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The rural community in ancient Israel during Iron Age II
Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research • (317) • Published In 2000 • Pages: 17-39
By: Faust, Avi.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study compares various archaeological sites to shed light on rural family structure, interpreting the evidence through the lenses of social reproduction, subsistence production, and self-identification. The archaeological data includes house size and shape, food processing areas, agricultural terracing, storage facilities, and public constructions. The author concludes that rural settlements were egalitarian, functioning as cooperative corporate units.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Dwellings
- Religious and educational structures
- Settlement patterns
- Urban and rural life
- Real property
- Mutual aid
- Warehousing
- Household
- Nuclear family
- Extended families
- Lineages
- Clans
- Community structure
- Military installations
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Israelites
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle East
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Middle East
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard; 2020
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- not specified
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1000–586 BC
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Israel; Palestinian territories
- NotesAdditional notes
- Avraham Faust
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 32-39)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 59004636
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Jews--Social life and customs--To 70 A.D.