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Zusatztext Steiner and Killebrew have delivered exactly what those of us in Biblical Studies needed â an access point for engaging with the world of archaeology as it pertains to the Levant. Informationen zum Autor Margreet L. Steiner is an independent scholar in Leiden, The Netherlands. She has, together with Henk Franken, published the results of the large trench of Kenyon's excavations in Jerusalem. For the past thirty years she has participated in or directed excavations in Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, and the Palestinian Territories. Currently she is co-director of the renewed excavations of tell Abu Sarbut, Jordan. She has published widely on the archaeology of the Levant.Ann E. Killebrew is an Associate Professor in the Department of Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies and Jewish Studies program at the Pennsylvania State University. She has directed or participated in dozens of excavations in Israel, Turkey, and Egypt during the past thirty-five years. Currently she co-directs the Tel Akko Total Archaeology Project in Israel. She is author of numerous publications relating to archaeology of the Levant, including the award-winning book, Biblical Peoples and Ethnicity: An Archaeological Study of Egyptians, Canaanite, Philistines, and Early Israel 1300 - 1100 B.C.E. (2005). Klappentext This Handbook offers an overview of the archaeology of the Levant. Written by leading scholars in the field, it integrates the treatment of the archaeology of the region within its larger cultural and social context and focuses chronologically on the Neolithic through to the Persian periods. Zusammenfassung 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. 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. Written by leading international scholars in the field, it focuses chronologically on the Neolithic through Persian periods - a time span during which the Levant was often in close contact with the imperial powers of Egypt, Anatolia, Assyria, Babylon, and Persia. This volume will serve as an invaluable reference work for those interested in a contextualised archaeological account of this region, beginning with the tenth millennium BCE 'agricultural revolution', until the conquest of Alexander the Great that marked the end of the Persian period. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures Introduction Section 1: Archaeology of the Levant: Background and definitions 1: Matthew J. Suriano: Historical geography of the ancient Levant 2: Holger Gzella: Peoples and languages of the Levant during the Bronze and Iron Ages 3: Thomas Davis: History of research 4: Ilan Sharon: Levantine chronology Section 2: The Levant as the crossroads between empires: Egypt, Anatolia, Mesopotamia, and Persia 5: Gregory D. Mumford: Egypt and the Levant 6: Horst Klengel: Anatolia (Hittites) and the Levant 7: Tammi J. Schneider: Mesopotamia (Assyrians and Babylonians) and the Levant 8: Josette Elayi: Achaemenid Persia and the Levant Section 3: The archaeological record Subsection 1: The Neolithic period 9: Bill Finlayson: Introduction to the Levant during the Neolithic Period 10: Peter M. M. G. Akkermans: The northern Levant during the Neolithic period: Damascus and Beyond: Neolithi...
