Journey to the Copper Age
Subtitle: Archaeology in the Holy Land
By: Thomas E. Levy ; with photographs by Kenneth L. Garrett.
Contributors: Garrett, Kenneth L.; San Diego Museum of Man.
Publisher: San Diego Museum of Man
Published: 2007
Place of publication: San Diego
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 112
ISBN-13: 9780937808832
Subjects: Copper age -- Palestine -- Exhibitions; Copper age -- Jordan -- Exhibitions; Metal-work, Prehistoric -- Palestine -- Exhibitions; Metal-work, Prehistoric -- Jordan -- Exhibitions; Ethnoarchaeology -- Palestine -- Exhibitions; Ethnoarchaeology -- Jordan -- Exhibitions; Excavations (Archaeology) -- Palestine -- Exhibitions; Excavations (Archaeology) -- Jordan -- Exhibitions; Palestine -- Antiquities -- Exhibitions; Jordan -- Antiquities -- Exhibitions
Genres: Exhibitions.
Description: "Presents early evidence of metal production from Israel and Jordan, using ethnoarchaeology to document the discovery and adoption of metallurgy in the Holy Land. This important development in human history enabled the production of prestige objects and tools used to build social hierarchies and facilitate trade"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Exhibition catalog.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The metal revolution in the Holy Land; title: Before the metal revolution; title: The Neolithic Period; title: The Chalcolithic Period; title: Life during the metal revolution; title: Chiefdoms and the birth of social inequality; title: Food for the masses; title: Territories, temples, and chiefly power; title: After the metal revolution; title: The early Bronze Age; title: Copper industrialization in biblical times; title: The Iron Age; title: Looking ahead.