Tel Beth-Shemesh: A Border Community in Judah : : Renewed Excavations 1990-2000: The Iron Age / / Tzvi Lederman, Shlomo Bunimovitz.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn State University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
• VerfasserIn: Bunimovitz, Shlomo,; Lederman, Tzvi,
• MitwirkendeR: Boaretto, Elisabetta,; Brown, Emmett,; Bunimovitz, Shlomo,; Gilboa, Ayelet,; Golani, Amir,; Goren, Yuval,; Griffith, Thimothy,; Hesse, Brian,; Kletter, Raz,; Lederman, Zvi,; Liphschitz, Nili,; Mahler-Slasky, Yael,; Manor, Dale W.,; McCarter, P. Kyle,; Orlev, Nir,; Piasetzki, Eli,; Rose, Jeffrey I.,; Sebbane, Michael,; Sharon, Ilan,; Sweeney, Deborah,; Vaughn, Andrew,; Weiss, Ehud,; Weitzman, Steven,; Zadok, Ran,
• Place / Publishing House: University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2022]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Monograph Series of the Sonia and Marco Nadler Institute of Archaeology ; 34
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (806 p.)

Excavations at Beth-Shemesh are actually a story within a story. On the one hand, they are the story of the archaeology of the Land of Israel in a nutshell: from the pioneering days of the Palestine Exploration Fund, through the "Golden Age" of American biblical archaeology, to current Israeli and international archaeology. On the other hand, they are the fascinating story of a border site that was constantly changing its face due to its geopolitical location in the Sorek Valley in the Shephelah-a juncture of Canaanite, Philistine, and Israelite entities and cultures.It is no wonder that two celebrated biblical border epics-Samson's encounters with the Philistines and the Ark narrative-took real or imagined place around Beth-Shemesh. In this report, summarizing the first ten years (1990-2000) of archaeological work in the ongoing project of the renewed excavations at Tel Beth-Shemesh, the authors have strived to tell anew the story of the Iron Age people of Beth-Shemesh as exposed and interpreted. Using the best theoretical and methodological tools that modern archaeology has made available, every effort has been made to keep in view archaeology's fundamental duty-to read the ancient people behind the decayed walls and shattered pottery vessels and bring alive their lost world. Furthermore, the story of ancient Beth-Shemesh has been written in a way that will enable scholars, students, and other interested people to learn and understand the life of the communities living at Beth-Shemesh.As a result, the book is organized in a manner different from usual archaeological site reports. The two volumes will be essential for anyone who wishes the best and latest information on this important site.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- EXPEDITION STAFF -- VOLUME I -- PART ONE: INTRODUCTORY ESSAYS -- Chapter 1 A TALE OF THREE EXPEDITIONS: TEL BETH-SHEMESH EXCAVATORS, EXCAVATIONS AND SITE REPORTS IN CONTEXT -- Chapter 2 ARCHAEOLOGY OF A BORDER COMMUNITY -- PART TWO: STRATEGY AND METHODOLOGY -- Chapter 3 STRATEGY, GOALS AND STRATIGRAPHICAL SYNOPSIS -- Chapter 4 DATA ACQUISITION, RECORDING AND MANAGEMENT -- PART THREE: THE LAST DAYS OF BETH-SHEMESH -- Chapter 5 EPILOGUE: WATER DRAWERS AND VICIOUS NEIGHBORS LEVEL 1: IRON IIC CA. 650-635 BCE -- PART FOUR: EARLY IRON AGE VILLAGE -- Chapter 6 A PEASANT COMMUNITY ON THE PHILISTINE BORDER LEVELS 6-4: IRON I CA. 1150-950 BCE -- Chapter 7 ANIMAL HUSBANDRY IN THE EARLY IRON AGE AT TEL BETH-SHEMESH -- Chapter 8 CROSSING THE BORDER WITH SAMSON: BETH-SHEMESH AND THE BIBLE'S GEOGRAPHICAL IMAGINATION -- PART FIVE: THE STATE AT BETH-SHEMESH -- Chapter 9 ROYAL INTERVENTION: FROM VILLAGE TO ADMINISTRATIVE CENTER LEVEL 3: IRON IIA CA. 950-790 BCE -- Chapter 10 THE LITHIC ASSEMBLAGE -- Chapter 11 FROM VILLAGE TO STATE: CHANGES IN THE ANIMAL ECONOMY OF BETH-SHEMESH DURING THE IRON AGE -- VOLUME II -- PART SIX: OLIVE-OIL PRODUCERS' TOWN -- Chapter 12 "YOUR COUNTRY IS DESOLATE, YOUR CITIES ARE BURNED WITH FIRE:" THE DEATH OF A JUDAHITE BORDER TOWN LEVEL 2: IRON IIB CA. 790-701 BCE -- Chapter 13 A PRIEST'S HOUSE AT BETH-SHEMESH? AN INCISED qdš BOWL -- Chapter 14 lmlk AND OFFICIAL SEAL IMPRESSIONS -- PART SEVEN: COMPLEMENTARY STUDIES -- Chapter 15 ANTHROPOMORPHIC AND ZOOMORPHIC FIGURINES AND HOLLOW VESSELS -- Chapter 16 IRON AGE ARTIFACTS -- Chapter 17 THE IRON AGE JEWELRY -- Chapter 18 LOOM WEIGHTS -- Chapter 19 hmm GAMING BOARD -- Chapter 20 THE NAME "BETH-SHEMESH" AND THE TOPONOMY OF THE REGION AROUND TEL BETH-SHEMESH -- Chapter 21 ARCHAEOBOTANICAL REMAINS -- PART EIGHT: RADIOCARBON STUDIES -- Chapter 22 TEL BETH-SHEMESH RADIOCARBON ANALYSES: A COMMENTARY -- Chapter 23 RADIOCARBON DATING OF THE IRON AGE STRATIGRAPHIC SEQUENCE -- Chapter 24 RADIOCARBON DATING AT TEL BETH-SHEMESH: A SECOND LOOK -- PART NINE: DATA IN CONTEXT -- MAIN OCCUPATIONAL UNITS-CONTEXT AND CONTENTS -- LAYER LIST -- FEATURE LIST