Disseration Research: Rural Life in a Contested Periphery: Ancient Ashkelon

考古学家在以色列的亚实基伦附近发现了一些小的乡村遗址。这些围绕城市中心的遗址最早出现在公元前一千年的伊朗第二时代。此时，亚实基伦是埃及和亚述帝国争夺的地区。本项目将着眼于大型竞争帝国在塑造外围地区城乡体系中的作用。学生将测试一个模型，该模型显示外部经济和政治控制如何塑造区域解决模式。学生还将通过密集的现场调查和挖掘，试图了解这个系统是如何随着时间而变化的。

Archaeologists have noted a network of small, rural sites in the area around Ashkelon, Israel. These sites that surround the urban center first appeared in the first millenium B.C. in a period called Iran Age II. At this time Ashkelon was a contested zone between the Egyptian and Assyrian empires. This project will look at the role of large competing empires in shaping the urban/rural system in peripheral areas. The student will test a model that shows how external economic and political control shapes a regional settlement pattern. The student will also, through an intensive site survey and excavation, attempt to understand how this system changed over time.