Conceiving the City: Streets and Incipient Urbanism at Early Bronze Age Bet Yerah

IF 0.8 2区 历史学 0 ARCHAEOLOGY
Sarit Paz, R. Greenberg
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Abstract

Early Bronze Age urbanization and urbanism in the Levant have long been important themes in scholarly discussion, with both the nature of the process and its results being the subject of lively debate. We view Early Bronze II (EB II) south Levantine urbanism as a novel ideological construct grounded in heterarchical modes of social organization, rather than a direct development from earlier village-based lifestyles. In the current study we employ a phenomenological approach that enables us to identify an urban habitus and to discuss cognitive aspects of town life, rather than constraining the discussion to urban morphology. Tel Bet Yerah in northern Israel is a good place to approach these issues, as it presents a continuous, extensively excavated Early Bronze Age sequence. One of the most prominent elements of the EB II fortified city is a system of paved streets that constructed space in a clear geometric pattern. The investment in street planning and engineering, alongside other aspects of planning, no doubt played a key role in the inculcation of urban concepts at the site. As shared public spaces, the streets were experienced and modified through the everyday practices of the town’s inhabitants and visitors. It is the negotiation between planning, ideology and practice that makes the streets of Bet Yerah an exemplary case of the role of architecture in promoting and sustaining a new social order.
构想城市:青铜器时代早期的街道和城市主义的萌芽
早期青铜时代的城市化和黎凡特的城市化一直是学术讨论的重要主题,这一过程的性质及其结果都是激烈辩论的主题。我们认为早期青铜时代(EB II)的南黎凡特城市主义是一种基于社会组织的异质模式的新型意识形态结构,而不是早期以村庄为基础的生活方式的直接发展。在当前的研究中,我们采用现象学方法,使我们能够识别城市习惯并讨论城市生活的认知方面,而不是将讨论局限于城市形态。以色列北部的Tel Bet Yerah是研究这些问题的好地方,因为它展示了一个连续的、广泛挖掘的早期青铜时代序列。EB II防御城市最突出的元素之一是铺砌的街道系统,以清晰的几何模式构建空间。在街道规划和工程方面的投资,以及规划的其他方面,无疑在现场的城市概念灌输中发挥了关键作用。作为共享的公共空间,街道通过城镇居民和游客的日常实践来体验和修改。正是规划、意识形态和实践之间的协调,使得贝特耶拉的街道成为建筑在促进和维持新社会秩序方面的典范。
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期刊介绍: JMA currently operates as the most progressive and valid podium for archaeological discussion and debate in Europe European Journal of Archaeology Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology is the only journal currently published that deals with the entire multicultural world of Mediterranean archaeology. The journal publishes material that deals with, amongst others, the social, politicoeconomic and ideological aspects of local or regional production and development, and of social interaction and change in the Mediterranean.
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