TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bunimovitz,Shlomo
AU  - Boaretto,Elisabetta
AU  - Brown,Emmett
AU  - Bunimovitz,Shlomo
AU  - Gilboa,Ayelet
AU  - Golani,Amir
AU  - Goren,Yuval
AU  - Griffith,Thimothy
AU  - Hesse,Brian
AU  - Kletter,Raz
AU  - Lederman,Tzvi
AU  - Lederman,Zvi
AU  - Liphschitz,Nili
AU  - Mahler-Slasky,Yael
AU  - Manor,Dale W.
AU  - McCarter,P.Kyle
AU  - Orlev,Nir
AU  - Piasetzki,Eli
AU  - Rose,Jeffrey I.
AU  - Sebbane,Michael
AU  - Sharon,Ilan
AU  - Sweeney,Deborah
AU  - Vaughn,Andrew
AU  - Weiss,Ehud
AU  - Weitzman,Steven
AU  - Zadok,Ran
TI  - Tel Beth-Shemesh: A Border Community in Judah: Renewed Excavations 1990-2000: The Iron Age 
T2  - Monograph Series of the Sonia and Marco Nadler Institute of Archaeology
SN  - 9781575064536
AV  - DS110.B394 B86 2016
U1  - 933/.44 
PY  - 2022///]
CY  - University Park, PA : 
PB  - Penn State University Press, 
KW  - Excavations (Archaeology)
KW  - Israel
KW  - Bet-Shemesh (Extinct city)
KW  - HISTORY / Ancient / General
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - 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; restricted access
N2  - 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
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781575064536?locatt=mode:legacy
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