Household Archaeology in Ancient Israel and Beyond

Assaf Yasur-Landau, Ph.D. (2003) in Archaeology, Tel Aviv University, is a senior lecturer at the department of Maritime Civilizations and a senior researcher in the Leon Recanati Institute for Maritime Studies, University of Haifa. He is the author of The Philistines and Aegean Migration in the Late Bronze Age (Cambridge University Press, 2010), and editor (with A. Fantalkin) of Bene Israel: Studies in the Archaeology of Israel and the Levant during the Bronze and Iron Ages in Honour of Israel Finkelstein (Culture and History of the Ancient Near East Volume 31) (Brill, 2008).Jennie R. Ebeling, Ph.D. (2001) in Near Eastern Studies, University of Arizona, is Associate Professor of Archaeology and Chair of the Department of Archaeology and Art History at the University of Evansville. She is the author of Women’s Lives in Biblical Times (T&T Clark Int’l., 2010) and editor (with Y.M. Rowan) of New Approaches to Old Stones: Recent Studies of Ground Stone Artifacts (Equinox, 2008).Laura B. Mazow, Ph.D. (2005) in Near Eastern Studies, University of Arizona, is Assistant Professor at East Carolina University.

• Introduction: The Past and Present of Household Archaeology in IsraelAssaf Yasur-Landau, Jennie Ebeling, and Laura MazowUnderstanding Houses, Households, and the Levantine Archaeological RecordJames W. HardinHousehold Archaeology in Israel: Looking into the Microscopic RecordRuth Shahack-GrossApplying On-Site Analysis of Faunal Assemblages from Domestic Contexts: A Case Study from the Lower City of HazorNimrod Marom and Sharon Zuckerman“The Kingdom Is His Brick Mould and the Dynasty Is His Wall”: The Impact of Urbanization on Middle Bronze Age Households in the Southern LevantAssaf Yasur-LandauA Tale of Two Houses: The Role of Pottery in Reconstructing Household Wealth and CompositionNava Panitz-CohenDifferentiating between Public and Residential Buildings: A Case Study from Late Bronze Age II Tell es-afi/GathItzhaq Shai, Aren M. Maeir, Yuval Gadot, and Joe UzielHousehold Gleanings from Iron I Tel DanDavid IlanHouses and Households in Settlements along the Yarkon River, Israel, during the Iron Age I: Society, Economy, and IdentityYuval GadotEarly Iron Age Domestic Material Culture in Philistia and Eastern Mediterranean KoinéDavid Ben-ShlomoHousehold Archaeology in LHIIIC TirynsPhilipp StockhammerThe Archaeology of the Extended Family: A Household Compound from Iron II Tell en-NabehAaron J. BrodyHousehold Economies in the Kingdoms of Israel and JudahAvraham FaustHousehold Activities at Tel BeershebaLily Singer-AvitzThe Empire in the House, the House in the Empire: Toward a Household Archaeology Perspective on the Assyrian Empire in the LevantVirginia Rimmer HerrmannCult Corners in the Aegean and the LevantLouise A. HitchcockVarieties of Religious Expression in the Domestic SettingBeth Alpert NakhaiA Problem of Definition: “Cultic” and “Domestic” Contexts in PhilistiaMichael D. Press

"The neglect of households and the archaeology of the activities of its members are ambitiously attended to in this volume. Its exceptional breadth of various modes of inquiry coupled with the application thereof justifies the household as a topic of discussion. I would highly recommend this book for institutions, libraries, scholars, and students interested in any aspect of daily life in the southern Levant, and I very much look forward to the future research projects it will inspire." - Cynthia Shafer-Elliot, William Jessup University"...as a whole the work is impressive, and most contributions are commendable for their sophistication in engaging interdisciplinary research in order to understand the nature and function of households in ancient Israel and surrounding areas." - Carol Meyers, Duke University"Recommended for libraries that cater to serious biblical archeology scholars." - Ilka Gordon, in: Association of Jewish Libraries Reviews, Vol. 2, No. 1 (2012)