The Archaeology of the Israelite Settlement

Name: The Archaeology of the Israelite Settlement
Brand: Israel Exploration Society,Israel
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By Israel Finkelstein

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380 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. Contents: 1. Introduction and history of research -- Part I: The results of excavations and surveys -- 2. The characteristics of Israelite settlement sites -- 3. Regional survey of the archaeological data -- Beersheba Valley -- Judean Hills -- Judean desert -- Shephelah -- Benjamin -- Ephraim -- Manasseh -- Sharon -- Jezreel Valley -- Lower Galilee -- Western Galilee -- Upper Galilee and Huleh Valley -- Jordan valley -- Transjordanian Plateau -- Part II: The regional study of the territory of Ephraim -- 4. The survey of the territory of Ephraim -- Geographical background -- Demography and subsistence economy -- Sites surveyed -- Pottery -- The settlement pattern of the Iron I period -- 5. The Shiloh excavations: preliminary report -- Location and identification -- The Danish excavations -- The new excavations -- Middle Bronze period -- Late Bronze period -- Iron I period -- Iron II period -- Shiloh during the period of Israelite settlement and the Judges: preliminary conclusions. Part III: Material culture -- 6. Early Israelite architecture -- Elliptical sites: the transition to sedentarization -- Sites with a peripheral belt of pillared buildings -- On the origin of pillared four-room houses -- The influences of Iron I hill country architecture on construction during the monarchy -- The question of fortification -- Silos -- 7. Iron I pottery in the Central Hill Country -- Overview -- Collared-rim store jars -- Handles with incisions and holes -- Vessels decorated with figures in relief -- Part IV: The process of Israelite settlement -- 8. Archaeological evidence and the schools of scholarship -- The unified military conquest theory -- The peaceful infiltration theory -- The sociological school -- 9. etc

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Number of Pages:: 380
Release Date:: 1988-04-01
Publication Date:: 1988-04-01
Publisher:: Israel Exploration Society,Israel
Languages:: Published: English, Published: Hebrew, Original: English, Original: Hebrew
ISBN10:: 9652210072
Weight:: 230 g

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