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.
Material type: TextSeries: 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 1988Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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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.