Archaeology, anthropology, and cult
Subtitle: the sanctuary at Gilat, Israel
By: edited by Thomas E. Levy.
Contributors: Levy, Thomas Evan.
Series: Approaches to anthropological archaeology
Publisher: Equinox; Routledge
Published: 2005
Place of publication: London; Oakville, Ct
Language: eng
Number of pages: 886
Subjects: Copper age; Excavations (Archaeology) -- Israel -- Negev; Religion and sociology; Social change; Shrines; Gilat Site (Israel); Negev (Israel) -- Antiquities
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Archaeology, anthropology and cult: exploring religion in formative Middle Range societies / Thomas E. Levy; title: Cults, shrines, and the emergence of regional ritual centers: the view from New Guinea / Donald F. Tuzin; title: Tribal pilgrimages to saint's tombs in South Sinai / Emanuel Marx; title: The rise of a new Negev cult center today: Baba Sali's sanctuary in Netivot, Israel / Yoram Bilu; title: The sanctuary sequence: excavations at Gilat: 1975-77, 1989, 1990-92 / Thomas E. Levy, David Alon, James D. Anderson, Yorke M. Rowan, Y. and Morag Kersel; title: Farming? feasting? herding? : large mammals from the Chalcolithic of Gilat / Caroline Grigson; title: Marine and riverine shells from Gilat / Daniella E. Bar-Yosef Mayer; title: Death and the sanctuary: the human remains from Gilat / Patricia Smith, Tania Zagerson, Pamela Sabari, Jonathan Golden, Thomas E. Levy and Leslie Dawson; title: Tracking ceramic production at Gilat: petrographic studies / Yuval Goren; title: Gilat's ceramic assemblage / Catherine Commenge, Thomas E. Levy, David Alon and Eric Kansa; title: Flint tool production at Gilat / Yorke M. Rowan; title: Gilat's ground stone assemblage : stone fenestrated stands, bowls, palettes, and related artifacts / Yorke M. Rowan, Thomas E. Levy, Yuval Goren and David Alon; title: The worked bone from the Chalcolithic site of Gilat: interim report / Caroline Grigson; title: The intensification of production in the Gilat sanctuary: dimensions of textile and other forms of manufacture / Thomas E. Levy, Yorke M. Rowan, Wendy Conner, and David Alon; title: Gilat's figurines: exploring the social and symbolic dimensions of representation / Catherine Commenge, Thomas E. Levy, David Alon, and Eric Kansa; title: The evolution of a Levantine regional cult center / Thomas E. Levy.