The Hyksos : new historical and archaeological perspectives

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Imprint:

Philadelphia : University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, 1997

Subject:

Hyksos - Congresses
Egypt - History - To 332 B.C. - Congresses
Egypt - Antiquities - Congresses
Middle East - History - To 622 - Congresses
Middle East - Antiquities - Congresses
Bronze age - Middle East - Congresses

Contributor:

Oren, Eliezer D
International Seminar on Cultural Interconnections in the Ancient Near East (1992 : University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology)

ISBN:

9780924171468, 0924171464, 0924171464 (acid-free paper), and 9780924171468 (acid-free paper)

Series:

University Museum monograph
University Museum symposium series

Description:

xxvi, 434 p. : ill. (some col.), maps, plans ; 29 cm

Notes:

"Proceedings of the International Seminar on Cultural Interconnections in the Ancient Near East, held for 16 consecutive weeks at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology during the spring term, January-April 1992"--Editor's pref

Bibliographic Note:

Includes bibliographical references

Contents:

Introduction and overview, Structure and goals / Eliezer D. Oren -- Textual sources for the Hyksos period / Donald B. Redford -- Hyksos period in Egypt / David O'Connor -- Egypt and Nubia during the Second Intermediate period / Peter Lacovara -- Avaris, capital of the Hyksos Kingdom : new results of excavations / Manfred Bietak and "Hyksos" trade connections between Tell el-Dab'a (Avaris) and the Levant : a neutron activation study of the Canaanite Jar / Patrick E. McGovern and Garman Harbottle -- Beyond Avaris : the Second Intermediate period in Egypt outside the Eastern Delta / Janine Bourriau -- Eastern Nile delta during the Hyksos and pre-Hyksos periods : toward a systemic/socioeconomic understanding / John S. Holladay, Jr. -- "Kingdom of Sharuhen" and the Hyksos kingdom / Eliezer D. Oren -- Settlement patterns and chronology of Palestine in the Middle Bronze Age / William G. Dever -- Middle Bronze Age of Transjordan / Bonnie Magness-Gardiner -- Hyksos : a view from northern Canaan and Syria / Aharon Kempinski -- Middle Bronze equid burials at Tell Jemmeh and reexamination of a purportedly "Hykos" practice / Paula Wapnish -- Middle Bronze Age IIA remains at Tell el Ifshar, Israel : a preliminary report / Samuel M. Paley and Yosef Porat -- Ebla and Syria in the Middle Bronze Age / Paolo Matthiae -- Relations between Ebla and Egypt / Gabriella Scandone Matthiae -- Relations between the Aegean and the Hyksos at the end of the Middle Bronze Age / Philip P. Betancourt

Collection:

BGC Monograph Stacks

Call Number:

DT86 .H95 1997

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