Honoring the Elite Deceased: A Re-Examination of the Shechem Courtyard Complexes

The function of the enigmatic Middle Bronze Age Courtyard Complexes at Shechem has remained at the forefront of debate concerning the courtyard palace form. Shechem’s excavators have been unable to agree on the function of the Courtyard Complexes, with some viewing them as palaces and others as temp...

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Main Author: Winter, Holly A. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Chicago Press 2023
In: Bulletin of ASOR
Year: 2023, Volume: 389, Pages: 75-97
Further subjects:B Shechem
B Courtyard Complex
B courtyard palace
B Middle Bronze Age
B Funerary
B burials
B Southern Levant
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