race of archaeologists:” Western Characterizations of Ottoman Archaeology
Diane Favro, University of California, Los Angeles

"Our Complicity in this Classical Looting": Contesting the Past at Sardis, 1922-1925
Fikret Yegül, University of California, Santa Barbara

RESPONDANT
James Goode, Grand Valley State University, Allendale