Overview

In this comprehensive final report David Ilan and 12 other contributing authors present the rich finds from the Iron Age I (circa 1200-950 BCE) levels at Tel Dan, located at the headwaters of the Dan tributary of the Jordan River, in the northeastern Hula Valley in northern Israel. The early Iron Age levels at Tel Dan have particular resonance in the light of their perceived association with the biblical account of the migration of the tribe of Dan, described in Judges 18. Much of what is portrayed in this volume is still visible at Tel Dan, in the national park located in the far north of modern-day Israel. The finds described in this volume were gleaned in the course of Avraham Biran's 1966-1999 excavations at the site. The architecture, ceramics, metal, flint, bone and ground stone objects and ecofacts all contribute to the portrayal of a cosmopolitan society that thrived, initially, under Egyptian imperial rule, subsequently forging its own way following the departure of Egyptian hegemony. The early Iron Age levels at Tel Dan show material evidence for the presence of local peoples, Egyptians, Cypriots, Aegeans, and Syrians, who together, negotiated a new identity, as Danites. Illustrated in colour and black & white throughout, and with five plans folded and within a pocket at the back of the volume.

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Author:   David Ilan
Publisher:   Hebrew Union College Press,U.S.
Imprint:   Hebrew Union College Press,U.S.
Dimensions:   Width: 23.00cm , Height: 4.90cm , Length: 28.50cm
Weight:   2.570kg
ISBN:  

9780878201822

ISBN 10:   0878201823
Pages:   654
Publication Date:   24 July 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Preface - Andrew Rehfeld, President Acknowledgments Chapter 1: The Natural Environment Chapter 2: Stratigraphy and Architecture (with a contribution by Ross Voss) Chapter 3: The Local Pottery Chapter 4: Notes on the Philistine, Aegean and Cypriot-style Decorated Pottery Alexander Zukerman Chapter 5: ""Phoenician"" Painted Ware Thomas Beyl Chapter 6A: A Petrographic Study of Early Iron Age Containers at Tel Dan Paula Waiman-Barak and Ayelet Gilboa Chapter 6B: Chemical and Petrographic Analysis of Aegean/Philistine Pottery from Tel Dan David Ben-Shlomo Chapter 6C: Petrographic Analysis of Iron Age I Painted Pottery from Tel Dan Nissim Golding-Meir Chapter 7: Ground Stone and Natural Stone Objects Chapter 8: Scale Weights Chapter 9: The Chipped Stone Assemblage Conn Herriott Chapter 10: Use-wear Analysis of Sickle Blades Shoh Yamada Chapter 11: The Metal Objects Chapter 12: The Bone and Ivory Objects Chapter 13: Seals and Impressions Chapter 14: Various Objects of Stone, Faience, and Ceramic Chapter 15: Figurines and Ritual Objects Chapter 16: Ritual Contexts Chapter 17: The Animal Bone Remains Jonathan S. Greer, Deirdre Fulton, and Paula Wapnish Chapter 18: Archaeobotany Chapter 19: Commodity Storage: Pits, Pithoi and Installations Chapter 20: Chronology Chapter 21: Conclusion: Economy, Society and Polity at Tel Dan in the Iron Age I"

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David Ilan is the Director of the Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archaeology at HUC-JIR's Taube Family Campus in Jerusalem.

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