[ANCIENT WORLD] CANAANITES, CHRONOLOGIES, AND CONNECTIONS: THE RELATIONSHIP OF MIDDLE BRONZE IIA CANAAN TO MIDDLE KINGDOM EGYPT

Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns, 2002. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Quarto; in the publisher’s blue cloth binding with titling in gold; 168 pages with illustrations and maps.~~The beginning of the Middle Bronze Age (MB IIA) in Canaan (ca. 1950-1740 B.C.E.) set the stage for many of the cultural, political, and economic institutions that shaped the ancient Near East. Particular theoretical models for the analysis of complex societies are used in this study to examine textual, pictorial, and archaeological evidence relating to the nature and organization of MB IIA Canaan. Near Fine binding.