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Book SynopsisThese essays were written in honour of William G Dever, doyen of Syro-Palestinian archaeology, and Professor Emeritus of Near Eastern Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Arizona, where he was Professor from 1975 until his retirement in 2001.
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Table of Contents
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Biography of William G Dever
Students of William G Dever
Chapter 1 - Bronze Age Rural Economic Transitions in the Jordan Valley Steven E Falconer, Patricia L Fall, Mary C Metzger and Lee Lines
Chapter 2 - Merenptah's Inscription and Reliefs and the Origin of Israel Michael G Hasel
Chapter 3 - Slouching toward Beersheva: Chalcolithic Mortuary Practices in Local and Regional Context Alexander H Joffe
Chapter 4 - Four-Room Structures at Late Bronze/Iron I Age Hill Country Workstations Gloria London
Chapter 5 - The Birth of the Ancestors: The Meanings of Human Figurines in Near Eastern Neolithic Villages Jonathan B Mabry
Chapter 6 - Pottery Production and Demand in a Middle Bronze Age Levantine Village: Ceramic Specialization and Rural Development Bonnie Magness-Gardiner
Chapter 7 - Israel on the Horizon: The Iron I Settlement of the Galilee Beth Alpert Nakhai
Chapter 8 - The Emergence of Ammon: A View of the Rise of Iron Age Polities from the Other Side of the Jordan Randall W Younker
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