Concept information
Preferred term
biblical archaeology
Definition(s)
- Biblical or Near Eastern archaeology reconstructs the histories and societies of the Near East from human ancestors' first migrations out of Africa 1.5 million years ago to the end of the Ottoman Empire in1918 CE through archaeological evidence and historical documents. Geography and Climate Although the archaic geographic term Near Easthas been largely replaced by Middle East in popular and political language, the Near East remains an operative term in archaeological research, alongside Anatolian, Arabian, Levantine, Mesopotamian, southwest Asia, and Syro-Palestinian. [Source: Encyclopedia of Anthropology; Archaeology, Biblical]
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URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-HSCNVC27-Q
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