NEAR EASTERN ARCHAEOLOGY
VOL. LXIV   NO.4  DECEMBER 2001

ARTICLES

The Archaeology of Roman Palestine
by Mark Chancey and Adam Porter		 164
Copper Smelting in Late Bronze Age Cyprus
by A. Bernard Knapp, Vasiliki Kassianidou and Michael Donnelly		 204

Arti-Facts
Herod The Great Remains True to Form
by Charles (Sandy) Brenner		 212
An Inscribed Astragalus with A Dedication to Hermes
by Guy Bar-Oz		 215

Reviews

The Cult of Asherah in Ancient Israel Israel and Judah: Evidence for a Hebrew Goddess (B. Alpert Nakhai)

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Description of Egypt: Notes and Views in Egypt and Nubia (T.G. Wilfong)
Drawing on the Past, An Archaeologist's Sketchbook (E. Galen)