INTRODUCTION TO 515LICAL ARCHAEOLOGY SYLLABUS. SPRING 2013 (Tuesdays aud Thursdays 2:20-3:35 PM) Psychology Building, Room 337

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1 INTRODUCTION TO 515LICAL ARCHAEOLOGY ANTH/RE:LS )17 (200) (Honors) SYLLABUS SPRING 2013 (Tuesdays aud Thursdays 2:20-3:35 PM) Psychology Building, Room 337 Shelley Wachsmann, Ph.D. Meadows Professor of Biblical Archaeology Nautical Archaeology Program, Department of Anthropology, Texas A&M University Office hours: Wednesdays 3:00-5:00 PM, or by appointment at the Nautical Archaeology Program, Anthropology Department, Rooml21 Telephone (979) ; This course is designed to introduce the student to the archaeology and material culhue of the Land of the Bible. The course has the following objectives: A) To acquaint students with the rich matrix of material culture related to the peoples of biblical times in that region, B) To integrate these physical remains into an overall humanistic understanding of the biblical world, C) To supply the student with the tools to evaluate archaeological discoveries in relation to the biblical nanative, D) To familiarize the student to the intenelationship of various sources-texts, artifacts, iconography, etc.-for interpreting and understanding the past. There are no prerequisites to taking this course. We will cover the period from the Epi-Paleolithic period (ca. 10,000-8,500 B.C.) till the lstcentmy A.D. Classes will be devoted primarily to Keynote lectnres. We will also see video presentations. The final grade will be based on the total grades earned by the student from one assignment (5 points), three tests (two mid-term examinations and a final examination, each worth 25 points) and a tenn paper (20 points) due the last day of class (Thursday, April25). The assignment will be given on our third meeting (Tuesday, January 22nd) and will be due on our fifth meeting (Tuesday, February 29'"). Late submissions will not be accepted. As tenn paper topic selection can be a difficult process, and lead to procrastination, I encourage you to look over the material that we will cover and select a topic for your term paper early in the semester. Please see me to discuss your topic ideas. You will be expected to submit a 250-word (!-page double spaced) abstract together with a prelimina1y bibliography no later than our tenth meeting (February ). Remember, deadlines are our friends. The second mid-term, and the final test, will include only material covered since the previous test. The class session prior to each test will be spent in reviewing and discussing the material covered in the test. Letter grades assigned will follow the standard T AMU scale: ~A, ~ B, ~ C, ~ D, 59 and below ~ F. Sometimes students do not do well on a midterm. Should this happen the shtdent will have the option to take a final exam coverb1g all the mater;a! of the entire semester. This test will count for the final and will replace the lower of the two midterm test grades (50 point value). Anyone wishing to take this option must register to do so no

2 ANTH/RELS.717 (200) Jntro to Biblical Archaeologtj Honors 2 later than our last meeting (Thursday, April25 1 h). Note that this possibility should be viewed as an opportunity of last resort. As a textbook for the first part of the course we will be using Amihai Mazar's Archaeology of the Land of the Bible: 10, B. C. E. (The Anchor Bible Reference Librmy.) New York, Yale University Press (2009). Additional readings will be found at Evans E-reserve. The majority of additional readings for this course are found in a journal entitled Biblical Archaeology Review. This resource is available online at Lib cat. To access these internet resources you must either use a university computer, or, if you are off campus, you may be required to sign into your university account CLASS LECTURES ON LINE Class lectures are available on-line as downloadable pdf files on the Electronic Course Reserves. Students should download these files and print them out (multiple slides per printed page) as a convenient aid in taking notes. These lecture files do not replace class attendance. CLASS ID NUMBERS For reasons of identity security neither Social Security numbers nor UIN numbers will be used when posting grades. For this purpose each student will receive a unique class ID number. THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA) The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federal anti-discrimination statute that provides comprehensive civil rights protection for persons with disabilities. Among other things, this legislation requires that all students with disabilities be guaranteed a learning environment that provides for reasonable accommodation of their disabilities. If you believe you have a disability requiring an accommodation, please contact the Department of Disability Services in Room Bll8, Cain Hall. Tel Website: ( STATEMENT ON DIVERSITY Respect for cultural and human biological diversity is a core concept of Anthropology. In lhis course, each voice in the classroom has something of value to contribute to class discussion. Please respect the different experiences, beliefs and values expressed by your fellow students and instmctor, and refrain from derogatory comments about other individuals, cultures, groups, or viewpoints. The Anthropology Department supports the Texas A&M University commitment to Diversity, and welcomes individuals of all ages, backgrounds, citizenships, disabilities, education, ethnicities, family statuses, genders, gender identities, geographical locations, languages, militmy experience, political views, races, religions, sexual orientations, socioeconomic statuses, and work experiences (Seehttp://diversity.tamu.edu/). ACADEMIC INTEGRITY An Aggie does not lie, cheat or steal, or tolerate those who do. For more information regarding academic integrity, please visit the Honor Council Rules and Procedures on the web:

3 ANTH/RE:LS )17 (200) Intra to 5iblical Archaeologtj J-ionors SCHE:DULE: SPRING 2013 WEEKI (I) Tuesday, January 15th> Introduction to Biblical Archaeology I (2) Thursday, January 17th > Introduction to Biblical Archaeology II WEEK2 (3) Tuesday, January 22"d > Introduction to Biblical Archaeology III (Assigmnent given) ( 4) Thursday, Janumy 24th > Introduction to Biblical Archaeology IV (Video presentation: Archaeology From the Ground Down) WEEK3 (5) Tuesday, January 29th > Introduction to Biblical Archaeology V (Assignment returned, 5 points) (6) Thursday, January 31 t > Introduction to Biblical Archaeology VI & The First Agriculturists: The Epi-Paleolithic and Neolithic Periods WEEK4 (7) Tuesday, Febmary 5"' );> The First Agriculturists: The Epi-Paleolithic and Neolithic Periods (Contd.) (8) Thursday, Febmmy 7th > Review WEEKS (9) Tuesday, February 12th> Mid-tenn examination #I (30 points) (10) Thursday, Febma1y 14th> On Writing Reports and Term Papers (250-word term paper abstracts due) NB Students are invited to Professor Vaughn Bryant's lecture to ANTH/RELS 317 (500), The Paleolithic Health Club: Where Have We Gone Wrong? (3:55PM, HaiTington Educational Center]) WEEK6 (II) Tuesday, Febmary 19th );> Innovative Communities of the Fourth Millennium: The Chalcolithic Period (12) Thursday, February 21" >The Emergence of Cities: The Early Bronze Age WEEK7 (13) Tuesday, Febmary 26th> Early Bronze Age (Contd.) (14) Thursday, February 28th> An Interlude: The Early Bronze IV /Middle Bronze Age I WEEKS (15) Tuesday, March 5"' > Mighty Canaanite City-States: The Middle Bronze Age II (16) Thursday, March 7th> Middle Bronze Age II (Contd.) & In the Shadow of Egyptian Domination: The Late Bronze Age

4 ANTH/RELS.717 (200) Intra to Biblical ArchaeologtJ Honors + WEEK9 SPRING BREAK. No CLASSES. WEEK10 (17) Thursday, March 19'" >-Late Bronze Age (Contd.) (18) Thursday, March 21" >-Review WEEKll (19) Tuesday, March 26'" >-Mid-term examination #2 (30 points) (20) Thursday, March 28'" >- Seafaring in the Late Bronze Age: The Uluburun Shipwreck WEEK12 (21) Tuesday, April2"d >-A Voyage to Antiquity: (Video presentation) (22) Thursday, April4'" ';.The Days of the Judges: Iron Age I WEEK13 (23) Tuesday, April9'" >- The Sea Peoples and the Philistines: The Iron Age I (24) Thursday, Aprilll 11 ' >-The United Monarchy: The Reigns of Saul, David and Solomon: Iron Age IIA, ca B.C. WEEK14 (25) Tuesday, April 16'" ";. The Divided Monarchy: Iron Age IIB-C (26) Thursday, Aprill8"' ';.Historical Overview: From the Persian to the Early Roman Periods & A Tour of the Second Holy Temple in Jemsalem in the Time of Jesus WEEK15 (27) Tuesday, April23'd ';.The Backdrop to the Ministry of Jesus: Seafaring on the Sea of Galilee (28) Thursday, April 25'"? Review Final examination: Wednesday, May 8'\ 1:00-3:00 PM (35 points)

5 ANTH/RE:LS 317 (200) Intra to Biblical Archaeolow Honors 5 RE:ADINGS INTRODUCTION TO 5JI)LICAL ARCHAEOLOGY Ben-Tor, A., Introduction. In: The Archaeology of Ancient Israel. Ed. A. Ben-Tor. Trans. R. Greenberg. West Hanover: 1-9. Mazar, A., Archaeology of the Land of the Bible, pp (Ch. 1). NEOLITHIC PE:RIOD Banning, E. B., The Neolithic Period: Triumphs of Architecture, Agriculture, and Art. Biblical Archaeologist 61(4): Schmandt-Besserat, D., Stone Age Death Masks: A New Interpretation of Some of the World's Earliest Human Images. Archaeology Odyssey 6(2): Stone, E., Black Sea Flood Themy to be Tested. Science 283(12 February): THE: CHALCOLITHIC PERIOD Joffe, A. H., J.P. Dessel and R. S. Hallote, The "Gila! Woman": Female Iconography, Chalco lithic Cult, and the End of Southern Levantine Prehistory. Near Eastern Archaeology 64(1-2): Levy, T. E., Archaeological Sources for the Study of Palestine: The Chalcolithic Period. Biblical Archaeologist 49(2): Ussishkin, D., The "Ghassulian" Temple in Ein Gedi and the Origin of the Hoard from Nahal Mishmar. Biblical Archaeologist 34(1): EARLY 5RONZ.E: AGE: Richard, S., Archaeological Sources for the History of Palestine: The Early Bronze Age: The Rise and Collapse of Urbanism. Biblical Archaeologist 50(1): EARLY 5RONZ.E: IV/MIDDLE: 5RONZ.E: AGE: I The Enuma Blish (Mesopotamian Creation Epic). In: Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament. Third Edition with Supplement. Ed. J.B. Pritchard. Princeton. 1969: Yadin, Y., A Note on the Scene Depicted on the 'Ain-Samiya Cup. Israel Exploration Journal21: MIDDLE: 5RONZ.E: AGE: II Dever, W. G., Archaeological Sources for the Histmy of Palestine: The Middle Bronze Age: The Zenith of the Urban Canaanite Era. Biblical Archaeologist 50(3): Kitchen, K.A., The Patriarchal Age: Myth or History? Biblical Archaeology Review 21/2: 48-57, 88, 90, 92,

6 ANTH/RE:LS )17 (200) Intra to E>iblical Archaeolog<J Honors LATE: ISRONZ.E: AGE: Goldwasser, 0., How the Alphabet was Born from Hieroglyphics. Biblical Archaeology Review 36(2): 36-50, 74. Leonard Jr., A., Archaeological Sources for the Study of Palestine: The Late Bronze Age. Biblical Archaeologist 52(1): THE: ULUISURUN SHIPWRECK Bachhuber, C., Aegean Interest on the Uluburun Ship. American Journal of Archaeology 110: Bass, G. F., Oldest Known Shipwreck Reveals Bronze Age Splendors. National Geographic Magazine 172: Pulak, C.M., The Ulubmun Shipwreck: An Overview. International Joumal of Nautical Archaeology 27: Pulak, C., The Uluburun Shipwreck and Late Bronze Age Trade. In Beyond Babylon: Art, Trade, and Diplomacy in the Second Millennium B.C. J. Aruz, K. Benzel and J. M. Evans, eds. New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art: , artifact catalogue: , , , , , , , IRON AGE: I: THE: ISRAELITE: CONQUEST AND SE:TTLE:ME:NT Anonymous, Can you Name the Panel with the Israelites? Biblical Archaeology Review 17/6: Beit-Arieh, I., Fifteen Years in Sinai: Israeli Archaeologists Discover a New World. Biblical Archaeology Review 10(4): Fritz, V., Conquest or Settlement? The Early Iron Age in Palestine. Biblical Archaeologist 50(2): Homan, M. M., Did the Ancient Israelites Drink Beer? Biblical Archaeology Review 36(5): 48-56, 78. Rainey, A., Rainey's Challenge. Biblical Archaeology Review 17/6: Rainey, A., Inside Outside: Where Did the Early Israelites Come From? Biblical Archaeology Review 34(6): cover, 45-50, 84. Yadin, Y., "And Dan, Why Did He Remain in Ships" (Judges 5: 17). Australian Journal of Biblical Archaeology I: Yurco, F.J., ,200-Year-Old Picture oflsraelites found in Egypt. Biblical Archaeology Review 16/5: Yurco, F.J., Yurco's Response. Biblical Archaeology Review 17/6: 61.

7 ANTH/RE:LS )17 (200) Intra to 5iblical Archaeologtj Honors 7 IRON AGE: I: THE: PHILISTINES& THE: SE:A PE:OPLE:S The Journey ofwen-amon to Phoenicia. In: Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament. Third Edition with Supplement. Ed. J.B. Pritchard. Princeton. 1969: Stager, L.E., When Canaanites and Philistines Rnled Ashke1on. Biblical Archaeology Review 17/2: 24-37, Wachsmann, S., Were the Sea Peoples Mycenaeans? The Evidence of Ship Iconography. In: Res Maritimae: Cyprus and the Eastern Mediterranean fi'om Prehistmy to Late Antiquity. (Proceedings of the Second International Symposium "Cities on the Sea," Nicosia, Cyprus, October 18-22, 1994, Nicosia, Cyprus). Eds. S. Swiny, R. Hohlfelder and H. Wylde Swiny. Atlanta: IRON II: THE: UNITED & DIVIDED MONARCHYS Anonymous, "David" Found at Dan. Biblical Archaeology Review 20/2: Anonymous, Has David Been Found in Egypt? Biblical Archaeology Review 25/1: Draper, R., Kings of Controversy: Was the Kingdom of David and Solomon a Glorious Empire-Dr Just a Little Cow Town? It Depends on Which Archaeologist You Ask. National Geographic Magazine 218(6 [December]): Hen, L. G., Archaeological Sources for the History of Palestine: The Iron Age II Period: Emerging Nations. Biblical Archaeologist 60(3): , Levin, Y., Did Pharaoh Sheshonq Attack Jerusalem? Biblical Archaeology Review 38(4): Levy, T. E. and M. N. Najjar, Some Thoughts on Khirbet en-nal)as, Edom, Biblical History and Anthropology- A Response to Israel Finkelstein. Tel Aviv 33: Mazar, A., Archaeology and the Biblical Narrative: The Case of the United Monarchy. In One God- One Cult- One Nation. Archaeological and Biblical Perspectives. R. G. Kratz and Spieckermam1, eds. Berlin and New York, Walter de Gruyter: Mazar, E., The Palace of King David: Excavations at the Summit of the City of David, Preliminmy Report ofseasons Jerusalem, Shoham Academic Research and Publication. Monson, J., The New 'Ain Dara Temple: Closest Solomonic Parallel. Biblical Archaeological Review 26(3): 20-35, 67. Shanks, H., Prize Find: Oldest Hebrew Inscription Discovered in Israelite Fort on Philistine Border. Biblical Archaeology Review 36(2):

8 ANTH/RE:LS )17 (200) Intra to 5iblical A rchaeolo~ Honors 8 FROM THE: PERSIAN TO THE: EARLY ROMAN PERIODS Berlin, A. A., Archaeological Sources for the History of Palestine: Between Larger Forces: Palestine in the Hellenistic Period. Biblical Archaeologist 60(1): Betylon, J. W., A People Transformed: Palestine in the Persian Period. Near Eastern Archaeology 68(1-2): A TOUR OF THE: SECOND TEMPLE: JN JERUSALEM Rib11eyer, K. and L. Ritmeyer, Reconstructing Herod's Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Biblical Archaeology Review 15/6: THE: SE:A OF GALILEE:.50AT Wachsmann, S., The Galilee Boat: 2,000-Year-Old Hull Recovered Intact. Biblical Archaeology Review 14/5: Wachsmann, S The Sea ofgalilee Boat: An Extraordinmy 2000 Year Old Discovery. New York: ("Yep, It's an Old Boat"), (Once Upon a Boat). And for yow- general interest... A) THE ANCIENT WORLD ON TELEVISION AWOTVon the www: To subscribe, send a blank message to: mailto:awotv-subscribe@yahoogroups.com To unsubscribe, send a blank message to: mailto:awotv-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com B) EXPLORATOR: ARCHAEOLOGICAL NEWS ON THE WEB Read the latest Explorator on the web at: Past issues of Explorator are available on the web at: To subscribe to Explorator, send a blank message to: mailto:explorator-subscribe@yahoogroups.com To tmsubscribe, send a blank message to: mailto:explorator-llllsubscribe@yahoogroups.com coc.ococo