| List of Abbreviations | |
| List of Tables | |
| List of Maps and Illustrations | |
| Glossary of Geographic Terms | |
| One | | |
| The Geographic Setting | |
| The Tell and the Ruin | |
| History of the Research | |
| Stratigraphy | |
| Excavation Methods | |
| Coping with the Finds | |
| Regional Studies | |
| Chronology | |
| Terminology and Periodization | |
| Publications | |
| Ideology and Interpretation | |
| Two | THE FIRST AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITIES: The Neolithic Period(ca. 8500-4300 B.C.E.) | |
| Before Agriculture | |
| The Natufian Culture | |
| Neolithic Age (8500-4300 B. C.E.) | |
| Introduction | |
| Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA) | |
| Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB) | |
| The Pottery Neolithic Period (PN) | |
| Desert Regions in the Neolithic Period | |
| Notes | |
| Three | INNOVATIVE COMMUNITIES OF THE FOURTH AULLENNIUM: The Chalcolithic Period (ca. 4300-3300 B.C.E.) | |
| Introduction | |
| Settlement Pattern | |
| Settlement Planning and Architecture | |
| The Temple at En Gedi | |
| Pottery | |
| Stone Implements | |
| The Flint Industry; Stone Vessels and Shell Objects | |
| The Copper Industry and the "Cave of the Treasure" | |
| Ritual Art | |
| Burial Customs | |
| Subsistence Economy | |
| The Origins of the Ghassuhan Culture and Its Chronology | |
| The Collapse of the Ghassulian Culture | |
| Four | THE EMERGENCE OF CITIES: The Early Bronze Age (ca. 3300-2300 B.C.E.)
| |
| Introduction | |
| The Early Bronze I Period (ca. 3300-3050 B.C.E.) | |
| Terminology | |
| Settlement Pattern | |
| Site Plan and Architecture | |
| Burial Customs | |
| Pottery | |
| Other Finds | |
| The Origins of the Early Bronze I Culture | |
| Relations with Egypt and Chronology | |
| The Early Bronze II-III Urban Culture (ca. 3050-2300 B.C.E.) | |
| Inner Phasing and Chronology | |
| The Background to Urbanization | |
| Settlement Pattern and Population | |
| The Urban EnvironmentThe Golan-Galilee Enclosures | |
| The Golan-Galilee Enclosures | |
| The Negev and Southern Sinai Pastoralists | |
| Agriculture | |
| Architecture | |
| Fortifications; City Planning and Dwellings; Temples; | |
| The Granary at Both-Yerah; The 'Ai Water Reservoir | |
| Pottery | |
| Metallurgy | |
| International Connections | |
| Connections Mth Egypt; Art Objects Indicating Relations with Syria, Anatolia, Mesopotamia, and the Aegean | |
| Burial Customs | |
| Society, Politics, and Economy | |
| The Collapse of the Early Bronze Age Urban Culture | |
| The Early Bronze Age and the Bible | |
| Notes | |
| Five | AN INTERLUDE: The EB IV/MB I Period (ca. 2300-2000 B.C.E.) | |
| Introduction | |
| Terminology | |
| Settlement Pattern and Architecture Burial Customs | |
| Pottery | |
| The Three Main Assemblages; Syrian Imported Pottery | |
| Metallurgy | |
| Weapons and Pins; The 'Ain Samiya Goblet | |
| Chronology | |
| Interpretation | |
| Notes | |
| Six | MIGHTY CANAANITE CITY-STATES: The Middle Bronze 11 Period (ca. 2000-1550 B.C.E.) | |
| General Outline | |
| The Middle Bronze IIA Period (ca. 2000-180011750 B.C.E.) | |
| Introduction | |
| Settlement Pattern | |
| Fortifications | |
| Urban Architecture | |
| Pottery | |
| Metallurgy | |
| Relations with Egypt | |
| The Origin of the Middle Bronze IIA Culture | |
| Chronology | |
| The Middle Bronze IIB-C (ca. 1800-1550 B.C.E.) | |
| Introduction | |
| Subphasing and Chronology | |
| Settlement Pattern | |
| Fortifications | |
| Ramparts and Glacis; City Gates | |
| Urban Architecture | |
| City Plan and Dwdlings; Palaces; Temples | |
| Agricultural Installations | |
| Burial Customs | |
| Pottery and Foreign Relations | |
| Weapons | |
| Art | |
| Metal Figurines; fewehy; Glyptic Art; Monumental Art | |
| Writing | |
| The Patriarchal Narratives and the Middle Bronze Age | |
| The End of the Middle Bronze Age | |
| Notes | |
| Seven | IN THE SHADOW OF EGYPTIAN DOMINATION: The Late Bronze
Age (ca. 1550-1200 B.C.E.) | |
| Historical Background | |
| Inner Division and Terminology | |
| Settlement Pattern | |
| The Occupation History of Late Bronze Sites | |
| Aspects of Canaanite Town Planning and Architecture | |
| Fortifications; Town Planning; Palaces; Domestic Architecture; Temples | |
| Pottery and International Trade | |
| Local Pottery; The Bichrome Group; Cypriot Imported Pottery; Mycenaean Imports | |
| Metallurgy | |
| Art | |
| Sculpture in Stone; Glyptic; Ivories; Metal Art Objects; Clay Figurines | |
| Writing | |
| Burial Customs | |
| The Egyptian Presence in Canaan | |
| Egyptian Forts and Residencies; Anthropoid Coffins; Egyptian Mines | |
| The End of the Late Bronze Age | |
| Notes | |
| Eight | THE DAYS OF THE JUDGES: Iron Age I (ca. 1200-1000 B.C.E.) | |
| Terminology and Inner Division | |
| Iron Age IA: The Last Phase of Egyptian Control in Canaan | |
| The Settlement of the Philistines and Other Sea Peoples | |
| Historical Sources | |
| The Initial Settlement of the Sea Peoples | |
| Settlement Pattern and Stratigraphy | |
| Philistine Bichrome Pottery | |
| Architecture | |
| Fortifications, Town Planning and Dwellings; The Tell Qasile Temples | |
| Cult Objects | |
| Glyptic Art and Writing | |
| Burial Customs | |
| The End of the Philistine Culture | |
| The Material Culture of the Israelite Tribes in the Period of the fudges | |
| Introduction | |
| The Israelite Conquest of Canaan in the Light of Archaeological Evidence | |
| The Israelite Settlement | |
| Settlement Planning and Architecture | |
| Pottery | |
| Religious Practice | |
| The Problem of Ethnic Identity and Origins of the Israelite Culture | |
| The Canaanites and the Emergence of the Phoenician Culture | |
| Transjordan in Iron Age I | |
| Metallurgy, Art, and Writing in Iron Age I | |
| Metallurgy | |
| Art | |
| Writing | |
| Notes | |
| Nine | THE UNITED MONARCHY: Iron Age IIA (ca. 1000-925 B.C.E.) | |
| Introduction | |
| Historical Outline | |
| Archaeology of the Time of Saul and David | |
| The Time of Solomon | |
| Solomonic Buildings in Jerusalem; Solomon's Buildings Outside Jerusalem | |
| Settlement and Architecture | |
| Fortifications; Town Planning; Other Settlement Features Related to the United Monarchy | |
| Settlements in the Negev | |
| The Central Negev Highlands; The Northern Negev; Ezion-Geber | |
| The Outcome of Shishak's Campaign | |
| Notes | |
| Ten | THE DIVIDED MONARCHY: Iron Age IIB-C (925-586 B.C.E.) | |
| Historical Outline | |
| The Northern Kingdom of IsraelSamaria | |
| The Samaria Ostraca | |
| Major Cities in the Kingdom of Israel | |
| Other Towns and Forts in the Northern Kingdom | |
| The Southern Kingdom of Judah | |
| Settlement Pattern | |
| Jerusalem | |
| The Palace at Ramat Rahel | |
| Lachish | |
| Lachish Before 701 B.C.E.; The Conquest of Lachish by Sennacherib; Lachish in the Seventh Century B.C.E. Judean Country Towns | |
| Occupation History of Judean Towns | |
| The Northern Negev | |
| Arad; Other Sites in the Northern Negev | |
| The Central and Southern Negev | |
| Kadesh-Bamea; Kuntillet 'Airud; Tell el-Kheleifeh | |
| The Judean Desert | |
| Other Forts and Towers in Judah | |
| The Lamelech and Rosette Seal Impressions Judah's Downfall | |
| Notes | |
| Eleven | GENERAL ASPECTS OF THE ISRAELITE MATERIAL CULTURE | |
| Aspects of Israelite Town Planning and Architecture | |
| Classification of Cities; Town Planning; Fortifications; Streets; Royal Architecture and Ashlar Masonry;
Stables and Store Buildings; Water Supply Projects; Dwellings; Industrial Installations | |
| Israelite Cult: Temples, Altars, and Artifacts Dan; Beer-sheba; Arad; Hurvat Qitmit; Other Cult Installations; Clay Figurines; Cult Stands | |
| Art in Israel and Judah | |
| The Samaria Ivories; Seal Engravings | |
| Israelite Pottery | |
| Metallurgy | |
| Trade and Foreign Connections | |
| Internal Trade; International Trade | |
| Literacy and Inscriptions | |
| Israelite Seals and Seal Impressions | |
| Burial Customs | |
| Notes | |
| Twelve | ISRAEL'S NEIGHBORS AND THE ASSYRIAN AND BABYLONIAN DOMINATIONS | |
| Philistia | |
| Phoenicia | |
| Transjordan | |
| The Assyrian Conquests and Domination | |
| The Babylonian Period | |
| Notes | |
| Appendix: Recent Discoveries and Studies | |
| General Index | |
| Scriptures Index | |
Archaeology of the Land of the Bible Volume 2
