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Early Urbanizations in the Levant

Author : Raphael Greenberg
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 056711600X
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (671 download)

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Book Synopsis Early Urbanizations in the Levant by : Raphael Greenberg

Download or read book Early Urbanizations in the Levant written by Raphael Greenberg and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2002-07-01 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early Urbanizations in the Levant examines the first cycle of urbanization, collapse and reurbanization in the 4th-2nd millennium BCE Levant. The core of the study is a detailed analysis of settlement fluctuations and material culture development in the Hula Valley, at the crossroads between modern Israel, Syria and Lebanon. Focusing on field data and a close reading of the material text, the book emphasizes the variety exhibited in patterns of cultural and social change when small, densely settled regions are carefully scrutinized. Using the concepts of time-space edges and shifting loci of power, the study suggests new scenarios to explain changes in the regional archaeological record, and considers the implications these have for existing reconstructions of social evolution in the larger region. The Levant is shown to be composed of a fluid mosaic of polities that moved along multiple, if often parallel, paths towards and away from complexity. This book should be of interest to anyone studying the archaeology of early state formation in the Near East, particularly in areas of secondary urbanization - Palestine, Syria and Anatolia. With its detailed consideration of settlement patterns and ceramic production, it is also indispensable for the study of the early history of the two major sites in the area, Tel Dan and Tel Hazor, being the first attempt to integrate the results of excavations at these sites with the information obtained in archaeological surveys of the valley which sustained them.

The urbanization of the Southern Levant in its Near Eastern setting

Author : Pierre de Miroschedji
Publisher : Gangemi Editore spa
ISBN 13 : 8849244134
Total Pages : 85 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (492 download)

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Book Synopsis The urbanization of the Southern Levant in its Near Eastern setting by : Pierre de Miroschedji

Download or read book The urbanization of the Southern Levant in its Near Eastern setting written by Pierre de Miroschedji and published by Gangemi Editore spa. This book was released on 2019-09-16T00:00:00+02:00 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Urbanization occurred in the southern Levant at the end of the fourth millennium BCE in a process of settlement coalescence achieved under conditions of territorial stress and insecurity. The constituent households were woven into the urban fabric thanks to large-scale cooperative labor. The construction of monumental fortifications materialized the new aggregated community and thereby created a city. Although the mode of social organization was corporate in most settlements, it was exclusionary in some major cities as indicated by the appearance of palaces, which imply the existence of a king alongside elders. The variety of local situations resulted in a wide diversity of settlement forms. The common denominator of these settlements was not urbanism sensu stricto but the existence of an autonomous political and territorial organization, i.e. a city-state. This observation applies as well to a large number of urban settlements of the ancient Near East and Mediterranean, which differ sharply from those of the Syro-Mesopotamian sphere.

Peripheral Concerns

Author : Susan L. Cohen
Publisher : Equinox Publishing (UK)
ISBN 13 : 9781781791776
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (917 download)

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Book Synopsis Peripheral Concerns by : Susan L. Cohen

Download or read book Peripheral Concerns written by Susan L. Cohen and published by Equinox Publishing (UK). This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peripheral Concerns examines the influence of one "core" region of the ancient Near Eastern world--Egypt--on urban development in the southern Levant in the Early and Middle Bronze Ages, with emphasis on the relative stability and sustainability of this development in each era. The study utilizes a very broad scale "macro" approach to examine urban development using core-periphery theories, specifically in regard to southern Levantine-Egyptian interactions. While many studies examine urban development in both the Early Bronze Age and the Middle Bronze Age, few compare this phenomenon in the two periods. Likewise, there are few studies of urban development in the southern Levant that compare contemporary Egyptian policies in that region to those in Nubia, despite the fact that Egyptian activities linked the eastern Mediterranean, the Nile Valley, and Nubia into one interactive system. The broad chronological and geographic framework utilized in this study therefore allows for a new approach to urban development in the southern Levant.

Daily Life, Materiality, and Complexity in Early Urban Communities of the Southern Levant

Author : Meredith S. Chesson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781575062174
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (621 download)

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Book Synopsis Daily Life, Materiality, and Complexity in Early Urban Communities of the Southern Levant by : Meredith S. Chesson

Download or read book Daily Life, Materiality, and Complexity in Early Urban Communities of the Southern Levant written by Meredith S. Chesson and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume emerges from a session honoring Watler E. Rast and R. Thomas Schaub held during the 2003 Annual Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research in Atlanta, Georgia and includes expanded versions of many of the papers presented in that session. Contributing scholars encompass a broad range of methods and approaches to learning about the past: anthropological archaeology, Near Eastern archaeology, biblical archaeology, and physical anthropology. -- from Back Cover

Daily Life, Materiality, and Complexity in Early Urban Communities of the Southern Levant

Author : Meredith S. Chesson
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 1575066556
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (75 download)

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Book Synopsis Daily Life, Materiality, and Complexity in Early Urban Communities of the Southern Levant by : Meredith S. Chesson

Download or read book Daily Life, Materiality, and Complexity in Early Urban Communities of the Southern Levant written by Meredith S. Chesson and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2011-06-23 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume emerges from a session honoring Walter E. Rast and R. Thomas Schaub held during the 2003 Annual Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research in Atlanta, Georgia and includes expanded versions of many of the papers presented in that session. By gathering in Atlanta, and by participating in this volume, the contributors honor the careers and scholarly passions of Walt and Tom, whose work in southern Levantine archaeology began in the 1960s when they were young scholars working with Paul Lapp. The breadth and depth of experience of the contributors’ disciplinary and theoretical interests reflects the shared influence of and esteem for Walt’s and Tom’s own scholarly gifts as archaeologists, mentors, collaborators, and intellectual innovators. The primary disciplinary “homes” for the scholars contributing to this volume encompass a broad range of methods and approaches to learning about the past: anthropological archaeology, Near Eastern archaeology, biblical archaeology, and physical anthropology. Their institutional “homes” include universities and institutes in Canada, Denmark, Israel, Jordan, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States; their theoretical “homes” include the broadly-conceived archaeological frameworks of culture-history, processualism, and post-processualism. Collectively, these papers reflect the enormous breadth of influence that Tom’s and Walt’s scholarly contributions have made to EB studies. Walt and Tom shared a gift that many have benefited from: gentle listening, questioning, and pushing for more sophisticated analyses of Early Bronze Age life. Their eager engagement of younger scholars, as well as their involvement with their peers, arises from their dedication to listening well, devoting time to others’ ideas and perspectives, and a generous willingness to give freely to others out of the rich depths of their lifelong scholarly pursuits and profound understanding of the Early Bronze Age, archaeology, and life in general. Many of the contributors to this volume have gained greater understanding because of Walt’s and Tom’s gift of listening, keen insights, and bottomless enthusiasm for learning more about the past and the present in the southern Levant. The 18 essays presented here are to honor both men for these gifts both to the discipline of archaeology and to so many of us engaged in that intellectual endeavor.

The Archaeology of the Bronze Age Levant

Author : Raphael Greenberg
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107111463
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (71 download)

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Book Synopsis The Archaeology of the Bronze Age Levant by : Raphael Greenberg

Download or read book The Archaeology of the Bronze Age Levant written by Raphael Greenberg and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-11-07 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An up-to-date, systematic depiction of Bronze Age societies of the Levant, their evolution, and their interactions and entanglements with neighboring regions.

The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of the Levant

Author : Margreet L. Steiner
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191662550
Total Pages : 912 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (916 download)

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Book Synopsis The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of the Levant by : Margreet L. Steiner

Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of the Levant written by Margreet L. Steiner and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2014-01-16 with total page 912 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Handbook aims to serve as a research guide to the archaeology of the Levant, an area situated at the crossroads of the ancient world that linked the eastern Mediterranean, Anatolia, Mesopotamia, and Egypt. The Levant as used here is a historical geographical term referring to a large area which today comprises the modern states of Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, western Syria, and Cyprus, as well as the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and the Sinai Peninsula. Unique in its treatment of the entire region, it offers a comprehensive overview and analysis of the current state of the archaeology of the Levant within its larger cultural, historical, and socio-economic contexts. The Handbook also attempts to bridge the modern scholarly and political divide between archaeologists working in this highly contested region. Written by leading international scholars in the field, it focuses chronologically on the Neolithic through Persian periods - a time span during which the Levant was often in close contact with the imperial powers of Egypt, Anatolia, Assyria, Babylon, and Persia. This volume will serve as an invaluable reference work for those interested in a contextualised archaeological account of this region, beginning with the 'agricultural revolution' until the conquest of Alexander the Great that marked the end of the Persian period.

The Social Archaeology of the Levant

Author : Assaf Yasur-Landau
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108668240
Total Pages : 941 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (86 download)

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Book Synopsis The Social Archaeology of the Levant by : Assaf Yasur-Landau

Download or read book The Social Archaeology of the Levant written by Assaf Yasur-Landau and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-12-20 with total page 941 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The volume offers a comprehensive introduction to the archaeology of the southern Levant (modern day Israel, Palestine and Jordan) from the Paleolithic period to the Islamic era, presenting the past with chronological changes from hunter-gatherers to empires. Written by an international team of scholars in the fields of archaeology, epigraphy, and bioanthropology, the volume presents central debates around a range of archaeological issues, including gender, ritual, the creation of alphabets and early writing, biblical periods, archaeometallurgy, looting, and maritime trade. Collectively, the essays also engage diverse theoretical approaches to demonstrate the multi-vocal nature of studying the past. Significantly, The Social Archaeology of the Levant updates and contextualizes major shifts in archaeological interpretation.

Dolmens in the Levant

Author : James A. Fraser
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351375423
Total Pages : 557 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (513 download)

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Download or read book Dolmens in the Levant written by James A. Fraser and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-01-17 with total page 557 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Western explorers first encountered dolmens in the Levant, they thought they had discovered the origins of a megalithic phenomenon that spread as far as the Atlantic coast. Although European dolmens are now considered an unrelated tradition, many researchers continue to approach dolmens in the Levant as part of a trans-regional phenomenon that spanned the Taurus mountains to the Arabian peninsula. By tightly defining the term 'dolmen' itself, this book brings these mysterious monuments into sharper focus. Drawing on historical, archaeological and geological sources, it is shown that dolmens in the Levant mostly concentrate in the eastern escarpment of the Jordan Rift Valley, and in the Galilean hills. They cluster near proto-urban settlements of the Early Bronze I period (3700–3000 BCE) in particular geological zones suitable for the extraction of megalithic slabs. Rather than approaching dolmens as a regional phenomenon, this book considers dolmens as part of a local burial tradition whose tomb forms varied depending on geological constraints. Dolmens in the Levant is essential for anyone interested in the rise of civilisations in the ancient Middle East, and particularly those who have wondered at the origins of these enigmatic burial monuments that dominate the landscape.

Material Worlds: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Contacts and Exchange in the Ancient Near East

Author : Arnulf Hausleiter
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1803276495
Total Pages : 141 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Material Worlds: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Contacts and Exchange in the Ancient Near East written by Arnulf Hausleiter and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2023-12-21 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The eleven contributions in this book address the history of contacts and exchanges in the Bronze and Iron Ages within West Asia, extending far beyond the boundaries of the previously defined contact zone of the ‘Ancient Near East’.

Flint Trade in the Protohistoric Levant

Author : Francesca Manclossi
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000435806
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

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Book Synopsis Flint Trade in the Protohistoric Levant by : Francesca Manclossi

Download or read book Flint Trade in the Protohistoric Levant written by Francesca Manclossi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-09-09 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flint Trade in the Protohistoric Levant offers an in-depth case study of the production and exchange of tabular scrapers. Crossing cultural and ecological boundaries and traded from the desert to the settled zone, these tools encompassed both ritual and quotidian functions over the course of well over the two millennia of the existence of the exchange system. Analyses focus on the changing nature of the production systems, dynamics of value in changing contexts of production and use, ritual contexts and meaning. Extending throughout the Levant, the tabular scraper complex is compared and contrasted to other contemporary production and exchange systems (ceramics, chipped stone, ground stone, copper, beads), offering a rich picture of the complexities of late prehistoric trade, transcending linear evolutionary frameworks, and simple models. Adopting a chaîne opératoire approach to the use-life of the artifacts, the artifacts can be seen to transform over time and place, made, used, recycled, and ultimately discarded, each stage in its own cultural contexts. The rise and decline of this exchange complex reflects both the geo-political history of the region and the general role of lithic industries in these societies. Focusing on late prehistoric times in the Near East, the discussions will of relevance to all researchers interested in the role of exchange in the evolution of complex economies. It offers an analysis of exchange systems based on a matrix of factors which should be of interest to all researchers interested in the evolution of trade.

A Companion to Ancient Agriculture

Author : David Hollander
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118970942
Total Pages : 736 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (189 download)

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Download or read book A Companion to Ancient Agriculture written by David Hollander and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2020-11-10 with total page 736 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book-length overview of agricultural development in the ancient world A Companion to Ancient Agriculture is an authoritative overview of the history and development of agriculture in the ancient world. Focusing primarily on the Near East and Mediterranean regions, this unique text explores the cultivation of the soil and rearing of animals through centuries of human civilization—from the Neolithic beginnings of agriculture to Late Antiquity. Chapters written by the leading scholars in their fields present a multidisciplinary examination of the agricultural methods and influences that have enabled humans to survive and prosper. Consisting of thirty-one chapters, the Companion presents essays on a range of topics that include economic-political, anthropological, zooarchaeological, ethnobotanical, and archaeobotanical investigation of ancient agriculture. Chronologically-organized chapters offer in-depth discussions of agriculture in Bronze Age Egypt and Mesopotamia, Hellenistic Greece and Imperial Rome, Iran and Central Asia, and other regions. Sections on comparative agricultural history discuss agriculture in the Indian subcontinent and prehistoric China while an insightful concluding section helps readers understand ancient agriculture from a modern perspective. Fills the need for a full-length biophysical and social overview of ancient agriculture Provides clear accounts of the current state of research written by experts in their respective areas Places ancient Mediterranean agriculture in conversation with contemporary practice in Eastern and Southern Asia Includes coverage of analysis of stable isotopes in ancient agricultural cultivation Offers plentiful illustrations, references, case studies, and further reading suggestions A Companion to Ancient Agriculture is a much-needed resource for advanced students, instructors, scholars, and researchers in fields such as agricultural history, ancient economics, and in broader disciplines including classics, archaeology, and ancient history.

Broadening Horizons. 3rd Conference of Young Researchers Working in the Ancient Near East

Author : Borrell Tena, Ferran
Publisher : Servei de Publicacions de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
ISBN 13 : 8449028868
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book Broadening Horizons. 3rd Conference of Young Researchers Working in the Ancient Near East written by Borrell Tena, Ferran and published by Servei de Publicacions de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. This book was released on 2012-09 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Broadening Horizons is a series of international congresses dedicated to researchers, including postgraduate students, in the early-stages of their careers who are involved in a number of different disciplinary areas in the study of the Ancient Near East and the Eastern Mediterranean. The general aim of the conferences is to encourage discussion of new topics and to promote the exchange of ideas, data and scientific information among students and scholars of many different specialties – archaeology, prehistory, history, anthropology, archaeobiology and philology – throughout the geographical area known as the Ancient Near East. The 3rd of these congresses was held in Barcelona (Spain), from the 19th to the 21st of July 2010 in the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, following previous congresses which had taken place at Ghent University (Belgium) in 2006 and at Université Lyon 2 (France) in 2007. This volume includes not only the very interesting and diverse set of papers presented in Barcelona but also the invited contributions of the key speakers. These two sections are followed by a final paper by the editors about the trajectory of the BH conferences and about the particularities and difficulties confronting young scholars who are doing research in the Near East.

Early and Middle Bronze Age

Author : Dieter Vieweger
Publisher : Gütersloher Verlagshaus
ISBN 13 : 3641310849
Total Pages : 600 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (413 download)

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Download or read book Early and Middle Bronze Age written by Dieter Vieweger and published by Gütersloher Verlagshaus. This book was released on 2023-11-01 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Einzigartige Einblicke in die Lebenswelt einer lange vergangenen Zeit Der zweite Band des Grabungsberichts präsentiert Funde aus den Strata 25-17 von Tall Zirā'a, die die Besiedlung des Tells zwischen der frühen Bronzezeit II/III und der mittleren Bronzezeit IIB dokumentieren. Ein Erdrutsch hatte in der Zeit von Stratum 16 (vor 1500 v.Chr.) den westlichen Bereich der Siedlung zerstört; ein etwa 120 m2 großes Gebiet im Zentrum von Areal I war davon jedoch nicht betroffen, so dass bedeutende architektonische Zeugnisse aus jener Zeit ausgegraben werden konnten. Funde aus der frühen und mittleren Bronzezeit

New Horizons in the Study of the Early Bronze III and Early Bronze IV of the Levant

Author : Suzanne Richard
Publisher : Eisenbrauns
ISBN 13 : 9781575067407
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (674 download)

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Download or read book New Horizons in the Study of the Early Bronze III and Early Bronze IV of the Levant written by Suzanne Richard and published by Eisenbrauns. This book was released on 2020 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of twenty-three essays on the northern and southern Levant in the third millennium BCE, providing scholarly reevaluations of topics including urbanism, heterarchy, nomadism, ruralism, terminology, and cultural continuity/discontinuity.

A Land in Between

Author : Melissa Kennedy
Publisher : Sydney University Press
ISBN 13 : 1743327196
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (433 download)

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Download or read book A Land in Between written by Melissa Kennedy and published by Sydney University Press. This book was released on 2020-12-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Orontes Valley in western Syria is a land ‘in between’, positioned between the small trading centres of the coast and the huge urban agglomerations of the Euphrates Valley and the Syro-Mesopotamian plains beyond. As such, it provides a critical missing link in our understanding of the archaeology of this region in the early urban age. A Land in Between documents the material culture and socio-political relationships of the Orontes Valley and its neighbours during the second half of the 3rd millennium BCE. The authors demonstrate that the valley was a chief conduit for the exchange of knowledge and goods that fuelled the first urban age in western Syria. This lays the foundation for a comparative perspective, providing a clearer understanding of key differences between the Orontes region and its neighbours, and insights into how patterns of material and political association changed over time.

Proceedings of the 4th International Congress of the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, 29 March - 3 April 2004, Freie Universität Berlin: The reconstruction of environment : natural resources and human interrelations through time ; art history : visual communication

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Author : Hartmut Kühne
Publisher : Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
ISBN 13 : 9783447057035
Total Pages : 690 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (57 download)

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Download or read book Proceedings of the 4th International Congress of the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, 29 March - 3 April 2004, Freie Universität Berlin: The reconstruction of environment : natural resources and human interrelations through time ; art history : visual communication written by Hartmut Kühne and published by Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. This book was released on 2008 with total page 690 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Congress hosted 611 registered participants from 38 countries. Its aim was to be an international forum for scholars and demands of Near Eastern Archaeology. From the four sections of the Congress, Vol. I: 1) The Reconstruction of Environment. Natural Resources and Human Interrelation through Time, 2) Visual Communication, [Vol. II: 3) Social and Cultural Transformation: The Archaeology of Transitional Periods and Dark Ages, 4) Archaeological Field Reports (Excavations, Surveys, Conservation) ISBN 978344705757-8].Together these volumes unite 77 contributions on about 1100 pages. They are arranged according to the sections. The rst three will be introduced by the key lectures which were given by Tony Wilkinson, Winfried Orthmann, and Roger Matthews. The resumes of these sections were provided by Wendy Matthews, Dominik Bonatz, and Diederik J.W. Meijer. The contributions cover many aspects of the main themes through time, from the Neolithic to the Hellenistic / Roman period, and offer interdisciplinary approaches to complex archaeological problems.