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 Household Archaeology in Ancient Israel and Beyond

Contents

• • Preliminary Material (i-viii)   (494K)
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    • Contents
    • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction: The Past And Present Of Household Archaeology In Israel (1-8) by Assaf Yasur-Landau, Jennie R. Ebeling and Laura B. Mazow   (460K)
  • Understanding Houses, Households, And The Levantine Archaeological Record (9-26) by James W. Hardin   (925K)
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    • Household Archaeology
    • Household Archaeology In The New World
    • Household Studies In The Levant
    • Identifying Domestic Space: Houses And Households
    • The Levantine Archaeological Record
    • Other Sources Of Household Data
    • A Case Study
  • Household Archaeology In Israel: Looking Into The Microscopic Record (27-36) by Ruth Shahack-Gross   (461K)
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    • Introduction
    • Example 1: Identifying Floors: An Example From Iron Age Tel Dor
    • Example 2: Household Activities Inferred From Midden Deposits At Iron Age Tel Megiddo
    • Conclusion
  • Applying On-Site Analysis Of Faunal Assemblages From Domestic Contexts: A Case Study From The Lower City Of Hazor (37-54) by Nimrod Marom and Sharon Zuckerman   (2M)
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    • Introduction
    • Site And Setting
    • Research Questions And Premises
    • On-Site Faunal Recovery Procedures: A Case Study From Hazor
    • Zooarchaeological Analytical Procedures
    • Data Processing
    • Discussion
    • Conclusion
    • Acknowledgements
  • “The Kingdom Is His Brick Mould And The Dynasty Is His Wall”: The Impact Of Urbanization On Middle Bronze Age Households In The Southern Levant (55-84) by Assaf Yasur-Landau   (6M)
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    • Introduction
    • Imagined Order And The Rise Of Levantine Middle Bronze Age Rulership
    • Megiddo: Fortification And Resistance
    • Dan: Buried Houses And Instability
    • Kabri: Recreation Of The Tell And Synoikism
    • An Implementation Of A Syrian Model?
    • Conclusions
  • A Tale Of Two Houses: The Role Of Pottery In Reconstructing Household Wealth And Composition (85-106) by Nava Panitz-Cohen   (1M)
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    • The Ceramic Contents And Distribution In Buildings 475 And 315
    • Definition Of A Patrician House: Does Size Count?
    • Pottery As A Criterion For Assessing Household Wealth
    • Discussion
    • Household Population Continuity And Change—All In The Family
    • Summary
  • Differentiating Between Public And Residential Buildings: A Case Study From Late Bronze Age II Tell Eṣ-Ṣafi/Gath (107-132) by Itzhaq Shai, Aren M. Maeir, Yuval Gadot and Joe Uziel   (4M)
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    • Introduction
    • Theoretical Background
    • Building 66323: Architecture (Fig. 4 And 5)
    • Comparing Building 66323 To Other Late Bronze Age Architecture
    • Building 66323: Suggested Use Of Space
    • Conclusions
  • Household Gleanings From Iron I Tel Dan (133-154) by David Ilan   (4M)
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    • The Iron I Levels Of Tel Dan: Stratigraphic And Chronological Background
    • Architecture, Stationary Installations, And Socioeconomic Organization
    • Disposal Of The Dead
    • Artifactual And Ecofactual Clues To Socioeconomic Organization
    • Conclusion: Archaeological Reflections Of Habitus From Early To Late Iron I
  • Houses And Households In Settlements Along The Yarkon River, Israel, During The Iron Age I: Society, Economy, And Identity (155-182) by Yuval Gadot   (3M)
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    • Introduction
    • Theoretical Background
    • The Yarkon Region: Environment And Settlement History
    • The Sites
    • Discussion
    • Conclusions
  • Early Iron Age Domestic Material Culture In Philistia And An Eastern Mediterranean Koiné (183-206) by David Ben-Shlomo   (1M)
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    • Introduction
    • Domestic Aspects Of The Early Iron Age Philistine Material Culture
    • Discussion
  • Household Archaeology In LHIIIC Tiryns (207-236) by Philipp Stockhammer   (7M)
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    • Elite Household Activities In Palatial Tiryns
    • Elite Household Activities In Post-Palatial Tiryns
  • The Archaeology Of The Extended Family: A Household Compound From Iron II Tell En-Naṣbeh (237-254) by Aaron J. Brody   (1M)
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    • Tell en-Nasḅeh, Its Iron II Households, And Methodology
    • The Household Compound And Its Architecture
    • Artifacts From The Compound
    • Discussion
  • Household Economies In The Kingdoms Of Israel And Judah (255-274) by Avraham Faust   (2M)
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    • Households In The Kingdoms Of Israel And Judah
    • The Urban Household’s Economy
    • The Economy Of Rural Households
    • Discussion: The Households Within The Economies Of Israel And Judah
    • Summary
  • Household Activities At Tel Beersheba (275-302) by Lily Singer-Avitz   (3M)
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    • Introduction
    • The Archaeological Data
    • Four-Room Houses (Fig. 2)
    • Three-Room Buildings (Fig. 2)
    • Houses With Different Plans (Fig. 2)
    • Engendering Activities
    • The Relative Wealth Of The Households
    • Spatial Organization At Tel Beersheba
    • Conclusion
  • The Empire In The House, The House In The Empire: Toward A Household Archaeology Perspective On The Assyrian Empire In The Levant (303-320) by Virginia Rimmer Herrmann   (1M)
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    • The Nature Of Assyrian Rule
    • Household Archaeology And Empire
    • Household Archaeology On Assyria’s Northwestern Periphery
    • Conclusion
  • Cult Corners In The Aegean And The Levant (321-346) by Louise A. Hitchcock   (3M)
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    • Introduction And Characteristics
    • Aegean
    • Cyprus
    • Philistia
    • Conclusion
  • Varieties Of Religious Expression In The Domestic Setting (347-360) by Beth Alpert Nakhai   (480K)
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    • Introduction
    • Overview: Official Religion
    • Overview: Family Religion
    • Household Shrines: The Shrine Of The Family Elders
    • Women’s Religion In The Household Context
    • Concluding Remarks
  • A Problem Of Definition: “Cultic” And “Domestic” Contexts In Philistia (361-390) by Michael D. Press   (2M)
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    • The Problem
    • Suggestions Toward A Solution
    • The Problem Of Domestic Cult
    • Application
    • Conclusion
  • References (391-446)   (681K)
  • Index (447-452)   (915K)