The Stone Age

General Reading Assignments

January 25: Pre-Pottery Neolithic Period

Mazar, Archaeology of the Land of the Bible, 35-49

Banning, E. B. “The Neolithic Period: Triumphs of Architecture, Agriculture, and Art.” Near Eastern Archaeology 61, 4 (1998): 188-237.

Virtual World Project: Beidha

January 30: Pottery Neolithic Period

Mazar, Archaeology of the Land of the Bible, 49-56

Banning, E. B. “Housing Neolithic Farmers.” Near Eastern Archaeology 66, 1-2 (2003): 4-21.

Virtual World Project: Basta

February 1: Chalcolithic Material Culture

Mazar, Archaeology of the Land of the Bible, 59-89

Virtual World Project: En Gedi, Rasm Harbush, Daliyyot Falls

February 6: Society in the Chalcolithic Period

Levy, Thomas E. “The Chalcolithic Period: Archaeological Sources for the Study of Palestine.” The Biblical Archaeologist 49, 2 (1986): 82-108.