The Mediterranean Sea And The Southern Levant

Author : Jens Kamlah,Achim Lichtenberger
Publisher : Harrassowitz
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2021-12-21
Category : Excavations (Archaeology)
ISBN : 3447117427

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The Mediterranean Sea and the Southern Levant by Jens Kamlah,Achim Lichtenberger Pdf

This volume, edited by Jens Kamlah and Achim Lichtenberger is a collection of a variety of original papers dealing with historical, cultural and mythological aspects of the Southern Levant in a Mediterranean context. The articles range from the Bronze Age to Medieval Times and aim at placing the Southern Levant within the thriving field of Mediterranean Studies. Several of the papers conceptualize the Southern Levant as a micro region connected with the broader Mediterranean. Other texts deal with specific questions of research history and critically evaluate established models of the relationship of the Southern Levant to the Mediterranean Sea. In addition, archaeologists discuss several important coastal sites by focusing on the Mediterranean face of the Southern Levant and the interconnectedness of land and sea by theses maritime hubs. This collection of papers by leading experts in the field offers a fresh look at the Southern Levant and ist place within the wider Mediterranean.

Author : Susan L. Cohen
Publisher : Equinox Publishing (UK)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : History
ISBN : 1781791775

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Peripheral Concerns by Susan L. Cohen Pdf

Peripheral Concerns examines the influence of one "core" region of the ancient Near Eastern world--Egypt--on urban development in the southern Levant in the Early and Middle Bronze Ages, with emphasis on the relative stability and sustainability of this development in each era. The study utilizes a very broad scale "macro" approach to examine urban development using core-periphery theories, specifically in regard to southern Levantine-Egyptian interactions. While many studies examine urban development in both the Early Bronze Age and the Middle Bronze Age, few compare this phenomenon in the two periods. Likewise, there are few studies of urban development in the southern Levant that compare contemporary Egyptian policies in that region to those in Nubia, despite the fact that Egyptian activities linked the eastern Mediterranean, the Nile Valley, and Nubia into one interactive system. The broad chronological and geographic framework utilized in this study therefore allows for a new approach to urban development in the southern Levant.

Author : Shawn Zelig Aster,Avraham Faust
Publisher : Eisenbrauns
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Assyria
ISBN : 1575067978

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The Southern Levant Under Assyrian Domination by Shawn Zelig Aster,Avraham Faust Pdf

Presents a series of studies that address various aspects of Assyrian rule in the southern Levant and its consequences, as well as life under Assyrian hegemony, and the sources available for such studies.

Author : Irene S. Lemos,Antonis Kotsonas
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 1484 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2020-01-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781118770191

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A Companion to the Archaeology of Early Greece and the Mediterranean, 2 Volume Set by Irene S. Lemos,Antonis Kotsonas Pdf

A Companion that examines together two pivotal periods of Greek archaeology and offers a rich analysis of early Greek culture A Companion to the Archaeology of Early Greece and the Mediterranean offers an original and inclusive review of two key periods of Greek archaeology, which are typically treated separately—the Late Bronze Age and the Early Iron Age. It presents an in-depth exploration of the society and material culture of Greece and the Mediterranean, from the 14th to the early 7th centuries BC. The two-volume companion sets Aegean developments within their broader geographic and cultural context, and presents the wide-ranging interactions with the Mediterranean. The companion bridges the gap that typically exists between Prehistoric and Classical Archaeology and examines material culture and social practice across Greece and the Mediterranean. A number of specialists examine the environment and demography, and analyze a range of textual and archaeological evidence to shed light on socio-political and cultural developments. The companion also emphasizes regionalism in the archaeology of early Greece and examines the responses of different regions to major phenomena such as state formation, literacy, migration and colonization. Comprehensive in scope, this important companion: Outlines major developments in the two key phases of early Greece, the Late Bronze Age and the Early Iron Age Includes studies of the geography, chronology and demography of early Greece Explores the development of early Greek state and society and examines economy, religion, art and material culture Sets Aegean developments within their Mediterranean context Written for students, and scholars interested in the material culture of the era, ACompanion to the Archaeology of Early Greece and the Mediterranean offers a comprehensive and authoritative guide that bridges the gap between the Late Bronze Age and the Early Iron Age. 2020 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Winner!

Author : A. Bernard Knapp,Peter van Dommelen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 1677 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2015-01-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781316194065

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The Cambridge Prehistory of the Bronze and Iron Age Mediterranean by A. Bernard Knapp,Peter van Dommelen Pdf

The Cambridge Prehistory of the Bronze and Iron Age Mediterranean offers new insights into the material and social practices of many different Mediterranean peoples during the Bronze and Iron Ages, presenting in particular those features that both connect and distinguish them. Contributors discuss in depth a range of topics that motivate and structure Mediterranean archaeology today, including insularity and connectivity; mobility, migration, and colonization; hybridization and cultural encounters; materiality, memory, and identity; community and household; life and death; and ritual and ideology. The volume's broad coverage of different approaches and contemporary archaeological practices will help practitioners of Mediterranean archaeology to move the subject forward in new and dynamic ways. Together, the essays in this volume shed new light on the people, ideas, and materials that make up the world of Mediterranean archaeology today, beyond the borders that separate Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.

Author : P.J. Parr
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2018-12-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351542975

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The Levant in Transition: No. 4 by P.J. Parr Pdf

The latter part of the 3rd millennium BC witnessed severe dislocations in the social, economic and political structures of the lands at the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea - the Levant. In the south, in what is now Israel, the Palestinian Territories and Jordan, hitherto thriving urban centres disappeared, to be replaced for several centuries

Author : Francis Dov Por,Chanan Dimentman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Biogeography
ISBN : UCSD:31822035933001

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Mare Nostrum by Francis Dov Por,Chanan Dimentman Pdf

Author : Jesse Millek
Publisher : Lockwood Press
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2023-02-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781957454016

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Destruction and Its Impact on Ancient Societies at the End of the Bronze Age by Jesse Millek Pdf

This volume offers a groundbreaking reassessment of the destructions that allegedly occurred at sites across the eastern Mediterranean at the end of the Late Bronze Age, and challenges the numerous grand theories that have been put forward to account for them. The author demonstrates that earthquakes, warfare, and destruction all played a much smaller role in this period than the literature of the past several decades has claimed, and makes the case that the end of the Late Bronze Age was a far less dramatic and more protracted process than is generally believed.

Author : Ianir Milevski
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2016-09-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781315478470

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Early Bronze Age Goods Exchange in the Southern Levant by Ianir Milevski Pdf

The Southern Levant was a thriving centre of religious and cultural exchange during the Bronze Age. 'Early Bronze Age Goods Exchange in the Southern Levant' provides an overview of the sources and distribution of commodities. The book presents a study of key production centres and the process of purchase and exchange. The book establishes a theoretical framework - based in political economy, ethnoarchaeology and economic anthropology - for understanding the exchange of commodities in a precapitalist society. 'Early Bronze Age Goods Exchange in the Southern Levant' is unique in presenting archaeological sources and prehistoric economics through modern, notably Marxist, theories of human development.

Author : Suzanne Richard
Publisher : Eisenbrauns
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 9781575060835

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Near Eastern Archaeology by Suzanne Richard Pdf

Annotation Filling a gap in classroom texts, more than 60 essays by major scholars in the field have been gathered to create the most up-to-date and complete book available on Levantine and Near Eastern archaeology. The book is divided into two sections: "Theory, Method, and Context," and "Cultural Phases and Topics," which together provide both methodological and areal coverage of the subject. The text is complemented by many line drawings and photographs. Includes a foreword by W.G. Dever.

Author : Kathryn Elizabeth Fitzsimmons,Zhuolun Li,Zhiwei Xu
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2022-09-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782889769162

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Environmental Change in Drylands: Past, Present, Future by Kathryn Elizabeth Fitzsimmons,Zhuolun Li,Zhiwei Xu Pdf

Author : Alan H. Simmons
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2011-04-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780816501274

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The Neolithic Revolution in the Near East by Alan H. Simmons Pdf

One of humanity's most important milestones was the transition from hunting and gathering to food production and permanent village life. This Neolithic Revolution first occurred in the Near East, changing the way humans interacted with their environment and each other, setting the stage, ultimately, for the modern world. Based on more than thirty years of fieldwork, this timely volume examines the Neolithic Revolution in the Levantine Near East and the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. Alan H. Simmons explores recent research regarding the emergence of Neolithic populations, using both environmental and theoretical contexts, and incorporates specific case studies based on his own excavations. In clear and graceful prose, Simmons traces chronological and regional differences within this land of immense environmental contrasts—woodland, steppe, and desert. He argues that the Neolithic Revolution can be seen in a variety of economic, demographic, and social guises and that it lacked a single common stimulus. Each chapter includes sections on history, terminology, geographic range, specific domesticated species, the composition of early villages and households, and the development of social, symbolic, and religious behavior. Most chapters include at least one case study and conclude with a concise summary. In addition, Simmons presents a unique chapter on the island of Cyprus, where intriguing new research challenges assumptions about the impact and extent of the Neolithic. The Neolithic Revolution in the Near East conveys the diversity of our Neolithic ancestors, providing a better understanding of the period and the new social order that arose because of it. This insightful volume will be especially useful to Near Eastern scholars and to students of archaeology and the origins of agriculture.

Author : P.M. Malanotte-Rizzoli,Valery N. Eremeev
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401147965

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The Eastern Mediterranean as a Laboratory Basin for the Assessment of Contrasting Ecosystems by P.M. Malanotte-Rizzoli,Valery N. Eremeev Pdf

This book is the outcome of a NATO Advanced Research Workshop on "The Eastern Mediterranean as a laboratory basin for the assessment of contrasting ecosystems" that was held in Kiev, Ukraine, March 23-27, 1998. The scientific rationale of the workshop can be summarized as follows. The Eastern Mediterranean is the most nutrient impoverished and oligotrophic large water body known. There is a well-defined eastward trend in nutrient ratios over the entire Mediterranean that starts at the Gibraltar Straits and, through the western basin, proceeds to the Ionian and Levantine Seas. Supply of nutrients to the entire Mediterranean is limited by inputs from the North Atlantic and various river systems along the sea. The unique feature of the Mediterranean is the presence of an eastward longitudinal trend in available nitrate/phosphate ratios. This apparently induces a west-to-east variation in the structure of the pelagic food web and trophic interactions. In this context the Mediterranean, and in particular its Eastern basin, provides probably a unique platform to explore the hypotheses related to the suggested phosphate-limitation on production and to the shift between "microbial" and "classical" modes of operation of the photic food web. The major exception of the overall oligotrophic nature of the Eastern Mediterranean is the highly eutrophic system of the Northern Adriatic Sea. Here, during the last two decades the discharges of the northern rivers (especially of the Po), together with municipal sewage, have led to a very marked increase of nutrients and subsequent imponent eutrophication events.

Author : Steven Collins,Joseph M. Holden
Publisher : Harvest House Publishers
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2020-02-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780736975421

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The Harvest Handbook of Bible Lands by Steven Collins,Joseph M. Holden Pdf

“The scope of your learning...will be unlimited and enhanced by leaps and bounds as you use this wonderful tool.” from the Foreword by Walter C. Kaiser, Jr New discoveries are constantly being made as archaeologists work to uncover the ancient history of the Bible lands to tell a more complete story of the people, customs, and events of that era. Archaeologist Steven Collins and Bible scholar Joseph M. Holden have spent decades making and researching those discoveries and now offer a wealth of information based on the latest findings. This exciting addition to The Harvest HandbookTM series provides a textual and visual bird’s-eye view of ancient Near Eastern biblical geography, culture, history, and chronology. If you’re looking for an accurate, readable, and user-friendly resource to further your study of God’s Word, The Harvest HandbookTMof Bible Lands provides a valuable backdrop for biblical narratives and literature. With the most up-to-date information from biblical and archaeological disciplines, you will find your knowledge greatly enriched through well-written narrative-style text, numerous maps, instructive photographs, illustrations, and charts. This must-have tool will become your favorite resource as you study Scripture.

Author : Terje Stordalen,Øystein Sakala LaBianca
Publisher : Equinox Publishing (UK)
Page : 680 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Culture and globalization
ISBN : 1781799121

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Levantine Entanglements by Terje Stordalen,Øystein Sakala LaBianca Pdf

This cross-disciplinary volume makes the case for the Levant, including the use of the term, as a unit of analysis for the study of cultural production and change over the long-term in the Eastern Mediterranean. It offers a new perspective on the history of this region that overcomes Orientalist approaches and introduces a global history perspective. It posits a way forward for studying the agency of the local as a key to understanding the long-term history of cultural production over the long-term in the region. Finally, it tells the story of the crystallization within the region of a type of sub-imperial power, illustrated by the canonical discourses popularly associated with the religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.