The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of the Levant

List of Figures
Introduction
Section 1: Archaeology of the Levant: Background and definitions
Historical geography of the ancient Levant
Peoples and languages of the Levant during the Bronze and Iron Ages
History of research
Levantine chronology
Section 2: The Levant as the crossroads between empires: Egypt, Anatolia, Mesopotamia, and Persia
Egypt and the Levant
Anatolia (Hittites) and the Levant
Mesopotamia (Assyrians and Babylonians) and the Levant
Achaemenid Persia and the Levant
Section 3: The archaeological record
Subsection 1: The Neolithic period
Introduction to the Levant during the Neolithic Period
The northern Levant during the Neolithic period: Damascus and Beyond: Neolithic settlement dynamics in Syria and Lebanon
The southern Levant (Cisjordan) during the Neolithic period
The southern Levant (Transjordan) during the Neolithic period
Cyprus during the Neolithic period
Subsection 2: The Chalcolithic period
Introduction to the Levant during the Chalcolithic Period: Regional Perspectives
The northern Levant during the Chalcolithic period: The Lebanese-Syrian Coast
The southern Levant (Cisjordan) during the Chalcolithic period
The southern Levant (Transjordan) during the Chalcolithic period: Jordan (c. 4500-3500 BC)
Cyprus during the Chalcolithic period
Subsection 3: The Early and Internediate Bronze Ages
Introduction to the Levant during the Early Bronze Age
The northern Levant (Syria) during the Early Bronze Age
The northern Levant (Lebanon) during the Early Bronze Age
The southern Levant (Cisjordan) during the Early Bronze Age
The southern Levant (Transjordan) during the Early Bronze Age
Cyprus during the Early Bronze Age
The northern Levant during the Intermediate Bronze Age: Altered trajectories
The southern Levant during the Intermediate Bronze Age
Subsection 4: The Middle Bronze Age
Introduction to the Levant during the Middle Bronze Age
The northern Levant (Syria) during the Middle Bronze Age
The northern Levant (Lebanon) during the Middle Bronze Age
The southern Levant (Cisjordan) during the Middle Bronze Age
The southern Levant (Transjordan) during the Middle Bronze Age
Cyprus during the Middle Bronze Age
Subsection 5: The Late Bronze Age
Introduction to the Levant during Late Bronze Age
The northern Levant (Syria) during the Late Bronze Age: Small kingdoms between the supra-regional empires of the international age
The northern Levant (Lebanon) during the Late Bronze Age
The southern Levant (Cisjordan) during the Late Bronze Age
The southern Levant (Transjordan) during the Late Bronze Age
Cyprus during the Late Bronze Age
Subsection 6: The Iron Age I period
Introduction to the Levant during the Transitional Late Bronze Age/Iron Age I and Iron Age I periods
The northern Levant during the Iron Age I period
The southern Levant (Cisjordan) during the Iron Age I period
The southern Levant (Transjordan) during the Iron Age I period
Cyprus during the Iron Age I period (Late Cypriot IIC IIIA): Settlement Pattern crisis (LC IIC IIIA) to the restructuring (LC IIIB) of its settlement pattern
Subsection 7: The Iron Age II period
Introduction to the Levant during the Iron Age II period
The Aramean states during the Iron Age II-III periods
Phoenicia during the Iron Age II period
Philistia during the Iron Age II period
Israel during the Iron Age II period
Judah during the Iron Age II period
Ammon during the Iron Age II period
Moab during the Iron Age II period
Edom during the Iron Age II period
Cyprus during the Iron Age through the Persian period: From the eleventh century BC to the abolition of the city-kingdoms (c. 300 BC)
The Levant during the Babylonian period
The Levant during the Persian period
Index