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abandonment, 35, 52, 315, 307n3 Bakali-Magula, 199 Abu Hawam, Tell, 93 bamot. See also high place, 349, 351 Abu et-Twein, Khirbet, 267 Banat Barr, Khirbet, 264–265 acculturation, 76, 145, 152 basin, 29, 245–247, 250–251, 253, 322, Achziv, 73 334 acropolis, 39, 51, 58, 202n12, 338 Batash, Tel, 5, 85, 93, 94n7, 95–978, 104, adze, 327 113, 122, 124, 126, 258, 380 Aegean, 3, 6, 8, 183, 185–187, 189–194, bathtub, 381, 385–386 198–202, 204–206, 321–327, 329, bead, 91, 94, 245–247, 250–252, 331–335, 337, 339–345, 363, 371, 381, 353–355, 359 385, 387 Beersheba, Tel, 7, 269, 275–281, 283, Afis, Tell, 189, 199, 307n3, 308n4 285, 287–289, 291–301, 349, 362 Agia Triada, 197, 388 Beit Arye, 363, 365 Ai, 101, 347, 353, 362 beit ʾav. See also family structure, alley, alleyway, 40, 43, 82, 139, 299 extended family, 159, 178, 254, 262, altar, 294, 322, 325, 327, 332n9, 335, 265, 352, 374n4 340–341, 349–350, 353, 362, 377n7, Beit Mirsim, Tel, 84, 95n8, 104, 122, 379 261, 359 al-Umayri, Tall, 353–354, 375 bench, 146, 186, 321–323, 325–326, 328, Anatolia, 3, 17, 18, 205, 314, 319 330, 332, 334, 341–343, 350, 353–354, animal bones, 37, 42–43, 190, 246–247, 381, 386 298, 322, 349, 362 Beqa Valley, 146, 148 Aphek, Tel, 6, 122, 136n1, 161, 164, Bethel, 349 166–173, 175, 178–180 Beth Safafa, 267 Arad, Tell, 101, 269, 349, 355, 361–362 Beth-Shemesh, Tel, 95–96, 104, 119, 261 Arad Letters, 268 Bet Netofah Valley, 353 Argolid, 186–187, 195, 201, 205, 208, Biret-Tell, Kurnet, 264 219, 338, 388 bracelet, 293 arrowhead, 89, 92–93, 245–247, 250, burial, 60, 63, 67, 72, 79, 119, 144, 187, 252, 291, 354 201–202, 220, 293, 364 Ashdod, 8, 119, 122, 124, 162, 183n1, 189–193, 195, 199, 202, 342, 375, 380, Canaan, 5, 51–53, 75–77, 84, 99, 107, 384, 386–389 111, 115, 124, 128–129, 144, 190, 277, Asherah, 332, 351n8, 354, 355n15 287 Ashkelon, 2, 162, 189–190, 192–193, Canaanite pottery, 88–89, 92, 100n12, 195, 199, 272, 386n12 188 Assur, 308n4, 315, 363 casemate, casemate wall, 278, 280, 282, Assyria, Assyrian Empire, 7, 269, 284, 286, 289 303–308, 310, 312–320, 363–364 cattle, 47, 60, 149–150, 153, 190, 213n8, astragali, 128, 343, 351 308n5, 313n6 Avdon, 73 ceiling, 139, 242, 288 axe, 60, 327–328, 330, 334 Central Highlands, 144 Ayalon, 155, 161, 164, 173, 181 Chamaizi, 326–328 Chania, 189 Babylonia, Babylonian Empire, 7, 75, 79, charcoal, 33, 34, 150 82–83, 238, 319 Chios, 189 baetyl, 332–334, 345 chisel, 327 448 index

Cilicia, 205 earring, 246–247, 250–251, 293 city square, 278, 291, 299 ecofact, 3, 28, 145, 238, 242, 310 clan, 60, 90, 201, 270–271, 348n2, egalitarian, egalitarianism, 172, 179, 358 350n5, 374n4 Egypt, 17–18, 24, 52, 59–61, 84, 99, Coastal Plain, 155, 157, 161–162, 166, 103–104, 107, 128–130, 162, 179, 277, 173, 272 314, 364 column, column base, 90, 143, 209, 220, elders, 8, 82–84, 99, 172, 265, 347, 350, 224, 227, 342n15, 381, 386n12 352–353, 355–356, 359–360 compost, 134, 137 el-Hammah, Tell, 351 consumption, 2, 15, 27, 32, 42–43, 45, elite, 6, 39, 51–52, 58, 93, 100n12, 51–53, 56, 94, 101, 145–146, 149–151, 103n17, 111, 129–130, 154, 171, 171, 188, 190, 208, 243, 248–250, 253, 177–179, 195, 204, 207–208, 211n7, 256, 276, 290, 297, 300–301, 309–310, 213, 214n8, 215, 219–220, 224–228, 316, 354 237, 275, 295, 299, 305, 310, 313, 324, cooking, 6, 16, 19n2, 33–34, 42, 57, 87, 327, 373 92, 126, 129, 143, 145, 153, 188–190, elite houses, 103n17, 111, 130 221, 229, 234, 243, 249, 253, 277, 290, el-Wawiyat, Tell, 353 292, 294, 314, 357, 378 engendering activities, 158, 291 court, courtyard, 11, 16, 32, 34, 42, 57, Enkomi, 119n3, 187, 192–194, 198, 72, 92, 94, 112–113, 119, 122, 124, 203–204, 226, 385 126, 130–131, 139, 150, 160, 167–179, en-Nasbeh,̣ Tell, 237–254 183, 192, 208–209, 211–214, 220–221, ethnoarchaeology, 12, 19, 22, 239, 252 226–227, 234, 240, 249–254, 271, 280, ethnohistory, 19, 22, 239 282, 286, 288, 290, 300, 319, 321–323, extended family household, 22 326–330, 332–337, 339–341, 345, 351, 354, 357–358, 375, 386 family cult, 356 craft specialization, 152, 300 family structure, 2, 256–257, 262, 300, Crete, 153, 187, 192, 195, 199, 205, 208, 352 220n13, 226–227, 323–324, 326–327, extended family. See also beit ʾav, 7, 329, 331–334, 337, 370 22, 102, 129, 143, 154, 159, 177, cult corner, 321–324, 326, 331–338, 340, 237, 254, 257, 262–263, 265, 273, 342–344, 366, 375, 377n7, 380 276, 300, 350, 352–353, 355, 357 cymbals, 91, 94 nuclear family, 90, 102, 129, 144, 159, Cypriot pottery, 89, 92–93 249, 254, 276, 315, 352, 357 Cyprus, 8, 119n3, 183, 185–187, 189, fauna, faunal remains, 34, 37–38, 42, 192–194, 198–206, 226, 314, 322–324, 45–47, 52–54, 147, 150, 187, 189–190, 327n5, 339, 340, 342–345, 370, 379, 308n5, 314 381, 385–386 favissa, favissae, 332, 379–380 feast, 6, 103n17, 208, 221, 224, 226, 228, Dan, Tel, 5, 69, 83, 133–135, 137–149, 236 151–154, 323, 334 fenestrated stand, 246, 251, 331, 354, Deir Alla, Tell, 143 375 Deir Daqla, Khirbet, 266 figurine, 8, 61, 94, 187–188, 190–198, Deir el-Mir, 263, 265 204, 206, 247, 293–294, 318, 322, deity, 321, 325, 334, 338, 367, 388 325–327, 331, 338, 354–355, 362–365, diet, 47, 187, 188, 204, 310, 314, 316 375, 380–381, 385, 386n12, 387–389 Dodecanese, 187, 205 animal, 197, 246–247, 252 domestic cult, 7–8, 94, 188, 194, 198, Ashdoda, 8, 190, 193, 387–389 331, 361, 365, 373–376, 379–380, bovine, 193, 197 387–389 female, 293, 354 doorway, 137, 139, 143, 152, 174, 227, horse-and-rider, 354 282, 335, 388 Minoan, 325 Dor, Tel, 4, 27n1, 28–31, 49 Mycenaean, 192, 365, 387–388 dyeing, 92 Philistine, 385