Overview
- Offers a comprehensive overview of new archaeological research on the later prehistory and early history of the southern Levant
- Presents cutting-edge contributions by key figures in anthropological and biblical archaeology
- Is a critical resource for several key themes in the archaeology of the Eastern Mediterranean and beyond
Part of the book series: Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology (IDCA)
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Table of contents (83 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Part I
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Front Matter
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Keywords
- Anthropological archaeological theory
- Archaeometallurgy and mining archaeology
- Biblical archaeology
- Bronze Age Eastern Mediterranean
- Chalcolithic Levant
- Cultural heritage studies
- Chalcolithic Ceramic Research in the Southern Levant
- Cultivation of Fruit trees in the Chalcolithic Southern Levant
- Chronological differences Southern Levantine populations
- Digital archaeology
- DISH be a marker for higher social stratification
- Early Bronze Age Copper Manufacturing
- Experimental Iron Smelting archaeology
- Empires and the Aravah’s Copper
- Iron Age Eastern Mediterranean
- Marine archaeology
- Neolithic Levant
- Paleobotanical collection implications food production
- Tom Levy and “Deep Time”
- 18th Century BCE Shift of Copper Sources Mesopotamia
About this book
This two-volume book presents cutting-edge archaeological research, primarily as practiced in the Eastern Mediterranean region. These volumes’ key foci are inspired by the work of Thomas E. Levy. Volume 1 provides an in-depth look at new archaeological research in the southern Levant (primarily in modern Israel and Jordan) inspired by Levy’s commitment to understanding social, political, and economic processes in a long-term or “deep time” perspective. Volume 2 focuses on new research in several key areas of 21st century anthropological archaeology and archaeological science.
Volume 1 is organized around two major themes: 1) the later prehistory of the southern Levant, or the Neolithic, Chalcolithic, and Bronze Age, and 2) new research in biblical archaeology, or the historical archaeology of the Iron Age. Each section contains a combination of new perspectives on key debates and studies introducing new research questions and directions.
Volume 2 is organized aroundfive major themes: 1) the archaeology of the Faynan copper ore district of southern Jordan, a key region for archaeometallurgical research in West Asia where Levy conducted field research for over a decade, 2) new research in archaeometallurgy beyond the Faynan region, 3) marine and maritime archaeology, focusing on issues of trade and environmental change, 4) cyber-archaeology, an important 21st century field Levy conceived as “the marriage of archaeology, engineering, computer science, and the natural sciences,” and 5) key issues in anthropological archaeological theory. In addition to presenting the reader with an up-to-date view of research in each of these areas, the volume also has chapters exploring the connections between these themes, e.g. the maritime trade of metals and cyber-/digital archaeological approaches to metallurgy.
The work contains contributions from both up-and-coming early career researchers and key established figures in their fields. This book is an essential reference for archaeologists and scholars in related disciplines working in the southern Levant and the Eastern Mediterranean.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Erez Ben-Yosef is Professor of Archaeology at Tel Aviv University. He directs the Central Timna Valley Project in southern Israel, where he and his team have unearthed evidence of intense copper production from the time of David and Solomon. His research focuses on ancient technologies, especially metal production, and on the archaeological sciences. Ben-Yosef studied archaeology and geology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (BA, BSc, MSc) and archaeology and anthropology at the University of California, San Diego (MA, PhD). His postdoctoral research at Scripps Institution of Oceanography focused on the ancient copper mines of Cyprus and the application of slag material in geomagnetic research. Ben-Yosef won multiple awards and research grants, including a Fulbright Fellowship, an ERC - Marie Curie Career Integration Grant (CIG), and the Kadar Family Award for Outstanding Research (2018). Since August 2020 he serves as a member of the Archaeological Advisory Board of Israel's Ministry of Culture. In 2022 he was elected as a member of The Israel Young Academy, the leading body of Israeli academics under 45 years old.
Ian W. N. Jones is a lecturer in the Department of Anthropology at the University of California San Diego and will be postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Near Eastern Archaeology at La Sierra University beginning in Spring 2023. His research explores the political-economy and environmental impacts of resource extraction, particularly copper production and agriculture, in the southern Levant during the late 1st and 2nd millennia AD. He is Field Director of the Balu‘a Regional Archaeology Project Islamic Village Excavations, which is investigating shifts in the agricultural economy of central Jordan during the 2nd millennium AD.Bibliographic Information
Book Title: “And in Length of Days Understanding” (Job 12:12)
Book Subtitle: Essays on Archaeology in the Eastern Mediterranean and Beyond in Honor of Thomas E. Levy
Editors: Erez Ben-Yosef, Ian W. N. Jones
Series Title: Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-27330-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-27329-2Published: 02 August 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-27332-2Due: 20 October 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-27330-8Published: 01 August 2023
Series ISSN: 1568-2722
Series E-ISSN: 2730-6984
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVIII, 1970
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Archaeology, Digital Humanities, Biblical Studies