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The Near East in the southwest : essays in honor of William G. Dever / edited by Beth Alpert Nakhai.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research ; v. 58.
- Annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research ; v. 58
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bronze age--Palestine.
- Bronze age.
- Palestine--Antiquities.
- Palestine.
- Israel--Antiquities.
- Israel.
- Middle East--Civilization.
- Middle East.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (198 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Boston, MA : American Schools of Oriental Research, 2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- These essays were written in honour of William G Dever, doyen of Syro-Palestinian archaeology, and Professor Emeritus of Near Eastern Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Arizona, where he was Professor from 1975 until his retirement in 2001. The contents include: Bronze Age Rural Economic Transitions in the Jordan Valley (Steven E Falconer, et al); Merenptah's Inscription and Reliefs and the Origin of Israel (Michael G Hasel); Slouching toward Beersheva: Chalcolithic Mortuary Practices in Local and Regional Context (Alexander H Joffe); Four-Room Structures at Late Bronze/Iron I Age Hill Country Workstations (Gloria London); The Birth of the Ancestors: The Meanings of Human Figurines in Near Eastern Neolithic Villages (Jonathan B Mabry); Pottery Production and Demand in a Middle Bronze Age Levantine Village: Ceramic Specialization and Rural Development (Bonnie Magness-Gardiner); Israel on the Horizon: The Iron I Settlement of the Galilee (Beth Alpert Nakhai); The Emergence of Ammon: A View of the Rise of Iron Age Polities from the Other Side of the Jordan (Randall W Younker).
- Contents:
- Biography of William G. Dever
- Students of William G. Dever
- Bronze age rural economic transitions in the Jordan Valley / Steven E. Falconer, Patricia L. Fall, Mary C. Metzger and Lee Lines
- Merenptah's inscription and reliefs and the origin of Israel / Michael G. Hasel
- Slouching toward Beersheva : chalcolithic mortuary practices in local and regional context / Alexander H. Joffe
- Four-room structures at late Bronze/Iron I age hill country workstations / Gloria London
- The birth of the ancestors : the meanings of human figurines in Near Eastern neolithic villages / Jonathan B. Mabry
- Pottery production and demand in a middle Bronze age Levantine village : ceramic specialization and rural development / Bonnie Magness-Gardiner
- Israel on the horizon : the Iron I settlement of the Galilee / Beth Alpert Nakhai
- The emergence of Ammon : a view of the rise of Iron age polities from the other side of the Jordan / Randall W. Younker.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- OCLC:
- 70741795
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