Towns in ancient israel and in the southern Levant / C.H.J. de Geus.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Geus, C. H. J. de.

Contributor:

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Palästina antiqua ; 10.

Palästina antiqua ; 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cities and towns, Ancient--Palestine.

Cities and towns, Ancient.

Architecture, Ancient--Palestine.

Architecture, Ancient.

Palestine--Antiquities.

Palestine.

Israel--Antiquities.

Israel.

Antiquities.

Physical Description:

189 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leuven : Peeters, 2003.

Summary:

Many towns flourished in the Southern Levant during the 9th to 7th centuries BC. More than a century of excavations of these towns in Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian Territories has resulted in an increased understanding of how such towns functioned and what they looked like. The remains of Megiddo, Samaria or Hazor, for instrance, have received numerous visitors. This book aims at summarizing what is now actually known about the architecture of the towns. The reader will be surprised and impressed when he starts to realize the degree of style these rather small towns could have. With this book, the author conducts a virtual city walk through such a town from the later Iron Age in this region.

Contents:

I. Introduction and Literature 1

II. Fortifications 9

III. The Town Gate or Gates 27

IV. Acropolis and Citadel 41

V. Tripartite Pillared Buildings 63

VI. Houses 75

VII. Sanctuaries and Temples 87

VIII. Various Presumed or Specialized Buildings 113

IX. Watersystems 119

X. Tombs 135

XI. Fields and Gardens 145

XII. Patterns of Settlement 161

XIII. An Israelite Town? 167

XIV. Town Planning and Population 175.

Notes:

State of the art report.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9042912693

OCLC:

52348633