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Archaeology of Society in the Holy Land

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Thomas Evan Levy
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Continuum International Publishing Group, Nov 1, 1998 - History - 624 pages
Leading archaeologists working in Israel and Jordan present timely and concise summaries of the archaeology of the region. Each contributor outlines the cultural transitions, and provides maps and illustrations highlighting the sites and the major artifacts. Chapters focus on major social controversies: the agricultural revolution, the Israelite conquest of Canaan, and ancient metal working and social change.
  

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Contents

APPROACHES TO THE PAST 1 SOCIAL CHANGE AND THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE HOLY
2
STONE AGE ADAPTATION 6 SOCIAL CHANGE AND THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE HOLY
76
THE ORIGINS OF MODERN HUMANS 1 1 0
110
COMPLEX HUNTERGATHERERS AT THE END OF THE
141
FARMERS PRIESTS AND 1 2 EARLIEST FOOD PRODUCERS PREPOTTERY NEOLITHIC 1 90
189
SOME SPATIAL AND
269
David
300
ON THE EDGE OF EMPIRES LATE BRONZE AGE 15001200
320
SOCIAL STRUCTURE IN PALESTINE IN THE IRON II PERIOD ON THE
416
TRADE ADMINISTRATION AND
432
THE CASE OF
446
ISLAM AND THE SOCIOCULTURAL TRANSITION OF PALESTINE 488 LAND
491
SETTLEMENT AND SOCIETY FORMATION IN CRUSADER
502
RURAL LIFE AND URBAN
512
THE INTRODUCTION OF MODERN TECHNOLOGY INTO THE
524
A MASS IN CELEBRATION OF THE CONFERENCE
542

THE IMPACT OF THE SEA PEOPLES 1185 1050 BCE
332
THE CONQUEST OF THE
349
POLITICAL AND 368 V LOCAL KINGDOMS
368
THE
399
BIBLIOGRAPHY
549
INDEX
605
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JSTOR: The Archaeology of Society in the Holy Land
Book Reviews The Archaeology of Society in the Holy Land, edited by Thomas E. Levy, with a new introduc- tion by Kent Flannery. ...
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Global Moments in the Levant - Digital Archaeological Atlas of the ...
The DAAHL will complement Levy’s (Levy 2003) The Archaeology of Society in the Holy Land, but surpass it by taking advantage of new data, theories, ...
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The Leon Levy Expedition to Ashkelon
In The Archaeology of Society in the Holy Land. Ed. Thomas E. Levy, 332-348. New York, NY: Facts on File, 1995. —. "Ashkelon. ...
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Tell el-Far'ah - Archaeology Timeline
The Archaeology of Society in the Holy Land, 1995: Facts on File Publishing Company. Mazar, A. Archaeology of the Land of the Bible 10000-586 bce , 1992: ...
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Canaan & Ancient Israel @ University of Pennsylvania Museum of ...
The Archaeology of Society in the Holy Land. New York: Facts on File, Inc. 1995. Kempinski, A. Rise of an urban culture: the urbanization of Palestine in ...
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Department of Archaeology - Prof. Shlomo Bunimovitz
In: Levy, te, ed The Archaeology of Society in the Holy Land.London: 320-331 . .Bunimovitz, S. 1994. The Problem of Human Resources in Late Bronze Age ...
www.tau.ac.il/ humanities/ archaeology/ directory/ dir_shlomo_bunimovitz.html

Mike Zimmerman : The Near East: Mamluk Period (1291 - 1453 CE ...
The Archaeology of Society in the Holy Land. te Levy. New York, Facts on File: 512-523. Tigay, jh (2000). 'Archaeology' of the Bible and Judaism in Late ...
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Dept. of Archaeology - Faculty Members - Joseph Patrich
The Archaeology of Society in the Holy Land, Pinter Publishers, London, pp. 470-487. Review article on: D. Barag et al., Masada IV, Jerusalem 1993. ...
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About the author (1998)

Thomas E. Levy is Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, San Diego. Levy took his Ph.D. degree at the University of Sheffield, U.K.

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TitleArchaeology of Society in the Holy Land
New approaches in anthropological archaeology
EditorThomas Evan Levy
Editionillustrated, reprint
PublisherContinuum International Publishing Group, 1998
ISBN0826469965, 9780826469960
Length624 pages
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