The a survey of models and theories Frick, Frank S. creator text xx Decatur, GA Almond 1985 9999 monographic und eng

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219 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. I. The cultural evolutionary hypothesis and the origins of the Israelite state: Anthropology and history -- Overview of the cultural evolutionary hypothesis -- State formation studies and the problem of comparability -- II. Early Israel as a segmentary society -- III. Early Israel as a chiefdom -- What is a chiefdom? -- The archaeology of chiefdoms -- IV. Agriculture and social change in early Israel -- A. The agricultural environment of the Palestinian Hill Country -- Meteorological variables in the central highlands -- Soil fertility in the highlands -- B. Agricultural technology and social change in early Israel -- Agricultural terracing in the highlands -- Agricultural productivity, demography and settlement patterns -- Tel Masos, agriculture, and the archaeology of chiefdoms -- Technology and agriculture -- V. The path to statehood: A synthesis. Frank S. Frick Bible. Old Testament.Jews Politics and government.Criticism, interpretation, etc BS1199.P6 .F89 1985 9780907459514090745951X 220922