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1 online resource |
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Annual of the Hebrew Union College/Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archaeology ; v. 9 |
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Annual of the Hebrew Union College/Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archaeology ; v. 9
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[1] General Introduction -- Excavations in Field IV -- The 1973-1974 Investigation of Fortification Elements in Other Fields -- [2] Cultural and Historical Summary -- The Middle Bronze Age -- The Outer Wall and the Later Settlements at Gezer -- Abandonment and Exploitation in the Roman Period -- [3] Stratigraphy -- The Southern Gate -- The Connecting Walls and the Glacis -- The Intramural Complex -- The Outer Wall -- The Stratigraphy in Field II Areas 4 and 14 -- The Stratigraphy of Field VIII -- [4] Pottery -- Pottery Remains in Field IV -- Field II Areas 4 and 14 -- Field VIII Area 1 -- [5] Objects -- Adornments (Beads, Buttons, and Amulets) -- Jewelry (Gold and Silver) -- Scarabs and Scarab Stamps -- Bone and Horn Tools -- Ceramic, Clay, and Faience Objects -- Loom Weights -- Flint Blades -- Stone Vessels and Implements -- Scale Weights -- Bronze Tools -- Signs, Marks, and Letterforms -- [6] Special Studies -- Carbon 14 Assays -- Shell Remains -- Plate and Description Conventions |
| Summary |
In 1912, R. A. S. Macalister published reports on his PEF excavations at Tell Gezer in central Israel, including notice of having traced more than 1,400 meters (almost a full mile) of defense walls around the site. Now, a century later, a detailed reassessment of these fortifications is provided in the publication of Gezer VII: The Middle Bronze and Later Fortifications in Fields II, IV, and VIII, edited by Joe D. Seger and James W. Hardin. This volume features work at Gezer sponsored by Hebrew Union College and Harvard University between 1968 and 1974, reporting on excavations at Macalister's "Southern Gate" (Field IV) and along his "Inner" and "Outer" wall systems both on the southern (Field II) and northern (Field VIII) flanks of the site. These excavations produced much new data, enabling a confident dating of the Southern Gate complex and the Inner Wall system to the latter part of the Middle Bronze period (1700-1500 B.C.E.) and of the Outer Wall to the Late Bronze II and subsequent Hellenistic eras. Among a rich array of cultural remains, intramural occupation of the Middle Bronze Age yielded a gold jewelry hoard and early evidence of alphabetic writing |
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Includes bibliographical references |
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English |
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Print version record |
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- Israel -- Gezer Site
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Fortification -- Israel -- Gezer Site
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Material culture -- Israel -- Gezer Site
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Bronze age -- Israel -- Gezer Site
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HISTORY -- Ancient -- General.
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Antiquities
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Bronze age
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Excavations (Archaeology)
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Fortification
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Material culture
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Gezer Site (Israel) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88001217
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Israel -- Antiquities.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85068692
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Israel
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Israel -- Gezer Site
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Gitin, Seymour, contributor
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Hardin, James Walker, 1964- contributor, editor
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| LC no. |
2013009253 |
| ISBN |
9781575066981 |
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157506698X |
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