REL 3004 Study Guide - Gezer, Surveying, Flinders Petrie
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Biblical archaeology, 1890- present: flinders petrie (1852- 1942, achievements in egypt 1880-1890, excavated many cites, including, excavation at tell el-hesi in 1890. Tell el-amarna, capital of pharaoh akhnenaton. i: mortuary temple of merneptah at thebes found the merneptah stela = the first extra-biblical reference to. 1210 bce) learned value of ancient pottery for dating archeological remains b) c: hired by the pef to excavate the first tell in palestine. i. Albright (1920s and 1930s): biblical archeology, 1950- present focus on smaller, one-period sites renewed interest in surface surveys. 2: archeology is increasingly interdisciplinary, new interest in anthropological (cultural) questions, in contradistinction to historical questions, basic terms and concepts, a tell = an artificially formed mound containing the artifacts of people who once lived there. Albright subsequently completed and refined the chronology of ceramic types: archeologists usually date a stratum by the type of pottery in it.
