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Contents Preface 1 Introduction 2 A history of archaeology 3 History archaeology and the Indus civilization 4 Archaeology and the maritime history of ancient Orissa 5 The Harappan civilization and myth of Aryan Invasion 6 Early historic landscapes in Central India 7 Archaeology?s ethics 8 Irresponsibility in archaeology 9 The relationship between history and archaeology 10 Archaeology Mormonism and the claims of history 11 The development in the study of history and archaeology 12 Archaeology and People?s history 13 New archaeological evidence on cultural and commercial relationships 14 The archaeology of Buddhist Stupas 15 Spatial analysis in archaeology Bibliography IndexThe exact origins of archeology as a discipline are uncertain Excavations of ancient monuments and the collection of antiquities have been taking place for thousands of years Tentative steps towards archaeology as a science took place during the age of enlightenment also known as the age of reason in Europe in the 17 and 18 centuries Archaeology in the Middle East began with the study of the ancient near east by Muslim historians in the medieval Islamic world who developed an interest in learning about pre-Islamic cultures In particular they most often concentrated on the archaeology and history o pre-Islamic Arabia Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt In Egyptology the first known attempts at deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs were made in Islamic Egypt by Dhul Nun al Misri and Ibn Wahshiyya in the 9 century 280 pp.…