Unearthing the wilderness: studies on the history and archaeology of the Negev and Edom in the Iron Age

"This volume comprises all but one of the papers presented at the workshop Unearthing the Wilderness : Workshop on the History and Archaeology of the Negev and Edom in the Iron Age, held at the W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research, Jerusalem, on 12 December 2010. It is supplemente...

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Published in:Ancient Near Eastern studies / Supplement
Contributors: Tebes, Juan Manuel (Editor)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Leuven [u.a.] Peeters 2014
In: Ancient Near Eastern studies / Supplement (45)
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Series/Journal:Ancient Near Eastern studies / Supplement 45
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Negev / Edom (Landscape) / Iron age
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
HH Archaeology
Further subjects:B Collection of essays
B Excavations (archaeology) (Middle East) Congresses
B Iron Age (Israel) (Negev) Antiquities Congresses
B Cultural anthropology
B Iron Age (Edom (Kingdom)) Antiquities Congresses
B Timna
B Negev
B Conference program
B Palestine
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Summary:"This volume comprises all but one of the papers presented at the workshop Unearthing the Wilderness : Workshop on the History and Archaeology of the Negev and Edom in the Iron Age, held at the W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research, Jerusalem, on 12 December 2010. It is supplemented with studies from scholars who were unable to attend the conference but were eager to contribute to this book."--Preface
Socio-economic fluctuations and chiefdom formation in Edom, the Negev and the Hejaz during the first millennium BCE -- From bandit to king: David's time in the Negev and the transformation of a tribal entity into a nation state -- Timna site 2 revisited -- Appendix: XRF study of archaeological and metallurgical material from copper smelting sites in Timna -- Egyptian Timna, reconsidered -- The symbolic and social world of the Quaryyah pottery iconography -- Arabian and Arabizing epigraphic finds from the Iron Age Southern Levant -- The Judean desert frontier in the seventh century BCE: a view from 'Aroer -- Edomite pottery in Judah in the eighth century BCE -- Local production of Edmonite cooking pots in the Beersheba Valley: Petrographic analyses from Tel Malhata, Horvat 'Uza and Horvat Qitmit
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references
International conference proceedings. - Includes bibliographical references
ISBN:9042929731