The Iron Age
General Reading Assignments
March 20: Iron I - Early Philistine Settlement
Mazar, Archaeology of the Land of the Bible, 300-328
Bloch-Smith, Elizabeth, and Beth Alpert Nakhai. “A Landscape Comes to Life: The Iron I Period.” Near Eastern Archaeology 62, 2 (1999): 62-92, 101-27.
Stager, Lawrence. “The Impact of the Sea Peoples (1185 - 1050 BCE).” Pp. 332-48 in The Archaeology of Society in the Holy Land. Edited by T. E. Levy. New York: Facts on File, 1995.
Virtual World Project: Qasile
Thesis Statement Due
March 22: Iron I - Early Israelite Settlement
Mazar, Archaeology of the Land of the Bible, 328-363
Finkelstein, Israel. “Ethnicity and Origin of the Iron I Settlers in the Highlands of Canaan: Can the Real Israel Stand Up?” The Biblical Archaeologist 59, 4 (1996): 198-212.
Dever, William G. “Ceramics, Ethnicity, and the Question of Israel’s Origins.” The Biblical Archaeologist 58, 4 (1995): 200-13.
Virtual World Project: Hadar, Haluqim, Masos, Umayri
March 27: Iron IIA Period - Architecture
Mazar, Archaeology of the Land of the Bible, 368-90
Faust, Avraham, and Shlomo Bunimovitz. “The Four Room House: Embodying Iron Age Israelite Society.” Near Eastern Archaeology 66, 1-2 (2003): 22-31.
Clark, Douglas R. “Bricks, Sweat and Tears: The Human Investment in Constructing a ‘Four-room’ House.” Near Eastern Archaeology 66, 1-2 (2003): 34-43.
Virtual World Project: Megiddo, Hazor, Gezer, Rosh Zayit
March 29: Iron IIA Period - Rise of the Territorial State
Mazar, Archaeology of the Land of the Bible, 390-98, 463-526.
Finkelstein, Israel. “State Formation in Israel and Judah: A Contrast in Context, a Contrast in Trajectory.” Near Eastern Archaeology 62, 1 (1999): 35-52.
Master, Daniel M. “State Formation Theory and the Kingdom of Ancient Israel.” Journal of Near Eastern Studies 60, 2 (2001): 117-31.
Virtual World Project: Arad, Beersheba
April 3: Iron IIB Period - North
Mazar, Archaeology of the Land of the Bible, 403-16
Herr, Larry G. “The Iron Age II Period: Emerging Nations.” The Biblical Archaeologist 60, 3 (1997): 114-51, 154-83.
Virtual World Project: Dan, Bethsaida, Megiddo, Hazor, En Gev
April 10: Iron IIB Period - South
Mazar, Archaeology of the Land of the Bible, 416-62
Virtual World Project: Lachish, Beersheba, Arad, Hatzeva, Beth Shemesh
April 12: Iron III Period
Mazar, Archaeology of the Land of the Bible, 463-549
Virtual World Project: Jerusalem, Hatzeva, Umm al-Biyara
Research Paper Due
