Sacrifice is one of the most common manifestations of human religious thought and
behavior, yet archaeology has only recently begun to devote significant attention to the …

Monuments have been a staple of archaeology since the beginning of the discipline and
have been used as case-studies for a diverse range of topics. In recent years, monuments …

In this book, Aaron A. Burke explores the evolution of Amorite identity in the Near East from
ca. 2500-1500 BC. He sets the emergence of a collective identity for the Amorites, one of the …

Among the many religious acts condemned in the Hebrew Bible, child sacrifice stands out as
particularly horrifying. The idea that any group of people would willingly sacrifice their own …

Archaeological assemblages, texts, and iconography indicate a multifaceted, yet often
ignored, canine economy in the ancient eastern Mediterranean and Near East. This …

Sacrifice is not simply an expression of religious beliefs. Its highly symbolic nature lends
itself to various kinds of manipulation by those carrying it out, who may use the ritual in …

Drawing on a case study from the Maya site of Actuncan, Belize, this article presents
collective remembering as a way to conceptualize the relational construction of memory by …

Constructing and deconstructing public spaces in second-millennium BC Anatolia, the Near
East and the Levant was not only a collaborative physical act but also involved deeply …

Around the late Middle Kingdom, c. 1800BC, the composition of burial equipment—and
consequently also the ideology of the tomb—underwent a profound transformation. With the …

This volume presents the long history of Syria through a jouney of the most important and
recently-excavated archaeological sites. The sites cover over 1.8 million years and all …