Near Eastern archaeology : a reader /
editado por Suzanne Richard.
- xviii, 486 páginas : ilustraciones, mapas ; 24 centímetros.
Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice.
Theory, Method, ad 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 – Suver of Preclassical Architecture in the Levant -- Bronze and Iron Age Burials and Funerarv Custons in the Southern Levant -- Subsistence Pastoralism -- Agriculture -- Roads and Highways -- Nautical Archaeologv in the Eastern Mediterranean -- Ethnography Ethnoarchaeology -- Ethnicitv and Material Culture -- Women in the Ancient Near East -- Everyday Life (Customs, Manners, and Laws) -- Archaeological Survev 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 Gloria London 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 Archacology -- 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 Archacological Data -- Goddesses Susan Ackerman Svria-Palestine in the Persian Period -- The Sanmaritans -- 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.