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UNINA9910969745903321 |
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Autore |
Greenberg Raphael |
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Titolo |
Early urbanizations in the Levant : a regional narrative / / Raphael Greenberg |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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London ; ; New York, : Leicester University Press, 2002 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-19262-4 |
9786613192622 |
0-567-11600-X |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (154 p.) |
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Collana |
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New approaches to anthropological archaeology |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Urbanization - Israel - Hula Valley |
Cities and towns, Ancient - Israel - Hula Valley |
Land settlement patterns, Prehistoric - Israel - Hula Valley |
Hula Valley (Israel) Antiquities |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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CONTENTS; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 The Hula Valley Environment; 3 The Stratigraphic-Chronological Framework: Sites and Material Culture of the Hula Valley, EB 1-MB I; 4 Hula Valley Settlement Patterns: A Chronological Survey; 5 Patterns and Settlement and Social Change in the Hula Valley, EB I - MB I, and Their Implications for the Study of Early Urban Cultures in the Southern Levant; 6 Conclusion: The Ebb and Flow of Early Urbanism in the Levant; References; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Early Urbanizations in the Levant examines the first cycle of urbanization, collapse and reurbanization in the 4th-2nd millennium BCE Levant. The core of the study is a detailed analysis of settlement fluctuations and material culture development in the Hula Valley, at the crossroads between modern Israel, Syria and Lebanon. Focusing on field data and a close reading of the material text, the book emphasizes the variety exhibited in patterns of cultural and social change when small, densely settled regions are carefully scrutinized. Using the concepts of time-space edges and shifting loci of p |
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