Drawn from interviews conducted between 2007 and 2020, this account of the life of renowned archaeologist and former director of the British Institute of Persian Studies, David Brian Stronach, reveals a lost period in international archaeology within Iran, when BIPS was founded and acted as a unique intellectual hub for archaeologists, expats, scholars and foreigners
It describes the challenges he faced establishing the Institute and his experiences working with some of the 20th century's most fascinating personalities in archaeology, such as James Mellaart, Max Mallowan, Seton Lloyd and Agatha Christie. It also provides a new account of the effects of the Iranian revolution of 1979 on Stronach's own life's work, on the Institute he built, and on the international world of Iranian archaeology.
A biography of the first director of the British Institute of Persian Studies.
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This book tells the story of one of the leading figures of Near Eastern archaeology. But it is also an extraordinary evocation of the world of Near Eastern archaeology in the last half of the twentieth century: a world of big digs, big ideas, big personalities that has disappeared forever. * Warwick Ball, Archaeologist and Author, UK * This biography of the much-admired and beloved archaeologist, David Stronach, is both informed and enlivened by its extensive verbatims from colleagues and friends...The volume presents a welcome record of Davids (and more broadly, British) contributions to the pre-Islamic history and archaeology of Iranin particular, his digs at Median Nush-e Jan and Achaemenid Pasargadaealong with a history of British archaeology in the Near East from the 20th century into our current one, as it includes Davids accounts of his early professional years in Anatolia and in Iraq, especially at Assyrian Nimrud. * Judith A. Lerner, Research Associate, New York University, USA *
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A biography of the first director of the British Institute of Persian Studies.
List of Figures
Preface
Foreword
Chapter One. Torridon: a first home in Nottinghamshire
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2. The beginning of WWII: childhood interrupted
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3. Crossing the Atlantic
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4. Living in north America
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5. Re-crossing the Atlantic
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6. A safe arrival in Lisbon
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7. Dogfight in the clouds
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8. Gordonstoun school
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9. Knights Cross cottage
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10. National Service
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11. Cambridge University
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12. A Viking camp in Denmark
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13. The palace of the Byzantine Emperors
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14. News from home
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15. The British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara
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16. Anatolia on foot
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17. Turkish period
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18. The secret of the Dorak treasure
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19. Max and Agatha
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20. Max Mallowan, archaeological mentor
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21. How I came to specialize in Iran
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22. BIPS (British Institute of Persian Studies)
Chapter 23: Ruth Vaadya
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24. Life at the Institute
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25. David Stronach: mentor, friend and problem-solver
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26. Pasargadae
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27. Mallowan and the Medes
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28. The Medes and Nush-e Jan
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29. Qumis
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30. The Iranian Revolution
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31. After the Revolution
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32. Nineveh revisited
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33. David Brian Stronach: reflections on a life well lived
Sabrina Maras is a former adjunct Assistant Professor in ancient Near Eastern archaeology and History of Art at the University of California, Berkeley, USA. She studied ancient Near Eastern archaeology with David Stronach, and excavated on his team at Kerkenes, Turkey. She holds a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, USA.
