Book Review: Urbanism in the Iron Age Levant and Beyond

Authors

Emily Jewkes, Brigham Young University, Provo

Keywords

book review, Iron Age urbanism, Levantine settlement studies, Assyrian impact, regional urban development

Abstract

Urbanism in the Iron Age Levant and Beyond, edited by Aren Maeir, Shira Albaz, and Angelika Berlejung, contributes to the study of the history and creation of settlements in the Levant and other locations, such as Europe and Mesopotamia, during the Iron Age. The chapters in this book are a collection of presentations given at a 2022 conference at Bar-Ilan University on urbanism during the Iron Age that employed archaeological and textual methods to analyze urbanism through a variety of theoretical lenses. The book is divided into three parts that address the topic of Iron Age urbanism in the northern and southern Levant as well as urbanism in other regions and cultures. The chapters contain up-to-date information, reassess or challenge some ideas and theories, and suggest further studies on the topic.

BYU ScholarsArchive Citation

Jewkes, Emily. "Book Review: Urbanism in the Iron Age Levant and Beyond." Studia Antiqua 24, no. 1 (2025). https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/studiaantiqua/vol24/iss1/8