Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Contributors vii
4. Preface xi
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. Paleo-environment of the Southern Levant during the Bronze and Iron Ages: The Pollen Evidence 7
7. 2. Animal Subsistence Economy during the Late Bronze–Iron I: Continuity vs. Change 29
8. 3. From Production Autonomy to Centralization: The Iron I to Iron IIA Transition from a Metallurgical Perspective 41
9. 4. The Northern Coastal Plain during the Early Iron Age (Iron I–Early Iron IIA) 53
10. 5. Sixty Years after Aharoni: Iron Age Settlements in the Upper Galilee 87
11. 6. Beyond Hazor: Urban Durability, Political Instability and Collective Memory in the Northern Jordan Valley at the Turn of the Second Millennium BCE 101
12. 7. Canaanites in a Changing World: The Jezreel Valley during the Iron Age I 119
13. 8. Transitions between the Late Bronze Age and the Iron Age II: The Character of the Iron I Settlement at Tall Zirāʿa in Northern Jordan 135
14. 9. Iron I Settlements in the Highlands of Samaria and the Creation of Group Identities with an Emphasis on Mount Ebal 149
15. 10. The Formation of the Israelite Monarchies in Archaeology, History and Historiography 159
16. 11. Like Frogs out of a Pond: Identity Formation in Early Iron Age Philistia and Beyond 201
17. 12. Collapse and Regeneration in Late Second Millennium Southwest Canaan 209
18. 13. A False Contrast? On the Possibility of an Early Iron Age Nomadic Monarchy in the Arabah (Early Edom) and Its Implications for the Study of Ancient Israel 235
19. 14. The Book of Josiah or the Book of Joshua? Excavating the Literary History of the Conquest Story 263
20. 15. The Origin, Function and Disappearance of the Ark of the Covenant according to the Hebrew Bible 279
21. 16. The Scope of the Pre-Deuteronomistic Saul–David Story Cycle 291
22. 17. The Rise of Ancient Israel: The View from 2021 303
23. Index of Geographic Names 315
24. Index of Subjects 319
25. Index of Modern Authors 321