Ancient Canaan and Israel : an introduction

List of Maps ; Series Editor's Preface ; Preface ; Acknowledgments ; Chronology ; PART 1: INTRODUCTION ; 1. Introduction ; Cultural History of Ancient Israel: An Overview ; Summary of Resources ; PART 2: CANAANITE AND ISRAELITE CIVILIZATION ; 2. Environment and Ecology ; The Physical Landscape ; Shifting Patterns of Land Use ; 3. Historical and Chronological Setting ; Major Events in the History of Syro-Palestinian Cultures ; Major Techniques in Chronology Building ; A Brief History of Discovery ; Israeli Archaeology ; Literary Evidence from Ancient Israel ; 4. Origins, Growth, and Decline of Levantine Cultures ; Prehistoric Cultures: Major Developments in Late Prehistory ; The Canaanites ; Peoples of the Iron Age ; The Israelites of the Iron 2 ; 5. Economics ; Chalcolithic Period: The Origins of Economic Complexity ; Early Bronze Age ; Middle Bronze Age ; Late Bronze Age ; Iron 1: The Economy of the Highlands and "Proto-Israelites" ; Iron 1: The Economy of the Southern Coastal Plain ; Iron 2: The Israelite Economy ; The Economy of Philistia in the Iron 2 ; 6. Social Organization ; Chalcolithic Period ; Early Bronze Age ; Intermediate Bronze Age ; Middle Bronze Age ; Late Bronze Age ; Iron Age 1 ; Iron 1: Social Organization among the Coastal Peoples ; Iron 2: Highland Culture ; Iron 2: Coastal Culture ; Philistine High Culture ; 7. Politcs ; Chalcolithic Period ; Early Bronze Age: The First Urban Revolution ; The End of the Early Bronze Age and the Intermediate Bronze Age ; Canaanite Kingdoms: Middle Bronze Age ; Late Bronze Age ; Iron Age 1: The Highlands and Inland Valleys ; Iron Age 1: Southern Coastal Plain/Philistia ; Iron Age 2-3: The Israelites ; Iron Age 2-3: The Philistines ; 8. Religion and Ideology ; Chalcolithic Period ; Early Bronze Age ; Middle Bronze Age ; Late Bronze Age ; Iron Age ; Iron 2-3 ; Broad Trends in the Evolution of Israelite Religion ; Iron 1: Early Philistine Religion ; Iron 2: Philistine Religion ; 9. Material Culture ; Chalcolithic Period ; Early Bronze Age ; Intermediate Bronze Age ; Middle Bronze Age ; Late Bronze Age ; Material Culture of the Interior during the Early Iron Age (Iron 1) ; Israelite Material Culture of the Iron2 ; Philistine Material Culture of the Iron1 ; Material Culture of the Philistines in the Iron 2 ; Phoenician Material Culture ; 10. Intellectual Accomplishments ; The Alphabet (Alephbet) ; Monotheism ; PART 3: CURRENT ASSESSMENTS ; 11. Major Controversies and Future Directions ; Controversies in Chalcolithic Archaeology ; Archaeological Issues concerning the Early ; Bronze Age ; Bronze Age Chronologies and the Intermediate Bronze Age ; Problems in the Archaeology of the Middle Bronze Age ; "Biblical Archaeology" and the Iron Age ; Glossary ; Chronology ; Glossary ; Resources for Further Study ; Index ; About the Author