Sharon Zuckerman
Biographic Data
| ID | 3790906 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sharon Zuckerman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sharon |
| FAMILY NAME | Zuckerman |
| SIGNATURE | ZUCKERMAN S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 58 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Flint Knapping in the Late Bronze Age
Expedient production constitutes a significant aspect of the lithic assemblages of the Bronze and Iron Ages, particularly of those postdating the Early Bronze Age. The study of this simple flint technology is usually neglected, framed under ‘opportunistic production’. The excavations at the Late Bronze Age Lower City of Hazor Area S, where flint items were collected systematically and sediments sieved, enabled a more detailed study of this relati…
Shepherd Kings? A Zooarchaeological Investigation of Elite Precincts in Middle Bronze Age Tel Hazor and Tel Kabri
A zooarchaeological investigation of elite precincts from two major Middle Bronze Age sites in the Galilee region of northern Israel, Tel Hazor and Tel Kabri, was conducted with the aim of revealing differences in the animal economy between them. The results indicate that the elites of the polity of Hazor were strict consumers who exerted economic demands on the surrounding hinterlands and relied on specialized sheep herding. In Tel Kabri, by con…
Hazor in the Early Bronze Age
Area S
The zooarchaeology of exclusion and expropriation
“The City, Its Gods Will Return There …”
The Bronze Age in the Lebanon
Production Centres and Distribution Patterns of Khirbet Kerak Ware in the Southern Levant
Khirbet Kerak Ware (KKW) is one of the most conspicuous ceramic families in the southern Levant during the 3rd millennium BCE. The foreign origins of these vessels—as well as their technology, relative chronology and distribution patterns within the wider sphere of their appearance—have been the focus of previous discussions of this family. This paper presents the results of a large-scale project that combines typological and petrographic analyse…
A provenance study of Mycenaean pottery from Northern Israel
Fit for a (not-quite-so-great) King
The complex system of reciprocal international relations in the Late Bronze Age (14th and 13th centuries BC) Eastern Mediterranean, comprised of several levels of diplomatic and commercial interactions between the various palatial polities participating in this system. These relations are reflected in the textual sources and iconographic records of the period. Value-laden luxury objects were the tangible means through which this system operated, …
Hazor at the End of the Late Bronze Age
The interpretation of the Late Bronze Age strata of Hazor is of crucial importance for understanding the sequence of events leading to the final destruction of this mighty Cannaanite kingdom. In this article we take issue with a new interpretation of the Late Bronze Age Hazor data published recently by I. Finkelstein, and suggest that this interpretaion does not tally either with the data as uncovered and presented by Yadin following his excavati…
Anatomy of a Destruction
Anatomy of a Destruction
Destruction levels, a recurring feature in ancient Near Eastern tell sites, are too often treated as isolated events. Recent scholarship on the formation processes of the archaeological record stresses the need to understand site destructions as part of long-term processes, rather than as isolated and unique events. This paper offers a model for studying destruction based on the concepts of the materialization of ritual and royal ideology. The id…
Slaying oxen and Killing Sheep, Eating Flesh and Drinking Wine
Communal feasts, events of ritual activity that involve shared food and drink consumption and display in religious and secular elite contexts, received considerable attention in anthropological and archaeological literature in recent years. In those studies, the focus was on the identification of feasting in the material record of ancient societies, and an attempt was made to decipher the complex social and political meanings inherent in such con…
Anatomy of a Destruction
Destruction levels, a recurring feature in ancient Near Eastern tell sites, are too often treated as isolated events. Recent scholarship on the formation processes of the archaeological record stresses the need to understand site destructions as part of long-term processes, rather than as isolated and unique events. This paper offers a model for studying destruction based on the concepts of the materialization of ritual and royal ideology. The id…
Anatomy of a Destruction
Slaying oxen and Killing Sheep, Eating Flesh and Drinking Wine
Communal feasts, events of ritual activity that involve shared food and drink consumption and display in religious and secular elite contexts, received considerable attention in anthropological and archaeological literature in recent years. In those studies, the focus was on the identification of feasting in the material record of ancient societies, and an attempt was made to decipher the complex social and political meanings inherent in such con…
A provenance study of Mycenaean pottery from Northern Israel
Anatomy of a Destruction
Destruction levels, a recurring feature in ancient Near Eastern tell sites, are too often treated as isolated events. Recent scholarship on the formation processes of the archaeological record stresses the need to understand site destructions as part of long-term processes, rather than as isolated and unique events. This paper offers a model for studying destruction based on the concepts of the materialization of ritual and royal ideology. The id…
Production Centres and Distribution Patterns of Khirbet Kerak Ware in the Southern Levant
Khirbet Kerak Ware (KKW) is one of the most conspicuous ceramic families in the southern Levant during the 3rd millennium BCE. The foreign origins of these vessels—as well as their technology, relative chronology and distribution patterns within the wider sphere of their appearance—have been the focus of previous discussions of this family. This paper presents the results of a large-scale project that combines typological and petrographic analyse…
Anatomy of a Destruction
Destruction levels, a recurring feature in ancient Near Eastern tell sites, are too often treated as isolated events. Recent scholarship on the formation processes of the archaeological record stresses the need to understand site destructions as part of long-term processes, rather than as isolated and unique events. This paper offers a model for studying destruction based on the concepts of the materialization of ritual and royal ideology. The id…
Anatomy of a Destruction
Anatomy of a Destruction
Destruction levels, a recurring feature in ancient Near Eastern tell sites, are too often treated as isolated events. Recent scholarship on the formation processes of the archaeological record stresses the need to understand site destructions as part of long-term processes, rather than as isolated and unique events. This paper offers a model for studying destruction based on the concepts of the materialization of ritual and royal ideology. The id…
Slaying oxen and Killing Sheep, Eating Flesh and Drinking Wine
Communal feasts, events of ritual activity that involve shared food and drink consumption and display in religious and secular elite contexts, received considerable attention in anthropological and archaeological literature in recent years. In those studies, the focus was on the identification of feasting in the material record of ancient societies, and an attempt was made to decipher the complex social and political meanings inherent in such con…
Fit for a (not-quite-so-great) King
The complex system of reciprocal international relations in the Late Bronze Age (14th and 13th centuries BC) Eastern Mediterranean, comprised of several levels of diplomatic and commercial interactions between the various palatial polities participating in this system. These relations are reflected in the textual sources and iconographic records of the period. Value-laden luxury objects were the tangible means through which this system operated, …
Hazor at the End of the Late Bronze Age
The interpretation of the Late Bronze Age strata of Hazor is of crucial importance for understanding the sequence of events leading to the final destruction of this mighty Cannaanite kingdom. In this article we take issue with a new interpretation of the Late Bronze Age Hazor data published recently by I. Finkelstein, and suggest that this interpretaion does not tally either with the data as uncovered and presented by Yadin following his excavati…
Production Centres and Distribution Patterns of Khirbet Kerak Ware in the Southern Levant
Khirbet Kerak Ware (KKW) is one of the most conspicuous ceramic families in the southern Levant during the 3rd millennium BCE. The foreign origins of these vessels—as well as their technology, relative chronology and distribution patterns within the wider sphere of their appearance—have been the focus of previous discussions of this family. This paper presents the results of a large-scale project that combines typological and petrographic analyse…
A provenance study of Mycenaean pottery from Northern Israel
“The City, Its Gods Will Return There …”
The Bronze Age in the Lebanon
The zooarchaeology of exclusion and expropriation
Hazor in the Early Bronze Age
Area S
Flint Knapping in the Late Bronze Age
Expedient production constitutes a significant aspect of the lithic assemblages of the Bronze and Iron Ages, particularly of those postdating the Early Bronze Age. The study of this simple flint technology is usually neglected, framed under ‘opportunistic production’. The excavations at the Late Bronze Age Lower City of Hazor Area S, where flint items were collected systematically and sediments sieved, enabled a more detailed study of this relati…
Shepherd Kings? A Zooarchaeological Investigation of Elite Precincts in Middle Bronze Age Tel Hazor and Tel Kabri
A zooarchaeological investigation of elite precincts from two major Middle Bronze Age sites in the Galilee region of northern Israel, Tel Hazor and Tel Kabri, was conducted with the aim of revealing differences in the animal economy between them. The results indicate that the elites of the polity of Hazor were strict consumers who exerted economic demands on the surrounding hinterlands and relied on specialized sheep herding. In Tel Kabri, by con…
Ancient history (15 works) · Archaeology (15 works) · History (15 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (12 works) · Bronze Age (10 works) · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology (8 works) · Geography (8 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (7 works) · History (7 works) · Ancient Near East History (6 works)