Germany / USA: Leiden, Germany / Boston, MA: Brill, Date: 2012, 1st edition, First Printing, 2012. ------------( 1st printing of the First edition ) ---hardcover, a Near Fine copy, no dustjacket as issued, slight crease to contents pages, 485 pages, b&w photos and illustrations, contents include: Preface by Helzer; Intro by Zertal; History of the Excavations, the Staff, and the Methodology ---The Site - General Data; Plan And Fortifications; Stratigraphy And Chronology; Area A- The City Gate (A1), The Approach (A2), And The Upper Terrace (A3); Area B - A Sounding In The Western City Wall; Area C1 - The Residential Quarter; Area C2; Area D— The Central Quarter; Area E1 - A Sounding In The Southern Quarter; Area F - Soundings In The Fortifications; Area T - The Outside Tower; The Iron Age Pottery; The Late Pottery; Nine Scarabs, A Scaraboid, A Cylinder Seal, And A Bifacial Rectangular Plaque From El-Ahwat; The Beads And Pendants; An Ivory Caprid-Head From Area A3; A Bronze Head From Area A3 ; The Coins; The Stone Objects; The Flint Assemblage; The Faunal Remains; Furnace For The Processing Of Iron; Oil-Producing Installations; Oil Press L4348 And Its Implications; The Ottoman Pipes; Architectural And Archaeological Parallels Between El-Ahwat And The Western Mediterranean; Archaeological And Historical Conclusions; Bibliography; List Of Loci, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to ...

Leiden: Brill, Date: 2012. First edition thus. Hardcover. Fine. xix, (1), 485, (1)pp. With a 32 page bibliography. Red buckram lettered in yellow. Illustrated with approx. 200 photos, drawings, archaeological ground plans and charts. A fine, as new copy. This report presents the findings of a unique archaeological site in central Israel. The site is a fortified city, possibly from the Sea-Peoples Shardana, that contains intriguing architecture and many Egyptian finds. The Egyptian finds specifically indicate that it may have been an Egyptian stronghold with foreign mercenaries. Contents: List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; Introduction; History of the Excavations, the Staff, and the Methodology; Part One: Stratigraphy, Architecture, and Chronology; Chapter One The Site -- General Data; Chapter Two Plan and Fortifications; Chapter Three Stratigraphy and Chronology; Chapter Four Area A -- The City Gate (A1), the "Approach" (A2), and the Upper Terrace (A3); Chapter Five Area B -- A Sounding in the Western City Wall; Chapter Six Area C1 -- The Residential Quarter; Chapter Seven Area C2; Chapter Eight Area D -- The Central Quarter; Chapter Nine Area E1 -- A Sounding in the Southern Quarter Chapter Ten Area F -- Soundings in the Fortifications; Chapter Eleven Area T -- The Outside Tower; Part Two: The Finds; Chapter Twelve The Iron Age Pottery; Chapter Thirteen The Late Pottery; Chapter Fourteen Nine Scarabs, A Scaraboid, A Cylinder Seal, and a Bifacial Rectangular ...

ISBN10: 9004176454, ISBN13: 9789004176454, [publisher: Brill, Leiden] Hardcover First Edition xix, (1), 485, (1)pp. With a 32 page bibliography. Red buckram lettered in yellow. Illustrated with approx. 200 photos, drawings, archaeological ground plans and charts. A fine, as new copy. This report presents the findings of a unique archaeological site in central Israel. The site is a fortified city, possibly from the Sea-Peoples Shardana, that contains intriguing architecture and many Egyptian finds. The Egyptian finds specifically indicate that it may have been an Egyptian stronghold with foreign mercenaries. Contents: List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; Introduction; History of the Excavations, the Staff, and the Methodology; Part One: Stratigraphy, Architecture, and Chronology; Chapter One The Site -- General Data; Chapter Two Plan and Fortifications; Chapter Three Stratigraphy and Chronology; Chapter Four Area A -- The City Gate (A1), the "Approach" (A2), and the Upper Terrace (A3); Chapter Five Area B -- A Sounding in the Western City Wall; Chapter Six Area C1 -- The Residential Quarter; Chapter Seven Area C2; Chapter Eight Area D -- The Central Quarter; Chapter Nine Area E1 -- A Sounding in the Southern Quarter Chapter Ten Area F -- Soundings in the Fortifications; Chapter Eleven Area T -- The Outside Tower; Part Two: The Finds; Chapter Twelve The Iron Age Pottery; Chapter Thirteen The Late Pottery; Chapter Fourteen Nine Scarabs, A Scaraboid, A ...