Archaeology and Politics in the Holy Land: The Life and Career of P. L. O. Guy

Author: Green, John D.M.1

Source: Palestine Exploration Quarterly, Volume 141, Number 3, November 2009 , pp. 167-187(21)

Publisher: Maney Publishing

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Abstract:

Philip Langstaffe Ord Guy's (1885-1952) career in archaeology began as Woolley's assistant at Carchemish and as Chief Inspector for the Department of Antiquities of Palestine during the 1920s. He is best known as director of the Megiddo Expedition (1927-1934), where he employed innovative techniques in balloon photography, and provided a highly influential identification of the pillared buildings found there as stables. He dated these buildings to the Solomonic era, sowing the seeds of a long-running debate over the role of the Bible in archaeological interpretation. Guy was later appointed director of the British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem (1935-1939), initiating the short-lived Archaeological Survey of Palestine. After World War II and Israel's War of Independence, Guy became a senior figure within the fledgling Israel Department of Antiquities and Museums as Director of Excavations and Surveys. Active involvement in Zionist politics through his marriage into the Ben-Yehuda family was a controversial factor that impacted on his career within 1920s and 1930s Palestine. Recent archival research allows an assessment of Guy's double life as archaeologist and political activist and the degree to which these areas intersected. His name can be added to the diverse spectrum of archaeologists working in the Holy Land during this formative but turbulent colonial and post-colonial era.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1179/003103209X12483454548086

Affiliations: 1: Department of Antiquities, Ashmolean Museum, Beaumont Street, Oxford, OX1 2PH;, Email: jack.green@ashmus.ox.ac.uk

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