LEADER 03150nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910969745903321 005 20240514021319.0 010 $a1-283-19262-4 010 $a9786613192622 010 $a0-567-11600-X 035 $a(CKB)2670000000106762 035 $a(EBL)742771 035 $a(OCoLC)741691687 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000522172 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12183254 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000522172 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10527996 035 $a(PQKB)10024671 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL742771 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10490399 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL319262 035 $a(OCoLC)893335719 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC742771 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000106762 100 $a20010411d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEarly urbanizations in the Levant $ea regional narrative /$fRaphael Greenberg 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cLeicester University Press$d2002 215 $a1 online resource (154 p.) 225 1 $aNew approaches to anthropological archaeology 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a0-7185-0230-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCONTENTS; 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 330 $aEarly Urbanizations in the Levant examines the first cycle of urbanization, collapse and reurbanization in the 4th-2nd millennium BCE Levant. The core of the study is a detailed analysis of settlement fluctuations and material culture development in the Hula Valley, at the crossroads between modern Israel, Syria and Lebanon. Focusing on field data and a close reading of the material text, the book emphasizes the variety exhibited in patterns of cultural and social change when small, densely settled regions are carefully scrutinized. Using the concepts of time-space edges and shifting loci of p 410 0$aNew approaches to anthropological archaeology. 606 $aUrbanization$zIsrael$zHula Valley 606 $aCities and towns, Ancient$zIsrael$zHula Valley 606 $aLand settlement patterns, Prehistoric$zIsrael$zHula Valley 607 $aHula Valley (Israel)$xAntiquities 615 0$aUrbanization 615 0$aCities and towns, Ancient 615 0$aLand settlement patterns, Prehistoric 676 $a307.76/0933 700 $aGreenberg$b Raphael$01094133 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910969745903321 996 $aEarly urbanizations in the Levant$94382726 997 $aUNINA