Ed. Geoff Emberling. CONTENTS: 1 Introduction by Geoff Emberling 2 Archaeology in the Middle East before 1920 : political contexts, historical results by Geoff Emberling 3 The Middle East breasted encountered, 1919-1920 by James L. Gelvin 4 The first expedition of the Oriental Institute, 1919-1920 by Geoff Emberling and Emily Teeter 5 The changing legal landscape for Middle Eastern archaeology in the colonial era, 1800-1930 by Morag M. Kersel 6 The Arab revival, archeology, and ancient Middle Eastern history by Orit Bashkin 7 Epilogue : an appraisal of the first expedition by Emily Teeter App. A Proposal for the founding of the Oriental Institute submitted by James Henry Breasted to John D. Rockefeller Jr., February 1919 App. B Report on the first expedition of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago App. C Biographical sketches of expedition participants by John A. Larson Selected bibliography Concordance of objects in the exhibit Indices