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Subject(s)

• Antiquities, Prehistoric—Israel [Browse]
• Excavations (Archaeology)—Israel [Browse]
• Pastoral systems—Israel—History—To 1500 [Browse]
• Bronze age—Israel—Negev [Browse]
• Bronze age—Middle East [Browse]
• Negev (Israel) [Browse]
• Israel—Antiquities [Browse]

Summary note

"Revolutions in the Desert investigates the development of pastoral nomadism in the fertile heartland of the ancient Near East, challenging the prevailing notion that such societies left few remains appropriate for analytic study. Few prior studies have approached the deeper past of desert nomadic societies, which have been primarily recognized only as a complement to the study of sedentary agricultural societies in the region. Based on decades of archaeological field work in the Negev of southern Israel, both excavations and surveys, and integrating materials from adjacent regions, Revolutions in the Desert offers a deeper and more dynamic view of the rise of herding societies beyond the settled zone"-- Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN

• 9781629585437 (hardcover)
• 1629585432 (hardcover)
• 9781629585444 (paperback)
• 1629585440 (paperback)

LCCN

2016046338

OCLC

961386554

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