For those interested in a free popular archaeology magazine...

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ARCHAEOLOGY: A publication of the Archaeological Institute of America

http://www.archaeology.org/

Many of the features are free on the net.

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1. Appreciated! Thanks.

[Trajan]

2. One of my own favorites ....

Biblical Archeological Review - BAR

http://www.bib-arch.org/

Essentially: Hershel Shanks edits and produces the magazine, which includes (mostly) his own stories and those of other biblical archeologists .... Shank's stuff sometimes borders on the sensational, but BAR is highly regarded, even by atheists and agnostics ...

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4. I subscribed to BAR for many years, and I agree that it is first-rate....

And they had that wonderful series of public bickering between Bill Deaver and Israel Finkelstein regarding the issue of minimalism and maximalism in Syro-palestinian archaeology.

Have you read any of Deaver's or Finkelstein's works?

[Trajan]

6. Yes Indeed ....

Finkelstein has been deeply involved in the Tel Megiddo digs, and his 'low chronology' makes sense in many places (though his attempts to stuff it into any place he can find is a bit wearisome) ...

Through BAR, I actually found Ze'ev Herzog first, an associate of Finkelstein's at Tel Aviv Univ., who wrote the article Deconstructing the Walls of Jericho, (Ha'aretz Magazine - October 1999), which more or less shook the Maximalist's world, and very publicly overturned the status quo in biblical archeology ever since ....

Thanks for the great link, btw .... I haven't been there (or BAR) in a while ...

EDIT: I meant to add these links

Deconstructing the Walls of Jericho
Has King David's Palace in Jerusalem Been Found?
Discussion with Ze'ev Herzog, William Dever and Gerald Steinberg (ABC)

[shanti]

3. thanks for the link

i love archelogy.

[aquart]

5. Thank you! The Cornwall stuff was amazing!