Cities of clay : the geoarcheology of tells /
Arlene Miller Rosen.
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1986.
- xix, 167 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Prehistoric archeology and ecology .
- Prehistoric archeology and ecology. .
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 153-164.
1. Introduction -- Previous Research -- Sites sampled -- 2. Mound development -- Principles of mound development -- History of town architecture in Palestine -- Mound stratigraphy -- 3. Mound Erosion -- Alternative theory of tell erosion -- Tell from and surface sherd distribution -- 4. The mound and environment: Tel Lachish -- Settlement history of Lachish -- Local alluvial history -- Paleo-environmental history -- Regional climatic evidence -- 5. Mudbrick studies -- Brick characteristics according to level at Lachish -- Discussion and archeological implications at Lachish -- Bricks from Tell Batashi and Tell Qasile -- 6. Microarcheology -- Methodology applied to Tell study -- The data: Tell Qasile -- Tel Miqne -- Shiqmim -- Archeological implications -- 7. Conclusions -- Tell development -- Tell erosion -- The mound and its environment -- Cultural characteristics of mound sediments -- Appendixes -- A. Sediment descriptions, Nahal Lachish -- B. Grain size analyses of mudbricks -- C. Microarcheological data