The Levant at the beginning of the Middle Bronze Age /
by Patty Gerstenblith.
- Philadelphia, PA : Winona Lake, IN : American Schools of Oriental Research ; Distributed by Eisenbrauns, c1983.
- ix, 219 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
- American Schools of Oriental Research. Dissertation series ; no. 5. .
- American Schools of Oriental Research. Dissertation series ; no. 5. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-139)
I. Introduction -- 1. Terminology -- 2. Topography of the Levant -- II. The Textual Evidence -- 1. The Anatolian Textual Evidence -- 2. Textual Evidence from Mesopotamia -- 3. Egyptian Textual and Epigraphic Evidence -- III. The Artifactual Evidence of the Levant -- 1. Stratified Sites of the MB I Period -- 2. Other Sites of the Southern Levant -- 3. Sites of the Northern Levant -- 4. Tarnsjordan -- 5. The Egyptian Delta Region -- IV. The Painted Wares -- 1. The " Habur" Ware -- 2. Syro-Cilician Painted Pottery -- 3. The Cypriote Pottery -- V. The Monochrome Pottery -- 1. Ceramic Forms -- 2. Technique -- VI. The Metal Artifacts -- 1. Distribution of Artifact Types -- 2. Sources of Copper and Tin -- 3. Technology of Bronze Production -- VII. Chronology -- VIII. Settlement and Urbanism -- 1. Intrasite Organisation -- 2. Intersite Organisation -- IX. Conclusion.