Palestine archaeology – Epipaleolithic – Bronze Age

Pre-requisites: None

Course objectives: Acquiring basic knowledge regarding Palestinian cultures, from the beginning of Epipaleolithic, C.A. 18,000 B.C., to the end of Early Bronze IV, C.A. 2,000 B.C., along with the development of critical data reviewing skills.

Course description: Geographic charasteristics and paleoecological conditions in East Levant. Epipaleolithic: the hunter gatherer complex. Sedentism. Aceramic Neolithic. Technical innovations, plant and animal domestication. Formation of complex societies. Ceramic Neolithic. Cult, ideology, symbolism. Chalcolithic. Metallurgy, temples, trade. Early Bronze I-IV: rise and collapse of urbane culture.

Learning Outcomes: Midterm examination in the 7th week and final written examination.