Near Eastern archaeology : a reader / [print]
edited by Suzanne Richard.
- Winona Lake, Indiana : Eisenbrauns, (c)2003.
- xviii, 486 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographies and index.
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) / Gary A. Rendsburg -- Semitic languages (with special reference to the Levant) / Gary A. Rendsburg -- Writing : the archaeology of writing (writing materials) / Alan R. Millard -- 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) / Victor H. Matthews -- 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 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.) / David Ilan -- 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 Goddesses Syria-Palestine in the Persian period The Samaritans The Hellenistic period Nabateans Classical test 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 Barry J. Beitzel -- Arlene Miller Rosen -- Paula Wapnish and B. Hesse -- Peter Warnock -- John S. Holladay, Jr. -- Walter E. Rast -- Thomas W. Davis -- J.M. Miller -- Alan Millard -- William G. Dever -- G.R.H. Wright -- Elizabeth Bloch-Smith -- Oystein S. Labianca -- David C. Hopkins -- David A. Dorsey -- Deborah N. Carlson -- Gloria London -- Gloria London -- Susan Ackerman -- E.B. Banning -- G.R.H. Wright -- James D. Muhly -- Graham Philip -- Gloria London -- Elizabeth E. Platt -- Michele Piccirillo -- Kevin Butcher -- William A. Ward -- Gary L. Christopherson -- E.B. Banning -- Geoffrey A. Clark and Nancy R. Coinman -- Gary O. Rollefson -- Gary O. Rollefson -- Thomas E. Levy -- Miriam Tadmor -- Mordechai Haiman -- Suzanne Richard -- Itzak Beit-Arieh -- Jesse C. Long, Jr. -- Walter E. Rast -- Beth Alpert Nakhai -- Albert Leonard, Jr. -- Victor H. Matthews -- Eric H. Cline -- Randall W. Younker -- William G. Dever -- Susan Ackerman -- Charles E. Carter -- Terry Giles -- Andrea M. Berlin -- David F. Graf -- David F. Graf -- Rachel Hachlili -- Steven Fine -- Zevi Uri Maoz -- Linda Sue Galate -- Joseph Patrich.