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Illustrated with 35 b/w figures.
These essays were written in honour of William G Dever, doyen of Syro-Palestinian archaeology, and Professor Emeritus of Near Eastern Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Arizona, where he was Professor from 1975 until his retirement in 2001.
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Biography of William G Dever
Students of William G Dever
Chapter 1 - Bronze Age Rural Economic Transitions in the Jordan Valley Steven E Falconer, Patricia L Fall, Mary C Metzger and Lee Lines
Chapter 2 - Merenptah's Inscription and Reliefs and the Origin of Israel Michael G Hasel
Chapter 3 - Slouching toward Beersheva: Chalcolithic Mortuary Practices in Local and Regional Context Alexander H Joffe
Chapter 4 - Four-Room Structures at Late Bronze/Iron I Age Hill Country Workstations Gloria London
Chapter 5 - The Birth of the Ancestors: The Meanings of Human Figurines in Near Eastern Neolithic Villages Jonathan B Mabry
Chapter 6 - Pottery Production and Demand in a Middle Bronze Age Levantine Village: Ceramic Specialization and Rural Development Bonnie Magness-Gardiner
Chapter 7 - Israel on the Horizon: The Iron I Settlement of the Galilee Beth Alpert Nakhai
Chapter 8 - The Emergence of Ammon: A View of the Rise of Iron Age Polities from the Other Side of the Jordan Randall W Younker
Index