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The Oxford handbook of the archaeology of the Levant : c. 8000-332 BCE / edited by Margreet L. Steiner and Ann E. Killebrew.

Contributor(s): Killebrew, Ann E [editor.] | Steiner, Margreet [editor.] | Killebrew, Ann E [editor.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Oxford handbooksPublisher: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2014Edition: First editionDescription: xxi, 885 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated | unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volume | volumeISBN: 9780199212972; 019921297XOther title: Archaeology of the LevantSubject(s): Archäologie | History | Middle East -- Antiquities | LevanteDDC classification: 932-933 LOC classification: DS56 | .O925 2014
Contents:
Part 1. Archaeology of the Levant: background and definitions -- Part 2. The Levant as the crossroads between empires: Egypt, Anatolia, Mosopotamia, and Persia -- Part 3. The archaeological record -- Neolithic period -- The Chalcolithic period -- The early and intermediate Bronze Ages -- The middle Bronze Age -- The late Bronze Age -- The Iron Age I period -- The Iron Age II period.
Summary: "This Handbook aims to serve as a research guide to the archaeology of the Levant, an area situated at the crossroads of the ancient world that linked the eastern Mediterranean, Anatolia, Mesopotamia, and Egypt. The Levant as used here is a historical geographical term referring to a large area which today comprises the modern states of Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, western Syria, and Cyprus, as well as the West Bank, Gaza, and the Sinai Peninsula. Unique in its treatment of the entire region, it offers a comprehensive overview and analysis of the current state of the archaeology of the Levant within its larger cultural, historical, and socio-economic contexts. The Handbook also attempts to bridge the modern scholarly and political divide between archaeologists working in this highly contested region"--Jacket.
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Series statement from jacket.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1. Archaeology of the Levant: background and definitions -- Part 2. The Levant as the crossroads between empires: Egypt, Anatolia, Mosopotamia, and Persia -- Part 3. The archaeological record -- Neolithic period -- The Chalcolithic period -- The early and intermediate Bronze Ages -- The middle Bronze Age -- The late Bronze Age -- The Iron Age I period -- The Iron Age II period.

"This Handbook aims to serve as a research guide to the archaeology of the Levant, an area situated at the crossroads of the ancient world that linked the eastern Mediterranean, Anatolia, Mesopotamia, and Egypt. The Levant as used here is a historical geographical term referring to a large area which today comprises the modern states of Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, western Syria, and Cyprus, as well as the West Bank, Gaza, and the Sinai Peninsula. Unique in its treatment of the entire region, it offers a comprehensive overview and analysis of the current state of the archaeology of the Levant within its larger cultural, historical, and socio-economic contexts. The Handbook also attempts to bridge the modern scholarly and political divide between archaeologists working in this highly contested region"--Jacket.