{"title":"Page d’accueil","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"archaeology-memory-and-palestinian-historical-continuity","title":"Roots and Ruptures :  A Deep History of Place, People, and the Making of Palestinian Identity","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"page\" title=\"Page 4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis book uses “Palestine” to denote a historically layered place: an ancient and late antique toponym, an Ottoman and Mandate administrative and social space, and, since the twentieth century, a modern national referent. “Southern Levant” designates the broader archaeological-historical region from the Litani to the Negev and from the Mediterranean to the Jordan and beyond. The chapters deliberately separate kinds of evidence that public debate often conflates. Archaeological cultures are recurring patterns in material life; they are not synonymous with fixed ethnic groups or modern nations. Ancient texts illuminate how elites named and narrated their worlds; they do not directly map onto settlement distributions. Linguistic and religious shifts register contact, policy, and persuasion; they need not entail mass population replacement. Ancient DNA (aDNA) recovers population-level affinities and admixture over time; it cannot identify modern national identities, certify genealogical purity, or adjudicate political claims. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMethodologically, I favor calibrated language—“suggests,” “is consistent with,” “remains debated”—where evidence is incomplete or contested. Citations use Chicago author-date and are restricted to a curated set of works central to this inquiry. Their inclusion does not imply consensus; it signals the specific debates from which I draw. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Mitshopy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53695606587685,"sku":null,"price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1018\/3268\/7909\/files\/ChatGPTImage26aout2026_21_16_41.png?v=1787939990"}],"url":"https:\/\/mitshopy.com\/collections\/frontpage.oembed","provider":"Mitshopy","version":"1.0","type":"link"}