Archaeological research on the Iron Age (1200–500 BC) Levant, a narrow strip of land
bounded by the Mediterranean Sea and the Arabian Desert, has been balkanized into …

This volume is the first text to focus specifically on the archaeology of domestic architecture.
Covering major theoretical and methodological developments over recent decades in areas …

In this paper, we present an analysis of an Iron Age I dwelling at the Phoenician site of Dor,
on Israel's Carmel coast. We provide a definition for the architectural mental template for this …

This book examines the development of the stone vessel industry in the Near East during
the Iron Age and the Persian period (c. 1200–330 BCE). During this span of time, the Near …

The theme of Tel Aviv University's 2017 Annual Aharoni Symposium centered around the
formation of new identities in the Southern Levant following the collapse of the so-called …

The practice of digging, using, and filling large pits, cut into the ground and sometimes lined
with clay, was extensive from the Early Helladic III to the Middle Helladic Period I (c. 2,200 …

Archaeological perspectives on political transitions frequently contrast with that of the strictly
textual-historical. One speaks more of “transformations” than of ruptures and of socio-cultural …

Domestic daily lives, consisting of house structures, living households/families1 and its
activities, were one of the most important components of the newly launched urban society …

The village is usually viewed as a basic geographic and economic unit, characterized by
unsophisticated social organization, limited interpersonal ties and weak external social …

The goal of this thesis is to contribute to a more dynamic and holistic vision of the social
complexities of early urban societies in the Near East by increasing the knowledge of intra …