Lahav II : households and the use of domestic space at Iron II Tell Halif : an archaeology of destruction / James Walker Hardin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hardin, James Walker, 1964-

Contributor:

Cobb Institute of Archaeology.

Series:

Reports of the Lahav Research Project, Excavations at Tell Halif, Israel ; v. 2.

Reports of the Lahav Research Project, Excavations at Tell Halif, Israel ; v. 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Excavations (Archaeology)--Israel--Halif Site.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Space (Architecture)--Social aspects.

Space (Architecture).

Ḥalif Site (Israel).

Israel--Antiquities.

Israel.

Ḥalif Site (Israel)--Buildings, structures, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (306 p.)

Place of Publication:

Winona Lake, IN : Eisenbrauns, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume focuses on the reconstruction of household organization during the Iron II period at Tell Halif. It centers in particular on one four-room, pillared-type building located in Area F7 of Field IV and on its remains, which were sealed in a massive destruction that eclipsed the site in the late eighth century B.C.E. This study was first prepared as a Ph.D. dissertation for the Department of Near Eastern Studies at the University of Arizona (Hardin 2001) and has since been amplified and embellished by further research. Published here are the results of research deliberately designed by the author to provide for more complete recovery and detailed recording in the field of all artifacts and other remains within a special refined three-dimensional grid matrix. These data in turn established a framework for studying the formation processes active on the materials and for conducting a spatial analysis of the assemblages in the building. Along with developing ethnographic and ethnoarchaeological inferences, these techniques are used to identify activities, activity areas, and social organization related to the building, ultimately defining an “archaeological household” consisting of the pillared dwelling and its occupants. Finally, these conclusions are also related to reconstructions of the Iron II-period household suggested by Hebrew Bible sources.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Series Editor’s Preface

Author’s Preface

List of Figures

List of Tables

Glossary

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Studying the Household

Chapter 3 Household Archaeology in the Southern Levant

Chapter 4 Tell Halif: Its History and Remains

Chapter 5 Investigating the F7 Dwelling: The de Facto Assemblage

Chapter 6 Houses and Social Structure: Ethnographic and Ethnoarchaeological Data

Chapter 7 Biblical Texts, the Dwelling, and Social Structure

Chapter 8 Conclusion

Plate and Description Conventions

References

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781575066103

1575066106

OCLC:

759160122