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Biblical Arch.
Late Bronze Age
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Archaeology
Undergraduate 3
05/10/2010

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Term
lack of fortification
Definition
-Total lack of fortifications
-Egyptians outlawed the building of fortifications
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orthostats
Definition
large, well-cut slabs of stone in Area H Temple
Term
Hazor, Area H Temple
Definition
-most powerful city-state
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lion orthostats
Definition
-found in the Area H Temple
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Stelae (= Mazzeboth, standing stones Area C shrine)
Definition
-found in Hazor
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Fosse Temple (Lachish)
Definition
Fosse means "mote", the temple had a mote around it
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Amman airport temple
Definition
-found alot of Mycenaean and Minoan pottery & Egyptian items
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Bichrome ware
Definition
-started at end of MBII to the Late Bronze Age
-red and black decoration
-most trade in Cyprus, little trade was local from Megiddo
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The Beit Shean Relief
Definition
-narrative
-89 cm tall
-one of the few large pieces of art, most were small figurines
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Megiddo Ivories
Definition
-had more than 300 ppl figurines & styles
-found an Ivory plaque & cosmetic box
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Lachish Ivories
Definition
-from the Fosse Temple
-Ivory oil flask that looks like a woman & little animal head figures
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copper mining at Timna
Definition
-the copper mined here was made into copper ingots for transport
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Egyptian Temple at Timna
Definition
-dedicated to Hathor, the patroness of mine & love
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sickle sword
Definition
-originated from axes
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Proto-Canaanite (writing)
Definition
most important and found on a jar in the Lachish Fosse Temple
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Proto-Sinaitic at Serabit el Khadem
Definition
-written on rocks at the turquoise mines of Serabit el Khadem
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built tomb with corbelled roof (Megiddo)
Definition
bricks layed for roof to form a dome-shape
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anthropoid coffins
Definition
-have a face on the coffin
-decorations were copies from Egyptians
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couple burial (Deir el-Balah)
Definition
-decorations were copies from Egyptians
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