Main entry:

Finkelstein, Israel.

Title & Author:

The archaeology of the Israelite settlement / Israel Finkelstein ; [translated by D. Saltz].

Publication:

Jerusalem : Israel Exploration Society, 1988.

Description:

380 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Translation of: Arkheʼologyah shel teḳufat ha-hitnaḥalut ṿeha-Shofṭim.
Includes bibliographical references.
1. Introduction and history of research -- Part I: The results of excavations and surveys -- 2. The characteristics of Israelite settlement sites -- 3. Regional survey of the archaeological data -- Beersheba Valley -- Judean Hills -- Judean desert -- Shephelah -- Benjamin -- Ephraim -- Manasseh -- Sharon -- Jezreel Valley -- Lower Galilee -- Western Galilee -- Upper Galilee and Huleh Valley -- Jordan valley -- Transjordanian Plateau -- Part II: The regional study of the territory of Ephraim -- 4. The survey of the territory of Ephraim -- Geographical background -- Demography and subsistence economy -- Sites surveyed -- Pottery -- The settlement pattern of the Iron I period -- 5. The Shiloh excavations: preliminary report -- Location and identification -- The Danish excavations -- The new excavations -- Middle Bronze period -- Late Bronze period -- Iron I period -- Iron II period -- Shiloh during the period of Israelite settlement and the Judges: preliminary conclusions.
Part III: Material culture -- 6. Early Israelite architecture -- Elliptical sites: the transition to sedentarization -- Sites with a peripheral belt of pillared buildings -- On the origin of pillared four-room houses -- The influences of Iron I hill country architecture on construction during the monarchy -- The question of fortification -- Silos -- 7. Iron I pottery in the Central Hill Country -- Overview -- Collared-rim store jars -- Handles with incisions and holes -- Vessels decorated with figures in relief -- Part IV: The process of Israelite settlement -- 8. Archaeological evidence and the schools of scholarship -- The unified military conquest theory -- The peaceful infiltration theory -- The sociological school -- 9. Chronological problems of Israelite settlement -- Archaeological evidence for dating the beginning of the process -- Relative chronology of Israelite settlement sites -- 10. The magnitude of Israelite settlement -- The expansion of the Israelite population in Canaan -- The size of the Israelite population in Canaan -- 11. The nature of Israelite settlement -- The origin of the Israelites -- The manner of Israelite settlement -- 12. Summary.
Translated [from the Hebrew] by D. Saltz.

ISBN:

9652210072
9789652210074

Subject:

Excavations (Archaeology) Palestine.
Jews History 1200-953 B.C.
Jews History To 953 B.C.
Iron age Palestine.
Fouilles (Archéologie) Palestine.
Juifs Histoire Jusqu'à 953 av. J.-C.
Arpentage archéologique Palestine.
Âge du fer Palestine.
Juifs Histoire 1200-953 av. J.-C.
Antiquities
Excavations (Archaeology)
Jews
Nederzettingen.
Joden.
Opgravingen.
Oudheid.
Excavations (Archaeology) Shomeron (Region).
Fouilles archéologiques Palestine.
Juifs 1200-953 av. J.-C.
Palestine Antiquities.
Israel Antiquities.
Palestine History To 70 A.D. Sources.
Palestine Antiquités.
Israël Antiquités.
Palestine Histoire Jusqu'à 70 Sources.
Middle East Palestine
Samaria (Region) (West Bank) Antiquities.
Eretz Israel Antiquities.
Israël Archéologie 12ème s. av. JC-11ème s. av. J.C.

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 44139
Call No.: ID:89-B3755
Status: Available