Notes on the Fortifications of the Middle Bronze II Period at Jericho and Shechem
This article analyzes the latest MB II fortifications in Jericho and Shechem. In Jericho the fortifications are reconstructed by integrating the data and conclusions of the three expeditions that dug there. In Shechem, the analysis is based on the published data regarding Walls A and B, the city gat...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1989
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Bulletin of ASOR
Year: 1989, Volume: 276, Pages: 29-53 |
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| Summary: | This article analyzes the latest MB II fortifications in Jericho and Shechem. In Jericho the fortifications are reconstructed by integrating the data and conclusions of the three expeditions that dug there. In Shechem, the analysis is based on the published data regarding Walls A and B, the city gates and the fills associated with them. In both sites the great stone revetments seem basically to be parts of the substructure of the fortifications as well as supporting walls for the constructional fills that characterize the MB II enclosures, rather than to be city walls proper. The interpretation of the character and appearance of the city walls in both sites is accordingly revised. |
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| ISSN: | 2161-8062 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: American Schools of Oriental Research, Bulletin of ASOR
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/1356850 |