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1 online resource (vi, 258 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
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| Series |
Levant supplementary series ; v. 3 |
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Levant supplementary series ; v. 3.
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| Note |
"Most of the papers published in this volume were first presented at a conference of the same title, organised by the two editors, held in Atlanta in November 2003"--Introduction |
| Contents |
1. The Wadi Arabah : meanings in a contested landscape / Piotr Bienkowski -- 2. Desert environment and geoarchaeology of the Wadi Arabah / Hendrik J. Bruins -- 3. The archaeological surveys in the Arabah reconsidered : data and metadata / Moti Haiman -- 4. Settlement patterns in the Wadi Arabah and the adjacent desert areas : a view from the Eilat region / Uzi Avner -- 5. The Southern Ghors and North-east Arabah : resources, sites and routes / Burton MacDonald -- 6. Cultural and geological influences on prehistoric site distributions in the Wadi Arabah / Donald O. Henry -- 7. Aspects of an early bronze age II-III polity in the Dead Sea region / Yuval Yekutieli -- 8. Mining archaeology and archaeometallurgy in the Wadi Arabah : the mining districts of Faynan and Timna / Andreas Hauptmann -- 9. Copper trading networks across the Arabah during the later early bronze age / Russell Adams -- 10. The emergence and first development of the Arabian trade across the Wadi Arabah / Michaël Jasmin -- 11. The Wadi Arabah in the Hebrew scriptures / John R. Bartlett -- 12. 'Down to the sea' : Nabataean colonization in the Negev Highlands / Tali Erickson-Gini -- 13. The Nabataean presence south of the Dead Sea : new evidence / Yizhar Hirschfeld -- 14. Textiles, basketry, cordage and fruits from 'Eh Tamar : preliminary report / Orit Shamir -- 15. The Rujm Taba Archaeological Project (RTAP) : results of the 2001 survey and reconnaisance / Benjamin J. Dolinka -- 16. Roman organization in the Arabah in the fourth century AD / Benjamin Isaac -- 17. Roman Aila and the Wadi Arabah : an economic relationship / S. Thomas Parker -- 18. Were there gold mines in the Eastern Arabah? / Ze'ev Meshel -- 19. Land behind Aqaba : the Wadi Arabah during the early Islamic period / Donald Whilcomb -- 20. Nineteenth-century travellers in the Wadi Arabah / Eveline J. van der Steen -- 21. Relations between Bedouin tribes on opposite sides of the Wadi Arabah, 1600-1950 / Clinton Bailey. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
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Print version record. |
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Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2014. MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Arabah Valley (Israel and Jordan) -- History -- Congresses.
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Arabah Valley (Israel and Jordan) -- Antiquities -- Congresses.
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Geology -- Arabah Valley (Israel and Jordan) -- Congresses.
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- Arabah Valley (Israel and Jordan) -- Congresses.
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Archaeological surveying -- Arabah Valley (Israel and Jordan) -- Congresses.
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Trade routes -- Arabah Valley (Israel and Jordan) -- Congresses.
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Arabah Valley (Israel and Jordan) -- Commerce -- Congresses.
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Arabah Valley (Israel and Jordan) -- Environmental conditions -- Congresses.
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Trails -- Arabah Valley (Israel and Jordan) -- History -- Congresses.
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Negev (Israel) -- History -- Congresses.
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Antiquities. (OCoLC)fst00810745
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Archaeological surveying. (OCoLC)fst00812919
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Commerce. (OCoLC)fst00869279
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Ecology. (OCoLC)fst00901476
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Excavations (Archaeology) (OCoLC)fst00917564
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Geology. (OCoLC)fst00940627
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Trade routes. (OCoLC)fst01153852
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Trails. (OCoLC)fst01154418
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Israel -- Negev.
(OCoLC)fst01241648
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Middle East -- Arabah Valley.
(OCoLC)fst01311196
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Archäologie.
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Geografie.
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Wadi al-Araba.
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Archeologie.
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Handelswegen.
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Midden-Oosten.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings. (OCoLC)fst01423772
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Author |
Bienkowski, Piotr.
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Galor, Katharina.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Crossing the rift. [England] : Council for British Research in the Levant and Oxbow Books ; Oxford : Oxbow Books ; Oakville, CT : David Brown Book Co., 2006 (DLC) 2007295058 (OCoLC)70766261 |
| ISBN |
9781739730222 (electronic book) |
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1739730224 (electronic book) |
