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Amarna letters, PapyrusAnastasi I, theMerneptahStela, and

PapyrusHarris1.^25

8. RegardingthearchitecturaltrendsoftheIronAgeIanditsrele-
   vance tothebiblical material, referenceshouldbe madeto
   LawrenceStager's 1985 anicle,''TheArchaeologyoftheFamily
   inAncientIsrael."26


9. Thearchaeologicalevidencefor religiouspracticesduringthe
   LBA/lronIhorizonisverymeager.Fora briefdiscussionofcult
   sitesfromtheIronAgeI,includingtheMountEbalualtar"and
   the"bullsiteMfromnorthernManasseh,referencecanbemadeto
   AmihaiMazar'sArchaeologyoftheLandoftheBible10,000-586
   S.C.E.27


10. Finally,a discussionofceramics,panicularlythe"collaredrimM
    storejaris recommended.^28 Thisparticularceramicform is
    singledoutbecauseofthediscussionithasevokedgoingall
    thewaybacktothedaysofAlbright. Includingitin thedis-
    cussioncanprovidetheteacheranentrypointtointroduce
    hisorherstudentstotheimportantifcomplexissueofceram-
    icsingeneral.

READINGSUGGESTIONSANDTOPICS:THEQUESTIONOFACENTRAUZED

GOVEnNMEm!STATI:IN'I1mTCNlllCENTUHYB.C.E.

Thereisnocurrentissuemorecontroversialamongarcheologistsand
biblicalhistoriansthanthatofthequestionofa unitedmonarchyunder
DavidandSolomonduringthetenthcenturyB.C.E. Isthereanyhistory
behindthebiblicalstoriesfoundprimarilyin 2 Samuel-1Kgs11?Theliter-
aryand/orotherfunctionsofthesestoriesI leavetoyou,theexegete.Here
Iamonlyconcernedwithwhatisnowknownfromlookingintheground.
If therewasa stateduringthetenthcenturyB.C.E.inPalestine,whatmate-
rialremainswouldindicatethis?29

25 Ibid.,54.
26 L<lwrcnccE.Stager."TheArchaeologyoftheFamilyinAncientIsrael,·BASOR 260
(1985):1-35
27 AmihaiMazal.Arcbm..'Olo8YoftbeLtmdoftbeBible10,000-586B.CE.(A13RL;New
York:Doubleday.1990),C5p348-52
28 Onthecollared-rimstorejar,secthec5saysbyAvr:lh:lm13iran(71-96)andjoseph
YellinandjomGunneweg033--4])inSeymourGilinandWilliamG.Devcr,eds.,Recelll
ExcavatiollsillIsrael:SiudiesilltronAgeArcb(loology(AASQR 49 (Winona Lake, Ind.:
Ei.senbr:nms.1989).
29 ForachansuggestingarchacologicalremainsindicativeofMate-formationproces.ses,
.seejohnS. HolladayJr.. "The KingdomsofIsrael andJudah: Polilical :HldEconomic