David C. Hopkins (ed.). Across the Anatolian plateau: readings in the archaeology of ancient Turkey.

David C. Hopkins (ed.). Across the Anatolian plateau: readings in the archaeology of ancient Turkey. DAVID David, in the BibleDavid,d. c.970 B.C., king of ancient Israel (c.1010–970 B.C.), successor of Saul. The Book of First Samuel introduces him as the youngest of eight sons who is anointed king by Samuel to replace Saul, who had been deemed a failure. C. HOPKINS (ed.). Across the Anatolian plateau: readings inthe archaeology of ancient Turkey (Annual of the American Schools ofOriental Research Vol. 57 [2000]). ix+209 pages, figures, tables. 2002.Boston (MA): American Schools of Oriental Research; 0-89757-053-7hardback 60 [pounds sterling]. TREVOR BRYCE. Life and society in the Hittite world. xiv+312 pages,16 figures. 2002. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 0-19-924170-8hardback 45 [pounds sterling]. DAVID HOPKINS has collated most of the articles and notes on Turkeyand the Hittites commissioned by Biblical Archaeologist (Near EasternArchaeology Near Eastern Archaeology (sometimes known as Middle Eastern archaeology) is a regional branch of the wider, global discipline of Archaeology. It refers generally to the excavation and study of artifacts and material culture of the Near East from antiquity to the recent past. ) from 1986 to 1993. The collection comprises 16, rangingfrom palaeoethnobotany to 'The history of the Hittites','narrative in Hittite literature', 'The Great Temple inBoyazkoy-Hattusa', urban planning urban planning:see city planning. urban planningPrograms pursued as a means of improving the urban environment and achieving certain social and economic objectives. at 'Early Bronze Age TitrisHoyuk' and Aphrodisias, 'Swords, armor, and figurines','Lydian houses', and 'A Hittite seal from Megiddo'.Those from the first group (1986) have been brought up to date. Based largely on the Hittite literature but some of thearchaeological evidence too, Life and society covers royalty, law,skills, marriage, gods, the dead, festivals and rites, myths, andHattusa, with a final chapter on 'Links' to the Greeks. Itshould be welcomed by students, especially were a paperback produced.See too the picture review of Karatepe-Aslantas.