Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; I. THEORY; 1. Archaeology, Anthropology and Cult: Exploring Religion in Formative Middle Range Societies; 2. Cults, Shrines, and the Emergence of Regional Ritual Centers: The View from New Guinea; 3. Tribal Pilgrimages to Saints' Tombs in South Sinai; 4. The Rise of a New Negev Cult Center Today: Baba Sali's Sanctuary in Netivot, Israel; II. ARCHAEOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS; 5. The Sanctuary Sequence: Excavations at Gilat: 1975-77, 1989, 1990-92; III. BIOLOGICAL DATA FROM GILAT
6. Farming? Feasting? Herding? Large Mammals from the Chalcolithic of Gilat7. Marine and Riverine Shells at Gilat; 8. Death and the Sanctuary: The Human Remains from Gilat; IV. THE EMERGENCE OF GILAT AS A REGIONAL CULT CENTER: PRODUCTION AND EXCHANGE; 9. The Technology of the Gilat Pottery Assemblage: A Reassessment; 10. Gilat's Ceramics: Cognitive Dimensions of Pottery Production; 11. The Chipped Stone Assemblage at Gilat; 12. Gilat's Ground Stone Assemblage: Stone Fenestrated Stands, Bowls, Palettes and Related Artifacts
13. The Worked Bone from the Chalcolithic Site of Gilat: Interim ReportV. PROCESSES OF INTEGRATION: THE EMERGENCE OF A PAN-REGIONAL RITUAL CENTER; 14. The Intensification of Production at Gilat: Textile Production; 15. Gilat's Figurines: Exploring the Social and Symbolic Dimensions of Representation; 16. Conclusion: The Evolution of a Levantine Prehistoric Regional Cult Center; VI. APPENDICES; Appendix 1. Organic Residue Analysis of Selected Vessels from Gilat: Gilat Torpedo Jars; Appendix 2. Radiocarbon Dating of Gilat; Index
