Shiqmim II : the phase II excavations at a Chalcolithic settlement center in the northern Negev desert, Israel (1987-1993) / edited by Thomas E. Levy, Yorke M. Rowan, Margie M. Burton.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Levy, Thomas Evan, editor.

Yorke, Rowan M., editor.

Burton, Margie M., editor.

Series:

BAR international series ; 3144.

BAR international series ; 3144

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bronze age--Israel--Negev.

Bronze age.

Shiqmim Site (Israel).

Negev (Israel)--Antiquities.

Negev (Israel).

Israel--Antiquities.

Israel.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 201 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white).

Place of Publication:

Oxford : BAR Publishing, 2023.

Summary:

The Chalcolithic period (ca. 4500-3600 BCE) in the southern Levant represents the rise of regional polities, the metallurgical revolution, and a set of other significant socio-economic changes that distinguish it from the preceding Pottery Neolithic period. Central to these issues are the Phase II (1987-1989, 1993) excavations at Shiqmim, a large Chalcolithic settlement center in Israel's northern Negev desert. The first phase of excavations at Shiqmim took place between 1979 and 1984 and were described in Shiqmim I, Parts i and ii (BAR Publishing, 1987). Shiqmim II reports on the second phase of excavations at this complex site and contributes to a greater understanding of its Chalcolithic stratigraphy, architecture, and chronology. It includes the project research design and history framed in an anthropological archaeology perspective, and primary excavation data.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2023.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on November 1, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version :

ISBN:

9781407360607

1407360604

OCLC:

1410325042