"And in length of days understanding" (Job 12:12) : essays on archaeology in the Eastern Mediterranean and beyond in honor of Thomas E. Levy / Erez Ben-Yosef, Ian W. N. Jones, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ben-Yosef, Erez.

Jones, Ian W. N.

Levy, Thomas Evan, honouree.

ProQuest ebook central

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Series:

Interdisciplinary contributions to archaeology

Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Middle East--Antiquities.

Middle East.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2023]

Contents:

Intro

Introduction: Thomas E. Levy and Archaeology in the Twenty-First Century

Volume 1: The Southern Levant from Late Prehistory to Biblical Times

Volume 2: From Archaeological Sciences to Archaeological Theory

Acknowledgments

Levy in Paradise: From Israel to San Diego

A Tribute

Contents of Volume 1

Contents of Volume 2

Contributors

Part I: The Later Prehistory of the Southern Levant

Tom Levy and "Deep Time": Forays into the Neolithic

References

The Neolithic of the Jordanian Badia

1 Introduction

2 Present and Past Climate and Environment of Jordan's Badia

3 The Badia as Resource

3.1 Hunting in the Badia

3.2 Pastoralism

4 The Badia Through Time

4.1 Epipalaeolithic Backdrop

4.2 The PPNA and EPPNB

4.3 The Middle and Late PPNB

4.4 PPNC and Early Late Neolithic (ELN)

4.5 Late Neolithic (c. 6500-5000 BCE)

5 Development in the Margins

6 Conclusion - The Diverse Desert

The Emergence of Fruit Tree Horticulture in Chalcolithic Southern Levant

1 What?

1.1 Olive (Olea europea)

1.2 Grapevine (Vitis vinifera)

1.3 Common Fig (Ficus carica)

1.4 Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera)

1.5 Pomegranate (Punica granatum)

2 Where?

3 When?

4 Why?

4.1 What Is the Motivation?

4.2 The Creation of Surplus

Animal Economy in the Chalcolithic of the Southern Levant: From Meat Source to Marketable Commodity

1 Introduction

1.1 Exploitation for Secondary Products

1.2 A Note on the Chalcolithic Period Terminology

2 Models for Herd Management Strategies

3 Review of the Faunal Evidence

3.1 Fauna of the Late Pottery Neolithic/Early Chalcolithic Period

3.2 Fauna of the Late Chalcolithic-Ghassulian Period

4 Conclusions

Butchering Patterns and Technology in a Chalcolithic Settlement: Analysis of the Butchered Fauna from Shiqmim, Israel

2 The Site of Shiqmim

3 Methods and Materials

4 The General Faunal Assemblage

5 The Butchered Assemblage

6 Taphonomy of the Assemblage

7 Butchering Patterns

7.1 Goats

7.2 Sheep

7.3 Sheep/Goat

7.4 Cattle

7.5 Indeterminate Large Mammal

7.6 Hare

8 Butchering Technology

8.1 Types of Chipped Stone Tool Marks

8.2 Butchering Efficiency

9 Conclusions

Appendices

Appendix 1: List of Butchered Bones and Their Contexts

Appendix 2: Distribution of Butchering Marks and Related Activities by Taxon by NBI

The Concept of Burial Modes as a Research Tool in the Late Prehistory of the Southern Levant

1 Mortuary Practices and the Concept of Burial Modes

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Archaeological Approaches to Death and to the Dead

1.3 Introducing the Burial Mode Concept

2 The Socio-Economic Framework of Late Prehistory in the Southern Levant

3 The Mortuary Practices of Late Prehistory in the Southern Levant

3.1 Natufian

Notes:

Includes index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 11, 2023).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

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ISBN:

3031273303

9783031273308

Publisher Number:

99995105279

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