http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ANE-2/ Ancient Near East 2 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:19:05 GMT Wright, Jacob L http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ANE-2/message/14866 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ANE-2/message/14866 Colleagues, Would anyone perchance have pics of Khirbet Qilah or its environs? Many thanks, Jacob Jacob L. Wright Emory University Thu, 23 May 2013 17:51:32 GMT Stephen Goranson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ANE-2/message/14865 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ANE-2/message/14865 The N.Y. Times published on May 16 an obituary for Geza Vermes. He was indeed an influential scholar who made many important contributions. One I especially Tue, 21 May 2013 15:43:15 GMT Charles E. Jones http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ANE-2/message/14864 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ANE-2/message/14864 The second issue of ASOR's monthly newsletter "The Ancient Near East Today" has been distributed and is available online at: Tue, 21 May 2013 15:31:30 GMT Trudy Kawami http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ANE-2/message/14863 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ANE-2/message/14863 If any colleague could send me the pagination of Stephan Kroll's article in Armazd, Vol. V, pt. 1, 2010, I would greatly appreciate it. My computer ate it! (I Sat, 18 May 2013 09:25:00 GMT Ergun LAFLI http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ANE-2/message/14862 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ANE-2/message/14862 Dear Colleagues, A new booklet of us has just appeared in Germany: S. Funfschilling/E. Lafli, Hadrianopolis II: Glasfunde des 6. und 7. Jhs. aus Hadrianupolis, Thu, 16 May 2013 18:52:32 GMT Peter T. Daniels http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ANE-2/message/14861 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ANE-2/message/14861 ISTR claims that h&g is more efficient than farming? (It takes a lot less work.) And definitely more environment-friendly?   -- Peter T. Daniels Thu, 16 May 2013 17:40:38 GMT Joe Zias http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ANE-2/message/14860 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ANE-2/message/14860 I too have issues with his explanation. If one looks at Natufian sites in the north here in Israel today one sees  people living in settled communities sans Thu, 16 May 2013 16:47:16 GMT MarcC http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ANE-2/message/14859 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ANE-2/message/14859 I am sticking with the beer explanation. It makes for better lectures. Marc Cooper Missouri State University Thu, 16 May 2013 16:41:19 GMT eliot braun http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ANE-2/message/14858 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ANE-2/message/14858 I'm sure Ayn Rand would love this article on the purported reason for the development of early agriculture.: Thu, 16 May 2013 09:04:29 GMT James http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ANE-2/message/14857 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ANE-2/message/14857 Dear All, I am please to forward the following, and apologies for cross-postings. --James D. Moore, Brandeis University ____ I am writing to you on behalf of Mon, 13 May 2013 17:52:11 GMT sbudin http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ANE-2/message/14856 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ANE-2/message/14856 VERY many thanks to everyone who replied to my query. I was quite successful today at the library, and the bibliography suggested here seems to be exactly Sun, 12 May 2013 23:33:16 GMT Peter T. Daniels http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ANE-2/message/14855 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ANE-2/message/14855 Ms. Fox is an employee of the NY Times ... She sent an announcement of the book to the newsgroup sci.lang (to which she has never before contributed), but her Sun, 12 May 2013 23:27:21 GMT Michael F. Lane http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ANE-2/message/14854 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ANE-2/message/14854 Dear Peter, These citations are very useful. I'll look into Gragg's work, and I'll definitely check out Cannon, as I have a working knowledge of Arabic. With Sun, 12 May 2013 18:33:50 GMT eliot braun http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ANE-2/message/14853 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ANE-2/message/14853 I apologize and stand corrected. I'm an ignoramus concerning Linear B and I tend to believe what I read in the NY Times.    Eliot Braun, Ph D Sr. Fellow WF Sun, 12 May 2013 18:33:42 GMT eliot braun http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ANE-2/message/14852 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ANE-2/message/14852 There is an interesting chapter in Aphek Antipatris II on wine production in the LB period. M. Kislev and his students have written on many aspects of food