Rituals, Memory, and Societal Dynamics: Contributions to Social Archaeology
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LEMA, vol. 7
- Pages: approx. 374 p.
- Size:216 x 280 mm
- Illustrations:220 b/w, 6 col., 21 tables b/w., 2 maps b/w
- Language(s):English
- Publication Year:2026
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- ISBN: 978-2-503-62071-8
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BIO
Holly Winter is a Near Eastern archaeologist with more than ten years’ field experience across the Middle East, and has researched and lectured in the Middle East, Europe, the UK, the United States and Australia. She completed her PhD on Bronze Age monumental funerary architecture at the University of Sydney in 2023. Her interests centre on the Bronze Age Near East, and include architectural history, funerary rites and burial customs, urbanism and the creation of cities, and trade and international relations. Presently, she is employed as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Sydney.
Summary
Debate has surrounded the south Levantine Middle Bronze Age (MBA) Courtyard Palace form since their first discovery in the early twentieth century. Traditional views of the MBA Courtyard Palace were seen through the lens of renewed urban life at the beginning of the MBA, and these monumental constructions were interpreted as central administrative and redistributive institutions. This volume challenges established narratives through a detailed re-analysis of key sites such as Tell el-ʿAjjul, Megiddo, and Shechem, and an investigation of several new structures from sites such as Pella and Deir ‘Alla. From this study, investigations reveal an absence of administrative and storage paraphernalia from within the structures, and instead an abundance of burials and other materials arguably to be associated with funerary rituals.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
List of Illustrations
Abstract
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Tell el-‘Ajjul
Chapter 3. Megiddo
Chapter 4. Shechem
Chapter 5. Jericho
Chapter 6. Hazor
Chapter 7. Lachish, Tel Sera’, and Gezer
Chapter 8. The East Jordan Valley: Deir ‘Alla and Pella
Chapter 9. The Western Palace at Ebla
Chapter 10. The Tell el-Burak Monumental Building
Chapter 11. Discussion
Chapter 12. Conclusion
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