Near Eastern Archaeology : : A Reader / / ed. by Suzanne Richard.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn State University Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2014
• MitwirkendeR: Ackerman, Susan,; Alpert Nakhai, Beth,; Banning, E. B.,; Beit-Arieh, Itzak,; Beitzel, Barry J.,; Berlin, Andrea M.,; Bloch-Smith, Elizabeth,; Butcher, Kevin,; Carlson, Deborah N.,; Carter, Charles E.,; Christopherson, Gary L,; Clark, Geoffrey A.,; Cline, Eric H.,; Coinman, Nancy R.,; Davis, Thomas. W,; Dever, William G,; Dorsey, David A.,; Fine, Steven,; Giles, Terry,; Graf, David F,; Graf, David F.,; Hachlili, Rachel,; Haiman, Mordechai,; Hesse, B.,; Holladay, John S.,; Hopkins, David C.,; Ilan, David,; LaBianca, Øystein S.,; Leonard, Albert,; Levy, Thomas E.,; London, Gloria,; Long, Jesse C.,; Matthews, Victor H.,; Maxwell Miller, J.,; Ma’oz, Zvi’Uri,; Millard, Alan,; Miller Rosen, Arlene,; Muhly, James D.,; Patrich, Joseph,; Philip, Graham,; Piccirillo, Michele,; Platt, Elizabeth E.,; Rast, Walter E,; Rast, Walter E.,; Rendsburg, Gary A,; Rendsburg, Gary A.,; Richard, Suzanne,; Rollefson, Gary O.,; Sue Galate, Linda,; Tadmor, Miriam,; Wapnish, Paula,; Ward, William A.,; Warnock, Peter,; Wright, G. R. H.,; Younker, Randall W.,
• HerausgeberIn: Richard, Suzanne,
• Place / Publishing House: University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2003]; ©2003
• Year of Publication: 2003
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (504 p.)

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.

Table of Contents

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