The Archaeology of Ancient Israel

An extensively illustrated and up-to-date survey of the history and archaeology of Israel from the Neolithic era (8th millennium BC) to the fall of Jerusalem and the destruction of the First Temple in 586 BC. Contributors include: O Bar-Yosef (The Neolithic period) ; R Gonen (The Chalcolithic period) ; A Ben-Tor (The Early Bronze Age) ; R Gophna (The Intermediate Bronze Age) ; A Kempinski (The Middle Bronze Age) ; R Gonen (The Late Bronze Age) ; A Mazar (The Iron Age I) ; G Barkay (The Iron Age II) .