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Pots, People, and Politics: A Reconsideration of the Role of Ceramics in Reconstructions of the Iron Age Northern Levant
Matthew R. Whincop
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This study aims to reconsider current reconstructions of the Iron Age Northern Levant and the role that ceramics studies have played in these interpretations. The author presents a regional ceramic typology for the Iron Age (including the Persian period) and undertakes an analysis of the distribution patterns of this typology across the Northern Levant. An alternative interpretation of the ceramic data is offered, before being compared with the conventional historical model. This alternative reconstruction focuses on theories of practice, and foodways, whilst appreciating the dynamic manner by which material culture is used to constantly negotiate and consolidate social structures. In the end, the study offers one perspective on the compatibility of archaeological data and the historical text, and makes some final recommendations for their correlation.
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Front Cover
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Title Page
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Copyright
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Table of Contents
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Abstract
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Statement of Copyright
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Acknowledgments
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List of Tables
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List of Charts
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List of Seriation Matrices
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List of Dendrograms
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List of Figures
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List of Maps
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List of Abbreviations
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CHAPTER ONE: Introduction
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SECTION ONE: Current Theory, Method and Practice in Reconstructions of the Iron Age Northern Levant
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CHAPTER TWO: The Imposition of Predetermined Frameworks onto the Archaeological Record
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CHAPTER THREE: Critical Review of Iron Age Excavations
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CHAPTER FOUR: Approaches to Iron Age Pottery from the Northern Levant
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SECTION TWO: Presentation of Iron Age Ceramic Data
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CHAPTER FIVE: Form and Nature of the Ceramic Data
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CHAPTER SIX: Typological Patterns in the Data
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SECTION THREE: Analysis of Iron Age Ceramic Data
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CHAPTER SEVEN: Exploratory Data Analysis
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CHAPTER EIGHT: Multivariate Data Analysis
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SECTION FOUR: An Alternative Reconstruction for the Iron Age Northern Levant
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CHAPTER NINE: Ceramics and Identity in the Iron Age of Syria
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CHAPTER TEN: Conclusions
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
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APPENDICES
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FIGURES
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MAPS
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Published: 2009
Publisher: BAR Publishing
- 9781407334134 (ebook)
- 9781407303840 (paperback)
BAR Number: S1902