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Benchmarks in time and culture : an introduction to Palestinian archaeology : dedicated to Joseph A. Callaway / edited by Joel F. Drinkard, Jr., Gerald L. Mattingly, J. Maxwell Miller.

Contributor(s): Drinkard, Joel F | Mattingly, Gerald L | Miller, J. Maxwell (James Maxwell), 1937- | Callaway, Joseph AMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Archaeology and biblical studies ; no. 1.Publication details: Atlanta, Ga. : Scholars Press, c1988. Description: 487 p. : ill., maps, charts, facsims. ; 24 cmISBN: 1555401724 (alk. paper); 1555401732 (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Callaway, Joseph A | Bible -- Antiquities | Archaeology -- Methodology | Syria -- Antiquities | Palestine -- AntiquitiesGenre/Form: FestschriftenDDC classification: 933 LOC classification: DS94.5 | .B46 1988
Contents:
Part One: Archaeologists: The practitioners -- Antecedents to modern archaeology / J. Maxwell Miller -- American archaeologists / Philip J. King -- British archaeologists / Graham I. Davies -- French archaeologists / Pierre Benoit -- German archaeologists / Manfred and Helga Weippert -- Israeli archaeologists / Amihai Mazar
Part Two: Archaeological methodology: The techniques -- Excavation of tells / Gus W. Van Beek -- Excavation of low-level settlement sites / John McRay -- Excavation of burials / John J. Davis -- Archaeological surveys / James R. Kautz, III -- Ceramic dating / Oded Borowski -- Radiocarbon dating / James M. Weinstein -- Palynology / Avraham Horowitz -- Remote sensing / Thomas L. Sever -- Computers and archaeological research / James F. Strange -- Publication of archaeological reports / Roger S. Boraas
Part Three: Integrative archaeological studies: The synthesis -- Impact of the "new archaeology" / William G. Dever -- Historical geography / Anson F. Rainey -- Sociocultural anthropology and Syro-Palestinian archaeology / Oystein S. LaBianca -- Settlement patterns and sociocultural reconstruction / Gerald L. Mattingly -- Epigraphy as a dating method / Joel F. Drinkard, Jr. -- The future of "biblical archaeology" / J. Kenneth Eakins -- Epilogue -- Biographical sketch of Joseph A. Callaway / Eric C. Rust.
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"Festschrift for Joseph A. Callaway"--Pref. [xi-xii]

Includes bibliographies and indexes.

Part One: Archaeologists: The practitioners -- Antecedents to modern archaeology / J. Maxwell Miller -- American archaeologists / Philip J. King -- British archaeologists / Graham I. Davies -- French archaeologists / Pierre Benoit -- German archaeologists / Manfred and Helga Weippert -- Israeli archaeologists / Amihai Mazar

Part Two: Archaeological methodology: The techniques -- Excavation of tells / Gus W. Van Beek -- Excavation of low-level settlement sites / John McRay -- Excavation of burials / John J. Davis -- Archaeological surveys / James R. Kautz, III -- Ceramic dating / Oded Borowski -- Radiocarbon dating / James M. Weinstein -- Palynology / Avraham Horowitz -- Remote sensing / Thomas L. Sever -- Computers and archaeological research / James F. Strange -- Publication of archaeological reports / Roger S. Boraas

Part Three: Integrative archaeological studies: The synthesis -- Impact of the "new archaeology" / William G. Dever -- Historical geography / Anson F. Rainey -- Sociocultural anthropology and Syro-Palestinian archaeology / Oystein S. LaBianca -- Settlement patterns and sociocultural reconstruction / Gerald L. Mattingly -- Epigraphy as a dating method / Joel F. Drinkard, Jr. -- The future of "biblical archaeology" / J. Kenneth Eakins -- Epilogue -- Biographical sketch of Joseph A. Callaway / Eric C. Rust.