Ianir Milevski is Senior Research Archaeologist at the Israel Antiquities Authority in Jerusalem. Thomas E. Levy is Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and Judaic Studies at the University of California, San Diego where he holds the Norma Kershaw Chair in the Archaeology of Ancient Israel and Neigboring Lands.

• Introduction: Social Theory and Archaeology Ianir Milevski and Thomas E. Levy Chapter 1: Spacetime Mapping the Ancient Near East: Scalability and Seamlessness in Theory and Practice of Spatial Archaeology. Michael Harrower, Johns Hopkins University Chapter 2: Gender and the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East: Femininities and Masculinities. Joanna Mardas, Institute of Prehistory, Adam Mickiewicz University Chapter 3: Perspectives on Sex and Gender Questions through Burial Practices in Southern Central Asia during the Bronze Age. Elise Luneau, Deutsches Archaologisches Institut Chapter 4: Semiotics in Action: Neolithic Imagery on the Move Patrycja Filipowicz, Institute of Prehistory, Adam Mickiewicz University Chapter 5: The Role of Communication in Late 3rd Millennium BC Mesopotamian Society Supported by Cross-disciplinary Interpretative Tools Alessandro Di Ludovico, "La Sapienza" Universitadi Roma Chapter 6: Social Theories, Technical Identities, Cultural Boundaries: a Perspective on the "Colonial Situation" in Late Chalcolithic 3-5 Northern Mesopotamia Johnny Samuele Baldi, Institut Francais du Proche-Orient Chapter 7: New Social Perspectives on Intermediate Bronze Age Burial Practices at Jericho Aaron Greener, Bar-Ilan University Chapter 8: The Kingdom of Edom? A Critical Reappraisal of the Edomite State Model Juan Manuel Tebes, Pontificia Universidad Catolica Argentina Chapter 9: Biblical Archaeology, Processualism, Post-Processualism and Beyond Ianir Milevski and Bernardo Gandulla, Universidad de Buenos Aires

Ianir Milevski is Senior Research Archaeologist at the Israel Antiquities Authority in Jerusalem. Thomas E. Levy is Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and Judaic Studies at the University of California, San Diego where he holds the Norma Kershaw Chair in the Archaeology of Ancient Israel and Neigboring Lands.

• Introduction: Social Theory and Archaeology Ianir Milevski and Thomas E. Levy Chapter 1: Spacetime Mapping the Ancient Near East: Scalability and Seamlessness in Theory and Practice of Spatial Archaeology. Michael Harrower, Johns Hopkins University Chapter 2: Gender and the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East: Femininities and Masculinities. Joanna Mardas, Institute of Prehistory, Adam Mickiewicz University Chapter 3: Perspectives on Sex and Gender Questions through Burial Practices in Southern Central Asia during the Bronze Age. Elise Luneau, Deutsches Archaologisches Institut Chapter 4: Semiotics in Action: Neolithic Imagery on the Move Patrycja Filipowicz, Institute of Prehistory, Adam Mickiewicz University Chapter 5: The Role of Communication in Late 3rd Millennium BC Mesopotamian Society Supported by Cross-disciplinary Interpretative Tools Alessandro Di Ludovico, "La Sapienza" Universitadi Roma Chapter 6: Social Theories, Technical Identities, Cultural Boundaries: a Perspective on the "Colonial Situation" in Late Chalcolithic 3-5 Northern Mesopotamia Johnny Samuele Baldi, Institut Francais du Proche-Orient Chapter 7: New Social Perspectives on Intermediate Bronze Age Burial Practices at Jericho Aaron Greener, Bar-Ilan University Chapter 8: The Kingdom of Edom? A Critical Reappraisal of the Edomite State Model Juan Manuel Tebes, Pontificia Universidad Catolica Argentina Chapter 9: Biblical Archaeology, Processualism, Post-Processualism and Beyond Ianir Milevski and Bernardo Gandulla, Universidad de Buenos Aires

Ianir Milevski is Senior Research Archaeologist at the Israel Antiquities Authority in Jerusalem. Thomas E. Levy is Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and Judaic Studies at the University of California, San Diego where he holds the Norma Kershaw Chair in the Archaeology of Ancient Israel and Neigboring Lands.

• Introduction: Social Theory and Archaeology Ianir Milevski and Thomas E. Levy Chapter 1: Spacetime Mapping the Ancient Near East: Scalability and Seamlessness in Theory and Practice of Spatial Archaeology. Michael Harrower, Johns Hopkins University Chapter 2: Gender and the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East: Femininities and Masculinities. Joanna Mardas, Institute of Prehistory, Adam Mickiewicz University Chapter 3: Perspectives on Sex and Gender Questions through Burial Practices in Southern Central Asia during the Bronze Age. Elise Luneau, Deutsches Archaologisches Institut Chapter 4: Semiotics in Action: Neolithic Imagery on the Move Patrycja Filipowicz, Institute of Prehistory, Adam Mickiewicz University Chapter 5: The Role of Communication in Late 3rd Millennium BC Mesopotamian Society Supported by Cross-disciplinary Interpretative Tools Alessandro Di Ludovico, "La Sapienza" Universitadi Roma Chapter 6: Social Theories, Technical Identities, Cultural Boundaries: a Perspective on the "Colonial Situation" in Late Chalcolithic 3-5 Northern Mesopotamia Johnny Samuele Baldi, Institut Francais du Proche-Orient Chapter 7: New Social Perspectives on Intermediate Bronze Age Burial Practices at Jericho Aaron Greener, Bar-Ilan University Chapter 8: The Kingdom of Edom? A Critical Reappraisal of the Edomite State Model Juan Manuel Tebes, Pontificia Universidad Catolica Argentina Chapter 9: Biblical Archaeology, Processualism, Post-Processualism and Beyond Ianir Milevski and Bernardo Gandulla, Universidad de Buenos Aires