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Germany / USA: Leiden, Germany / Boston, MA: Brill, 2012, 1st edition, First Printing, 2012. ------------( 1st printing of the First edition ) ---hardcover, a Near Fine copy, no dustjacket as issued, slight crease to contents pages, 485 pages, b&w photos and illustrations, contents include: Preface by Helzer; Intro by Zertal; History of the Excavations, the Staff, and the Methodology ---The Site - General Data; Plan And Fortifications; Stratigraphy And Chronology; Area A- The City Gate (A1), The Approach (A2), And The Upper Terrace (A3); Area B - A Sounding In The Western City Wall; Area C1 - The Residential Quarter; Area C2; Area D— The Central Quarter; Area E1 - A Sounding In The Southern Quarter; Area F - Soundings In The Fortifications; Area T - The Outside Tower; The Iron Age Pottery; The Late Pottery; Nine Scarabs, A Scaraboid, A Cylinder Seal, And A Bifacial Rectangular Plaque From El-Ahwat; The Beads And Pendants; An Ivory Caprid-Head From Area A3; A Bronze Head From Area…
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El-Ahwat: A Fortified Site from the Early Iron Age Near Nahal 'Iron, Israel: Excavations 1993-2000 Hardcover - 2011
by Adam Zertal (Editor)
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The excavations at el-Ahwat constitute a unique and fascinating archaeological undertaking. The site is the location of a fortified city dated to the early Iron Age (ca. 1220 1150 BCE), hidden in a dense Mediterranean forest in central Israel, near the historic Arunah pass. Discovered in 1992 and excavated between 1993 and 2000, the digs revealed an urban time capsule erected and inhabited during a short period of time (60 70 years), with no earlier site below or subsequent one above it. This report provides a vivid picture of the site, its buildings, and environmental economy as evinced by the stone artifacts, animal bones, agricultural installations, and iron forge that were uncovered here. The excavators of this site suggest in this work that the settlement was inhabited by the Shardana Sea-Peoples, who arrived in the ancient Near East at the end of the 13th century BCE and settled in northern Canaan. In weighing the physical evidence and the logic of the interpretation presented herein, the reader will be treated to a new and compelling archaeological and historical challenge.
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- Title El-Ahwat: A Fortified Site from the Early Iron Age Near Nahal 'Iron, Israel: Excavations 1993-2000
- Author Adam Zertal (Editor)
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 508
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Brill, LEIDEN
- Date 2011
- ISBN 9789004176454 / 9004176454
- Weight 1.1 lbs (0.50 kg)
- Dimensions 9.4 x 6.2 x 0.8 in (23.88 x 15.75 x 2.03 cm)
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Themes
- Aspects (Academic): Archaeological
- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Library of Congress subjects Excavations (Archaeology) - Israel, Israel - Antiquities
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2011035557
- Dewey Decimal Code 933.46
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El-Ahwat : A Fortified Site from the Early Iron Age Near Nahal 'Iron, Israel : Excavations 1993-2000
by Zertal, Adam (editor), and 14 contributors
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Leiden: Brill, 2012. First edition thus. Hardcover. Fine. xix, (1), 485, (1)pp. With a 32 page bibliography. Red buckram lettered in yellow. Illustrated with approx. 200 photos, drawings, archaeological ground plans and charts. A fine, as new copy. This report presents the findings of a unique archaeological site in central Israel. The site is a fortified city, possibly from the Sea-Peoples Shardana, that contains intriguing architecture and many Egyptian finds. The Egyptian finds specifically indicate that it may have been an Egyptian stronghold with foreign mercenaries. Contents: List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; Introduction; History of the Excavations, the Staff, and the Methodology; Part One: Stratigraphy, Architecture, and Chronology; Chapter One The Site -- General Data; Chapter Two Plan and Fortifications; Chapter Three Stratigraphy and Chronology; Chapter Four Area A -- The City Gate (A1), the "Approach" (A2), and the Upper Terrace (A3); Chapter Five Area B -- A Sounding in the…
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