Bene Israel

Studies in the Archaeology of Israel and the Levant During the Bronze and Iron Ages in Honour of Israel Finkelstein
Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-90-04-15282-3
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 31, 306 Seiten, Format (B × H): 169 mm x 255 mm, Gewicht: 714 g

Reihe: Culture and History of the Ancient Near East

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 Desert, the main emphasis is on the Land of Israel. This collection provides the most recent evaluation of a number of thorny issues in Israeli archaeology during the Bronze and Iron Ages and specifically addresses chronology, state formation, identity, and agency. It offers, inter alia, a fresh look at the burial practices and iconography of the periods disscussed, as well as a re-evaluation of the subsistence economy and settlement patterns. This book is finely illustrated with more than sixty original drawings.

“…I cannot but emphasize that this volume contains a collection of very interesting and, in some cases, important studies on the archaeology of the Bronze and Iron Age Levant, a fitting tribute to a consummate teacher and researcher.” Aren M. Maeir, Bar-Ilan University

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fantalkin, Alexander

Yasur-Landau, Assaf

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Vor- und Frühgeschichte, prähistorische Archäologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Alexander Fantalkin, Ph.D. (2007) in Archaeology, Tel Aviv University, is a researcher at the Institute of Archaeology at Tel Aviv University. He has published extensively on interactions between the Aegean and the Levant during the first millenium BCE.
Assaf Yassur-Landau, Ph.D. (2003) in Archaeology, Tel Aviv University, is an assistant professor of Archaeology and History at the Department of History, University of California, Santa Cruz. He has published extensively on interactions between the Aegean and the Levant during the second millennium BCE.