03150nam 2200649 a 450 991096974590332120240514021319.01-283-19262-497866131926220-567-11600-X(CKB)2670000000106762(EBL)742771(OCoLC)741691687(SSID)ssj0000522172(PQKBManifestationID)12183254(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000522172(PQKBWorkID)10527996(PQKB)10024671(Au-PeEL)EBL742771(CaPaEBR)ebr10490399(CaONFJC)MIL319262(OCoLC)893335719(MiAaPQ)EBC742771(EXLCZ)99267000000010676220010411d2002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEarly urbanizations in the Levant a regional narrative /Raphael Greenberg1st ed.London ;New York Leicester University Press20021 online resource (154 p.)New approaches to anthropological archaeologyDescription based upon print version of record.0-7185-0230-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexEarly 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 pNew approaches to anthropological archaeology.UrbanizationIsraelHula ValleyCities and towns, AncientIsraelHula ValleyLand settlement patterns, PrehistoricIsraelHula ValleyHula Valley (Israel)AntiquitiesUrbanizationCities and towns, AncientLand settlement patterns, Prehistoric307.76/0933Greenberg Raphael1094133MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910969745903321Early urbanizations in the Levant4382726UNINA