Early urbanizations in the Levant : a regional narrative /: a regional narrative. (2002)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Raphael Greenberg.
• Other Names: Greenberg, Raphael
• Contents: List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; Current approaches to Levantine urbanization; Archaeological regions revisited; Defining regions; Shifting boundaries: the spatial expression of social change in and between the early urban periods of the southern Levant; A case study: the Hula Valley; 2 The Hula Valley Environment; Definition of boundaries; The modern environment; Human ecology in the Hula Valley: potentials and limitations; The effect of malaria on settlement in the valley. 3 The Stratigraphic-Chronological Framework: Sites and Material Culture of the Hula Valley, EB I-MB I1. Sites; 2. Pottery assemblages; 3. Survey results: gazetteer of EB I-MB I sites in the Hula Valley; 4 Hula Valley Settlement Patterns: A Chronological Survey; Early Bronze I; Early Bronze II; Early Bronze III; Dolmens: Early Bronze Ill/Intermediate Bronze Age; Intermediate Bronze Age; Middle Bronze I; Summary; 5 Patterns of 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. EB I: the demise of self-sustaining village settlementEB II: the establishment of an urban culture; EB III: the zenith and decline of urban culture; IB: at the Syrian periphery; MB I: reurbanization; Summary; 6 Conclusion: The Ebb and Flow of Early Urbanism in the Levant; Trajectories, cycles, structured disorder, and contingency in early Levantine urbanization; Disjunctive change: a panoramic view; Considerations for future research; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; P; Q; R; S; T; U; W; Y; Z.
• Publisher Details: London New York : Leicester University Press
• Publication Date: 2002
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 141 pages), illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 307.76/0933; Urbanization -- Israel -- Hula Valley; Cities and towns, Ancient -- Israel -- Hula Valley; Land settlement patterns, Prehistoric -- Israel -- Hula Valley; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Urban; Antiquities; Cities and towns, Ancient; Land settlement patterns, Prehistoric; Urbanization; Urbanisatie; Cities and towns, Ancient -- Israel -- Hula Valley; Hula Valley (Israel) -- Antiquities; Land settlement patterns, Prehistoric -- Israel -- Hula Valley; Urbanization -- Israel -- Hula Valley; Social Science; Hula Valley (Israel) -- Antiquities; Israel -- Hula Valley; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780567116000; 1283192624; 9781283192620
• Related ISBNs: 056711600X; 0718502302; 9780718502300
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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