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

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• 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.)

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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