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1	A demographic analysis of Late Bronze Age Canaan : ancient population estimates and insights through archaeology Kennedy, Titus Michael January 2013 (has links) This thesis is a demographic analysis of Late Bronze Age Canaan (ca. 1550/1500-1200/1150 BCE), undertaken through the use of archaeological and anthropological data. The purpose is to establish estimates for the settlement population, nomadic population, nuclear family size, house size, sex ratio, and life expectancy of the people of Canaan during the Late Bronze Age. Previous studies have not addressed these issues in detail, nor had data from the entire scope of Canaan been considered, nor had a precise methodology been developed or used for estimating specific settlement populations and nomadic populations for Canaan during the Late Bronze Age. Thus, additional aspects of the thesis include the development and use of a new methodology for estimating ancient populations and a database of all of the Late Bronze Age sites in Canaan—both archaeological and textual. To accomplish these goals, the thesis uses archaeological data from excavations and surveys, texts from the Late Bronze Age, human skeletal remains from Late Bronze Age burials, demographic and ethnographic studies of various types of nomads, and methods, techniques, and observations from previous relevant studies. The primary objectives are to 1) obtain individual settlement, nomadic, and total population estimates for Canaan in the Late Bronze Age that are as accurate as possible based on the currently available data, along with additional demographic estimates of life expectancy and sex ratio, 2) propose a new methodology for estimating settlement populations in the ancient world, 3) present a catalogue and map of all of the sites in Canaan that were inhabited during the Late Bronze Age, 4) illuminate demographic trends during the Late Bronze Age in Canaan. The implications of the results may lead to a modified demographic view of Canaan and its sub-regions during the Late Bronze Age. / Old Testament & Ancient Near Eastern Studies / D. Litt. et Phil. (Biblical Archaeology) Amarna Letters Ancient Population Apiru Archaeology Burials Canaan Canaanite Conquest Demographic Archaeology Demography Domestic Architecture Household Archaeology Family Archaeology GIS Israel Jordan Late Bronze Age Lebanon Levant Life Expectancy Nomad Palestine Population Estimate Shasu Settlement Syria Topographical Lists 18th Dynasty 19th Dynasty 933 Bronze age -- Palestine Excavations (Archaeology) -- Palestine Population -- Palestine Demography -- Palestine Palestine -- Social life and customs Palestine -- Antiquities Palestine -- Civilization
2	A demographic analysis of Late Bronze Age Canaan : ancient population estimates and insights through archaeology Kennedy, Titus Michael January 2013 (has links) This thesis is a demographic analysis of Late Bronze Age Canaan (ca. 1550/1500-1200/1150 BCE), undertaken through the use of archaeological and anthropological data. The purpose is to establish estimates for the settlement population, nomadic population, nuclear family size, house size, sex ratio, and life expectancy of the people of Canaan during the Late Bronze Age. Previous studies have not addressed these issues in detail, nor had data from the entire scope of Canaan been considered, nor had a precise methodology been developed or used for estimating specific settlement populations and nomadic populations for Canaan during the Late Bronze Age. Thus, additional aspects of the thesis include the development and use of a new methodology for estimating ancient populations and a database of all of the Late Bronze Age sites in Canaan—both archaeological and textual. To accomplish these goals, the thesis uses archaeological data from excavations and surveys, texts from the Late Bronze Age, human skeletal remains from Late Bronze Age burials, demographic and ethnographic studies of various types of nomads, and methods, techniques, and observations from previous relevant studies. The primary objectives are to 1) obtain individual settlement, nomadic, and total population estimates for Canaan in the Late Bronze Age that are as accurate as possible based on the currently available data, along with additional demographic estimates of life expectancy and sex ratio, 2) propose a new methodology for estimating settlement populations in the ancient world, 3) present a catalogue and map of all of the sites in Canaan that were inhabited during the Late Bronze Age, 4) illuminate demographic trends during the Late Bronze Age in Canaan. The implications of the results may lead to a modified demographic view of Canaan and its sub-regions during the Late Bronze Age. / Biblical and Ancient Studies / D. Litt. et Phil. (Biblical Archaeology) Amarna Letters Ancient Population Apiru Archaeology Burials Canaan Canaanite Conquest Demographic Archaeology Demography Domestic Architecture Household Archaeology Family Archaeology GIS Israel Jordan Late Bronze Age Lebanon Levant Life Expectancy Nomad Palestine Population Estimate Shasu Settlement Syria Topographical Lists 18th Dynasty 19th Dynasty 933 Bronze age -- Palestine Excavations (Archaeology) -- Palestine Population -- Palestine Demography -- Palestine Palestine -- Social life and customs Palestine -- Antiquities Palestine -- Civilization
3	A historical, geographical and archaeological survey of the Jordan Valley in the Late Bronze Age Schaaf, James Mark 08 1900 (has links) This thesis is a multi-disciplinary survey of the Central Jordan Valley during the Late Bronze Age (1500-1200 BC) illustrated with an abundant use of maps and tables. The purpose is to determine how the Jordan Valley functioned as an economic unit during the Late Bronze Age. This thesis surveys the geographical, historical and archaeological records related to the Jordan Valley during the Late Bronze Age. A chapter is devoted to each field, geography (physical and human), history (Egyptian and Hebrew Bible) and archaeology. The data from each discipline is used to individually answer two questions: 1) was the Jordan Valley a single geographic/economic unit in the Late Bronze Age? 2) to what extent was the Jordan Valley integrated/interacting with the east-west highlands and the larger region in the Late Bronze Age? The primary objectives are to 1) explore and model a historical geographic hermeneutic for understanding the human experience of the Ancient Near East; and 2) lay a foundation for understanding the role of the Jordan Valley in affecting the Biblical periods of the Israelite monarchy to the Roman period.The answers from each chapter are then synthesized into a single geographic historical archaeological picture of the Central Jordan Valley during the Late Bronze Age. The Central Jordan Valley was divided into two sections: a fertile, populated, well connected north-central section and an isolated, sparsely populated southern section with limited agricultural zones. Trade with and between the eastern and western highlands is well represented by artifactual parallels in and through the Jordan Valley, the north-central section on a regional and international scale and the southern section on a more local scale. The thesis concludes that there are more artifactual points of connection between the Jordan Valley and the eastern highlands than with the western highlands. An ‘early conquest’ model of the Hebrew Bible is plausible within the historical records of the Egyptian 18th and 19th Dynasties and the geographical and archaeological records of the Jordan Valley during the Late Bronze Age. / Old Testament & Ancient Near Eastern Studies Amarna Letters ‘Apiru Central Jordan Valley Chocolate-on-White ware Climate of Jordan Valley Early Conquest Model Earthquakes in the Jordan Valley Egypt in the Jordan Valley Emergence of Israel Geology of Jordan Valley Hydrology of Jordan Valley Israel in the Jordan Valley Jordan River Jordan River Floods Joshua Judges Late Bronze Age Maps of Jordan Valley Plains of Moab Rain shadow of Jordan Valley Shasu Topography of Jordan Valley Trade in the Late Bronze Age 18th and 19th Dynasties 933 Bible -- Antiquities Tell el-Amarna tablets Jordan River Valley -- Antiquities Bronze age -- Jordan River Valley Hydrology -- Jordan River Valley Water-supply -- Jordan River Valley Water and civilization
4	A historical, geographical and archaeological survey of the Jordan Valley in the Late Bronze Age Schaaf, James Mark 08 1900 (has links) This thesis is a multi-disciplinary survey of the Central Jordan Valley during the Late Bronze Age (1500-1200 BC) illustrated with an abundant use of maps and tables. The purpose is to determine how the Jordan Valley functioned as an economic unit during the Late Bronze Age. This thesis surveys the geographical, historical and archaeological records related to the Jordan Valley during the Late Bronze Age. A chapter is devoted to each field, geography (physical and human), history (Egyptian and Hebrew Bible) and archaeology. The data from each discipline is used to individually answer two questions: 1) was the Jordan Valley a single geographic/economic unit in the Late Bronze Age? 2) to what extent was the Jordan Valley integrated/interacting with the east-west highlands and the larger region in the Late Bronze Age? The primary objectives are to 1) explore and model a historical geographic hermeneutic for understanding the human experience of the Ancient Near East; and 2) lay a foundation for understanding the role of the Jordan Valley in affecting the Biblical periods of the Israelite monarchy to the Roman period.The answers from each chapter are then synthesized into a single geographic historical archaeological picture of the Central Jordan Valley during the Late Bronze Age. The Central Jordan Valley was divided into two sections: a fertile, populated, well connected north-central section and an isolated, sparsely populated southern section with limited agricultural zones. Trade with and between the eastern and western highlands is well represented by artifactual parallels in and through the Jordan Valley, the north-central section on a regional and international scale and the southern section on a more local scale. The thesis concludes that there are more artifactual points of connection between the Jordan Valley and the eastern highlands than with the western highlands. An ‘early conquest’ model of the Hebrew Bible is plausible within the historical records of the Egyptian 18th and 19th Dynasties and the geographical and archaeological records of the Jordan Valley during the Late Bronze Age. / Biblical and Ancient Studies Amarna Letters ‘Apiru Central Jordan Valley Chocolate-on-White ware Climate of Jordan Valley Early Conquest Model Earthquakes in the Jordan Valley Egypt in the Jordan Valley Emergence of Israel Geology of Jordan Valley Hydrology of Jordan Valley Israel in the Jordan Valley Jordan River Jordan River Floods Joshua Judges Late Bronze Age Maps of Jordan Valley Plains of Moab Rain shadow of Jordan Valley Shasu Topography of Jordan Valley Trade in the Late Bronze Age 18th and 19th Dynasties 933 Bible -- Antiquities Tell el-Amarna tablets Jordan River Valley -- Antiquities Bronze age -- Jordan River Valley Hydrology -- Jordan River Valley Water-supply -- Jordan River Valley Water and civilization

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