Cities of clay : the geoarcheology of tells / Arlene Miller Rosen.
Material type: TextSeries: Prehistoric archeology and ecologyPublication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1986. Description: xix, 167 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN: 0226726274 (pbk.) :; 0226726266 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Archaeological geology | Archaeological geology -- Middle East | Mounds | Mounds -- Middle East | Middle East -- AntiquitiesDDC classification: 930.7/0285 LOC classification: CC77.5 | .R67 1986Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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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