Ethnicity and Material Culture

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword ix
4. Introduction xiii
5. Contributors xvii
6. Part I Theory, Method, and Context
7. Geography of the Levant 3
8. Paleoenvironments of the Levant 10
9. Archaeozoology 17
10. Paleoethnobotany 27
11. Method and Theory in Syro-Palestinian Archaeology 33
12. Bible and Archaeology 48
13. Levantine Archaeology 54
14. Text Sources for Levantine Archaeology: The Bible 60
15. Writing and Scripts (with Special Reference to the Levant) 63
16. Semitic Languages (with Special Reference to the Levant) 71
17. Writing: The Archaeology of Writing (Writing Materials) 74
18. Northwest Semitic Epigraphic Sources 78
19. Chronology of the Southern Levant 82
20. Survey of Preclassical Architecture in the Levant 88
21. Bronze and Iron Age Burials and Funerary Customs in the Southern Levant 105
22. Subsistence Pastoralism 116
23. Agriculture 124
24. Roads and Highways 131
25. Nautical Archaeology in the Eastern Mediterranean 135
26. Ethnography/Ethnoarchaeology 142
27. Ethnicity and Material Culture 146
28. Women in the Ancient Near East 150
29. Everyday Life (Customs, Manners, and Laws) 157
30. Archaeological Survey in the Southern Levant 164
31. Restoration of Ancient Monuments: Theory and Practice 168
32. Metalworking/Mining in the Levant 174
33. Weapons and Warfare in Ancient Syria–Palestine 184
34. Ceramics/Kilns 193
35. Jewelry in the Levant 197
36. The Mosaics of Jordan 205
37. Numismatics (Minting and Monetary Systems/Coinage) in the Levant 210
38. Scarabs 218
39. GIS and Archaeological Survey 222
40. Computer Applications in Archaeology 225
41. Part II Cultural Phases and Associated Topics
42. The Paleolithic in Syria–Palestine 233
43. The Neolithic Period 244
44. Prehistoric Chipped-Stone Technology 254
45. The Chalcolithic of the Southern Levant 263
46. The Nahal Mishmar Hoard from the Judean Desert 274
47. Negev 278
48. The Early Bronze Age in the Southern Levant 286
49. Southern Sinai in the Early Bronze Age II 303
50. Theory in Archaeology: Culture Change at the End of the Early Bronze Age 308
51. Archaeology of the Dead Sea Plain in Jordan 319
52. The Middle Bronze Age (circa 2000–1500 B.C.E.) 331
53. Canaanite Religion 343
54. The Late Bronze Age 349
55. El-Amarna Texts 357
56. Trade and Exchange in the Levant 360
57. The Iron Age in the Southern Levant 367
58. Religion and Cult in the Levant: The Archaeological Data 383
59. Goddesses 391
60. Syria–Palestine in the Persian Period 398
61. The Samaritans 413
62. The Hellenistic Period 418
63. Nabateans 434
64. Classical Text Sources in the Levant 440
65. Jewish Art and Iconography in the Land of Israel 445
66. Synagogues in the Land of Israel 455
67. Golan Synagogues 465
68. Early Christian Iconography 473
69. Early Christian Churches in Israel 479