Near Eastern Archaeology: A Reader

Media type: E-Book

Title: Near Eastern Archaeology : A Reader

Contributor: Ackerman, Susan [Contributor]; Alpert Nakhai, Beth [Contributor]; Banning, E. B [Contributor]; Beit-Arieh, Itzak [Contributor]; Beitzel, Barry J [Contributor]; Berlin, Andrea M [Contributor]; Bloch-Smith, Elizabeth [Contributor]; Butcher, Kevin [Contributor]; Carlson, Deborah N [Contributor]; Carter, Charles E [Contributor]; Christopherson, Gary L [Contributor]; Clark, Geoffrey A [Contributor]; Cline, Eric H [Contributor]; Coinman, Nancy R [Contributor]; Davis, Thomas. W [Contributor]; Dever, William G [Contributor]; Dorsey, David A [Contributor]; Fine, Steven [Contributor]; Giles, Terry [Contributor]; Graf, David F [Contributor]; Graf, David F [Contributor]; Hachlili, Rachel [Contributor]; Haiman, Mordechai [Contributor]; Hesse, B [Contributor]; Holladay, John S [Contributor]; Hopkins, David C [Contributor]; Ilan, David [Contributor]; LaBianca, Øystein S [Contributor]; Leonard, Albert [Contributor]; Levy, Thomas E [Contributor]; London, Gloria [Contributor]; Long, Jesse C [Contributor]; Matthews, Victor H [Contributor]; Maxwell Miller, J [Contributor]; Ma’oz, Zvi’Uri [Contributor]; Millard, Alan [Contributor]; Miller Rosen, Arlene [Contributor]; Muhly, James D [Contributor]; Patrich, Joseph [Contributor]; Philip, Graham [Contributor]; Piccirillo, Michele [Contributor]; Platt, Elizabeth E [Contributor]; Rast, Walter E [Contributor]; Rast, Walter E [Contributor]; Rendsburg, Gary A [Contributor]; Rendsburg, Gary A [Contributor]; Richard, Suzanne [Contributor]; Richard, Suzanne [Editor]; Rollefson, Gary O [Contributor]; Sue Galate, Linda [Contributor]; Tadmor, Miriam [Contributor]; Wapnish, Paula [Contributor]; Ward, William A [Contributor]; Warnock, Peter [Contributor]; Wright, G. R. H [Contributor]; Younker, Randall W [Contributor]

Published: University Park, PA: Penn State University Press, [2021]
[Online-Ausgabe]

Extent: 1 Online-Ressource (504 p)

Language: English

DOI: 10.1515/9781575065472

ISBN: 9781575065472

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Keywords: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology

Type of reproduction: [Online-Ausgabe]

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Footnote: In English
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web

Description: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Contributors -- Part I Theory, Method, and Context -- Geography of the Levant -- Paleoenvironments of the Levant -- Archaeozoology -- Paleoethnobotany -- Method and Theory in Syro-Palestinian Archaeology -- Bible and Archaeology -- Levantine Archaeology -- Text Sources for Levantine Archaeology: The Bible -- Writing and Scripts (with Special Reference to the Levant) -- Semitic Languages (with Special Reference to the Levant) -- Writing: The Archaeology of Writing (Writing Materials) -- Northwest Semitic Epigraphic Sources -- Chronology of the Southern Levant -- Survey of Preclassical Architecture in the Levant -- Bronze and Iron Age Burials and Funerary Customs in the Southern Levant -- Subsistence Pastoralism -- Agriculture -- Roads and Highways -- Nautical Archaeology in the Eastern Mediterranean -- Ethnography/Ethnoarchaeology -- Ethnicity and Material Culture -- Women in the Ancient Near East -- Everyday Life (Customs, Manners, and Laws) -- Archaeological Survey in the Southern Levant -- Restoration of Ancient Monuments: Theory and Practice -- Metalworking/Mining in the Levant -- Weapons and Warfare in Ancient Syria–Palestine -- Ceramics/Kilns -- Jewelry in the Levant -- The Mosaics of Jordan -- Numismatics (Minting and Monetary Systems/Coinage) in the Levant -- Scarabs -- GIS and Archaeological Survey -- Computer Applications in Archaeology -- Part II Cultural Phases and Associated Topics -- The Paleolithic in Syria–Palestine -- The Neolithic Period -- Prehistoric Chipped-Stone Technology -- The Chalcolithic of the Southern Levant -- The Nahal Mishmar Hoard from the Judean Desert -- Negev -- The Early Bronze Age in the Southern Levant -- Southern Sinai in the Early Bronze Age II -- Theory in Archaeology: Culture Change at the End of the Early Bronze Age -- Archaeology of the Dead Sea Plain in Jordan -- The Middle Bronze Age (circa 2000–1500 B.C.E.) -- Canaanite Religion -- The Late Bronze Age -- El-Amarna Texts -- Trade and Exchange in the Levant -- The Iron Age in the Southern Levant -- Religion and Cult in the Levant: The Archaeological Data -- Goddesses -- Syria–Palestine in the Persian Period -- The Samaritans -- The Hellenistic Period -- Nabateans -- Classical Text Sources in the Levant -- Jewish Art and Iconography in the Land of Israel -- Synagogues in the Land of Israel -- Golan Synagogues -- Early Christian Iconography -- Early Christian Churches in Israel

Paperback reprint of the cloth original Winner of the 2004 Outstanding Academic Title award from the American Library Association! Filling a gap in classroom texts, more than 60 essays by major scholars in the field have been gathered to create the most up-to-date and complete book available on Levantine and Near Eastern archaeology

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