Bene Israel : studies in the archaeology of Israel and the Levant during the Bronze and Iron Ages in honour of Israel Finkelstein / / edited by Alexander Fantalkin and Assaf Yasur-Landau.

This collection of twelve papers, dedicated to Professor Israel Finkelstein, deals with various aspects concerning the archaeology of Israel and the Levant during the Bronze and Iron Ages. Although the area under discussion runs from southeastern Turkey (Alalakh) down to the arid zones of the Negev...

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Superior document:Culture and history of the ancient Near East ; v. 31
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Year of Publication:2008
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Culture and history of the ancient Near East ; v. 31.
Physical Description:1 online resource (330 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Urban land use changes on the southeastern slope of tel Megiddo during the Middle Bronze Age / Eran Arie
  • The appearance of rock-cut bench tombs in Iron Age Judah as a reflection of state formation / Alexander Fantalkin
  • Trademarks of the Omride builders? / Norma Franklin
  • Continuity and change in the Late Bronze to Iron Age transition in Israel's coastal plain: a long term perspective / Yuval Gadot
  • Permanent and temporary settlements in the South of the lower Besor region: two case studies / Dan Gazit
  • The socioeconomic implications of grain storage in early Iron Age Canaan: the case of tel Dan / David Ilan
  • A re-analysis of the archaeological evidence for the beginning of the Iron Age I / Yitzhak Meitlis
  • Reassessing the Bronze and Iron Age economy: sheep and goat husbandry in the Southern Levant as a model case study / Aharon Sasson
  • Settlement patterns of Philistine city-states / Alon Shavit
  • Levantine standardized luxury in the late Bronze Age: waste management at tell Atchana (Alalakh) / Amir Sumaka 'i Fink
  • Desert outsiders: extramural neighborhoods in the Iron Age Negev / Yifat Thareani-Sussely
  • A message in a jug: Canaanite, Philistine, and Cypriot iconography and the "Orpheus jug" / Assaf Yasur-Landau.