TY - BOOK AU - Ackerman,Susan AU - Alpert Nakhai,Beth AU - Banning,E.B. AU - Beit-Arieh,Itzak AU - Beitzel,Barry J. AU - Berlin,Andrea M. AU - Bloch-Smith,Elizabeth AU - Butcher,Kevin AU - Carlson,Deborah N. AU - Carter,Charles E. AU - Christopherson,Gary L AU - Clark,Geoffrey A. AU - Cline,Eric H. AU - Coinman,Nancy R. AU - Davis,ThomasW AU - Dever,William G AU - Dorsey,David A. AU - Fine,Steven AU - Giles,Terry AU - Graf,David F AU - Graf,David F. AU - Hachlili,Rachel AU - Haiman,Mordechai AU - Hesse,B. AU - Holladay,John S. AU - Hopkins,David C. AU - Ilan,David AU - LaBianca,Øystein S. AU - Leonard,Albert AU - Levy,Thomas E. AU - London,Gloria AU - Long,Jesse C. AU - Matthews,Victor H. AU - Maxwell Miller,J. AU - Ma’oz,Zvi’Uri AU - Millard,Alan AU - Miller Rosen,Arlene AU - Muhly,James D. AU - Patrich,Joseph AU - Philip,Graham AU - Piccirillo,Michele AU - Platt,Elizabeth E. AU - Rast,Walter E AU - Rast,Walter E. AU - Rendsburg,Gary A AU - Rendsburg,Gary A. AU - Richard,Suzanne AU - Rollefson,Gary O. AU - Sue Galate,Linda AU - Tadmor,Miriam AU - Wapnish,Paula AU - Ward,William A. AU - Warnock,Peter AU - Wright,G.R.H. AU - Younker,Randall W. TI - Near Eastern Archaeology: A Reader SN - 9781575065472 AV - DS56 ǂb N395 2003eb U1 - 939/.4 PY - 2003///] CY - University Park, PA : PB - Penn State University Press, KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology KW - bisacsh N1 - 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; restricted access N2 - 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 UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781575065472?locatt=mode:legacy UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781575065472 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781575065472/original ER -