ISBN 1-84217-286-7

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Peltenburg, E. (ed.) 2007
Euphrates River Valley Settlement: The Carchemish Sector in the Third Millennium BC.
Levant Supplementary Series 5.

ISBN 1-84217-272-7

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Finlayson, B. and S. Mithen (eds.) 2007
The Early Prehistory of Wadi Faynan, Southern Jordan: Archaeological Survey of Wadis Faynan, Ghuwayr and Al Bustan and Evaluation of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A Site of WF16
Levant Supplementary Series 4.

ISBN 1-84217-212-3

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List of Contents [−] The Dana-Faynan-Ghuwayr Early History Project Bill Finlayson and Steven Mithen Part One: Archaeological Survey Long-term landscape evolution of the Wadis Dana, Faynan and Ghuwayr Richard Tipping Archaeological survey of Wadis Faynan, Ghuwayr, Dana and al-Bustan Steven Mithen, Bill Finlayson, Anne Pirie, Sam Smith and Charlotte Whiting The rock art of WF400, Wadi Ghuwayr Suzie Pinkett and Steven Mithen A comparative study of bifaces from Wadis Faynan and al-Bustan Eileen Clegg and Steven Mithen Part Two: Evaluation of Site WF16 Excavations at WF16 Bill Finlayson and Steven Mithen The sediment micromorphology Eleanor Roe The chipped stone Anne Pirie The use wear analysis of chipped stone points Sam Smith The worked bone Bill Finlayson The ground stone Ruth Shaffrey The stone beads Pat Critchley The marine molluscs, with a note on an echinoid fossil and the terrestrial snails Ruby Cerón-Carrasco A bitumen deposit Karen Wicks The mammalian faunal remains Denise B. Carruthers and Samantha J. Dennis The microfaunal remains Yvonne H. Edwards and Louise Martin The bird bones Kevin Rielley The human bones Charlotte Roberts The wood charcoal macroremains Amanda Kennedy The phytoliths Emma Jenkins and Arlene Rosen The modern vegetation of Hammam Adethni and its palaeo-economic implications Steven Mithen, Helen Emberson and Neil Lancaster Geophysical investigation Timothy Astin and Carol Mansfield The radiocarbon dates Steven Mithen and Bill Finlayson WF16 and the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A of the southern Levant Steven Mithen and Bill Finlayson WF16 and the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A of the southern Levant (Arabic version) Steven Mithen and Bill Finlayson

Bienkowsi, P. and K. Galor (eds.) 2006
Crossing the Rift: Resources, Settlement Patterns and Interaction in the Wadi Arabah.
Levant Supplementary Series 3.

ISBN 1-84217-209-3

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List of Contents [−] Introduction Piotr Bienkowski and Katharina Galor The Wadi Arabah: Meanings in a contested landscape Piotr Bienkowski Desert environment and geoarchaeology of the Wadi Arabah Hendrik J. Bruins The archaeological surveys in the Arabah reconsidered: Data and metadata Moti Haiman Settlement patterns in the Wadi Arabah and the adjacent desert areas: A view from the Eilat region Uzi Avner The southern Ghors and north-east Arabah: Resources, sites and routes Burton MacDonald Cultural and geological influences on prehistoric site distributions in the Wadi Arabah Donald O. Henry Aspects of an Early Bronze Age II-III polity in the Dead Sea region Yuval Yekutieli Mining archaeology and archaeometallurgy in the Wadi Arabah: The mining districts of Faynan and Timna Andreas Hauptmann Copper trading networks across the Arabah during the later Early Bronze Age Russell Adams The emergence and first development of Arabian trade across the Wadi Arabah Michael Jasmin The Wadi Arabah in the Hebrew Scriptures John R Bartlett 'Down to the Sea': Nabataean colonisation in the Negev Highlands Tali Erikson-Gini The Nabataean presence south of the Dead Sea: New evidence Yizhar Hirschfeld Textiles, basketry, cordage and fruits from 'En Tamar: Preliminary report Orit Shamir The Rujm Taba Archaeological Project (RTAP): Results of the 2001 survey and reconnaissance Benjamin J Dolinka Roman organisation in the fourth century AD Benjamin Isaac Roman Aila and the Wadi Arabah: An economic relationship S Thomas Parker Were there gold mines in the eastern Arabah? Ze'ev Meshel The Wadi Arabah during the early Islamic period Donald Whitcomb Nineteenth-century travellers in the Wadi Arabah Eveline J van der Steen Relations between Bedouin tribes on opposite sides of the Wadi Arabah, 1600-1950 Clinton Bailey

Clarke, J. (ed.) 2005
Archaeological Perspectives on the Transmission & Assimilation of Culture in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Levant Supplementary Series 2.

ISBN 1-84217-168-2

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List of Contents [−] Foreword Thomas E. Levy Introduction Cultural Transmissions and Transformations Joanne Clarke Part One: Methodological Approaches to the Transmission and Transformation of Culture Understanding the Importance of Methodology in Complex Archaeological Interpretation Joanne Clarke Constructing Identities in the Neolithic Eastern Mediterranean: Cultural Difference and the Role of Architecture Demetra Papaconstantinou Becoming Bronze Age. Acculturation and Enculturation in Third Millennium BC Cyprus David Frankel ‘Ethnicities’, ‘Ethnonyms’ and Archaeological Labels. Whose Ideologies and Whose Identities? Susan Sherratt A Question of Reception Jackie Phillips Transmission and Assimilation in Context: An Economic Model for the Selection and Use of Greek and Phoenician Ceramic Imports in 8th Century BC Cypriot Society David W. Rupp The Local Dimension in the Late Bronze Age Southern Levant: A Case Study Using Imported Pottery G. Miles Huckle The Impact of Trade on Late Cypriot Society: A Contextual Study of Imports from Enkomi Sophia Antoniadou Part Two: Time and Continuity Transmissions and Transformations in Time and the Phenomenon of Continuity Joanne Clarke The Neolithic Revolution and the Emergence of Humanity: a Cognitive Approach to the First Comprehensive World-View Trevor Watkins Life, Death and the Emergence of Differential Status in the Near Eastern Neolithic: Evidence from Kfar HaHoresh, Lower Galilee, Israel A. Nigel Goring-Morris Transforming Food Practices in the Epipalaeolithic and Pre-Pottery Neolithic Levant  Brian Boyd Like a Bull in a China Shop: Identity and Ideology in Neolithic Cyprus Alain Le Brun House Form and Cultural Identity in Chalcolithic Cyprus Gordon Thomas Cyprus at the Dawn of the First Millennium BC Cultural Homogenisation Versus the Tyranny of Ethnic Identifications Maria Iacovou Part Three: Space and Diversity Crossing Cultural Divides: Transmissions and Transformations in Space Joanne Clarke Identifying Ethnicity from Prehistoric Pottery in Ancient Egypt and the Southern Levant Eliot Braun The Frontier of Egypt in the Early Bronze Age: Prelimary Soundings at Tell al-Sakan (Gaza Strip) Pierre de Miroschedji and Moain Sadeq Cultural Homogenisation and Diversity in Canaan During the 13th and 12th Centuries BC Ann E. Killebrew Ideology, Iconography and Identity. The Role of Foreign Goods and Images in the Establishment of Social Hierarchy in Late Bronze Age Cyprus Jennifer M. Webb Images of Women and Cultural Assimilation in the Achaemenid Persian Levant and Cyprus Roger Moorey Minoan Asherah?   Stephanie Budin The Worship of Anat and Astarte in Cypriot Iron Age Sanctuaries Anja Ulbrich Architectural Styles and Ethnic Identity in Medieval to Modern Cyprus Michael Given Identities and Empire: Cyprus under British Rule Kylie Seretis

Peltenburg, E. and A. Wasse (eds.) 2004
Neolithic Revolution. New Perspectives on Southwest Asia in Light of Recent Discoveries on Cyprus.
Levant Supplementary Series 1.

ISBN 1-84217-132-1

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List of Contents [−] Introduction: a revised Cypriot prehistory and some implications for the study of the Neolithic Edgar Peltenburg Bitter hippos of Cyprus: the island's first occupants and last endemic animals – setting the stage for colonization Alan H. Simmons Island colonization, insularity or mainstream? Bill Finlayson Putting the colonization of Cyprus into context Trevor Watkins The domestic status of the early Neolithic fauna of Cyprus: a view from the mainland Liora Kolska Horwitz, Eitan Tchernov and Hitomi Hongo Reappraisal of the archaeobotanical evidence for the emergence and dispersal of the 'founder crops' Sue Colledge Abu Hureyra and the development of farming in Western Asia: directions for future research A.M.T. Moore Social space in early sedentary communities of Southwest Asia and Cyprus Edgar Peltenburg The emergence of the Mediterranean Fishing Village in the Levant and the anomaly of Neolithic Cyprus Ehud Galili, Avi Gopher, Baruch Rosen and Liora Kolska Horwitz Cypriot Neolithic chipped stone industries and the progress of regionalization Carole McCartney Hill and vale – understanding prehistoric lithic use in Cyprus Sarah Tyrrell Stewart Flint workshops of the Southern Beqa' Valley (Lebanon) – preliminary results from Qar'oun Maya Haïdar-Boustani Geometric patterns on pebbles: early identity symbols Anna Eirikh-Rose Tools and toys or traces of trade: the problem of the enigmatic incised objects from Cyprus and the Levant Sarah Tyrrell Stewart and David W. Rupp "Néolithique" and "Énéolithique" Byblos in Southern Levantine context Yosef Garfinkel