Anatomy of a destruction: Crisis architecture, termination rituals and the fall of Canaanite Hazor

Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-32

  Zuckerman, Sharon ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Canaan; Crisis architecture; Hazor; Israel; Late Bronze Age; Termination rituals

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BRONZE AGE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; PALESTINE;

EID: 34548482978     PISSN: 09527648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1558//jmea.2007.v20i1.3     Document Type: Article

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