Tabla de Contenidos:
  • ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Introduction""; ""The Place of this Book in Research""; ""The Period under Discussion""; ""The Bookâ€?s Structure""; ""History of Historical Inquiry on Israelite Society: Summary of Previous Research""; ""A Few Preliminary Notes""; ""Traditional Social Organization""; ""Social Organization at the End of the Monarchy""; ""Processes of Change in Israelite Society""; ""Did Changes Occur in the Transition from Settlement to Monarchy?""; ""Summary""; ""History of Archaeological Study on Israelite Society""; ""General Studies""
  • ""Economic Specialization""""Socioeconomic Stratification""; ""Analysis of Residential Houses and Family Structure""; ""Detailed Analyses of Specific Settlements""; ""Between the Eighth and Seventh Centuries b.c.e.""; ""Summary""; ""Between Monarchy and Kinship: Urban Society""; ""Definitions and Methodology""; ""The Cities of the Kingdom of Israel""; ""Cities of the Kingdom of Judah in the Eighth Century b.c.e.""; ""Cities of the Kingdom of Judah in the Seventh Century b.c.e.""; ""Discussion: Public Buildings""; ""The City Gate as an Urban Community Element""; ""Urban Planning""
  • ""Conclusions""""Appendix: Small Finds and Social Stratification""; ""Community and Family: Rural Society""; ""Definitions and Methodology""; ""The Sites: Villages""; ""The Sites: Fortress Villages""; ""The Sites: Large Villages or Townships""; ""The Sites: Farms""; ""Discussion: Social and Community Organization in the Israelite Village""; ""Conclusions""; ""Fortified Structures in the Countryside: Between the Military and the Administration""; ""â€?Real Fortressesâ€?""; ""Fortified Structures in the Rural Areas of the Kingdom of Judah""
  • ""The Function of the Fortified Structures and the Settlements below Them""""Discussion""; ""Summary""; ""Political Organization in the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah""; ""Archaeological Evidence for the Existence of a State: General Characteristics""; ""Israel and Judah""; ""Summary""; ""Appendix: Residential Buildings in Iron Age II""; ""The Four-Room House and Israelite Society""; ""The Essence of the Four-Room House""; ""Social and Cognitive Aspects of Four-Room Houses""; ""Summary""; ""Pots and Peoples: Ethnic Groups in the Kingdom of Israel""; ""Archaeology and Ethnicity""
  • ""The Rural Sites in the Northern Valleys""""Analysis: The Unique Features of the Sites""; ""Ethnic Groups in the Northern Valleys""; ""Summary""; ""From Hamlets to Monarchy: Israelite Society from the Settlement Period to the End of the Period of the Monarchy""; ""The Settlement Period""; ""The Period of the Monarchy""; ""Summary""; ""Epilogue""; ""The Status of the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah""; ""The Question of Social Stratification""; ""City and Country""; ""Social Identity""; ""Directions for Continuing a Socioarchaeological Study of the Period of the Monarchy""; ""Bibliography""