Dolmens in the Levant

1. Verfasser: Fraser, James A. , [VerfasserIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: London ; New York, NY ; : Routledge, [2018].
Ausgabe: First published.
Umfang/Format: xix, 374 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 28 cm.
Schriftenreihe: The Palestine Exploration Fund Annual ; 14
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Parallelausgabe: Dolmens in the Levant /Online
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Part I. The typology, chronology and distribution of dolmens in the Levant
  • Approaching dolmens in the Levant
  • Megalithism, nomadism and the dolmen problem : a history of dolmen research in the Levant
  • Untangling dolmen typologies and chronologies in the Levant
  • The dolmen phenomenon in Israel/Palestine and the Northern Levant
  • Dolmens, geology and the EB settlement landscape in Jordan
  • Dolmens, geology and the EB settlement landscape in the Galilee, the Golan and the Leja
  • Part II. Dolmens in the Wadi ar-Rayyan
  • Dolmens and settlements
  • The megalithic landscape
  • Dolmen morphology and burial
  • Dolmen orientation
  • Dolmen construction : the quarrying, extraction and movement of megalithic blocks
  • Dolmens in context : summary and concluding remarks.