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DESCRIPTION:-------- WEDS TALKS: THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF CULT IN THE NORTHERN KI
 NGDOM OF  ISRAEL [1] -----------------------------------------------------
 -----\n\n**\n\n*ABSTRACT**:* Cult in the Late Bronze Age southern Levant i
 s characterized by  worship in temples, most notably in temples of the “M
 idgal” type that are  famously found in places like Megiddo, Pella, and 
 Shechem. In the Iron Age, a  diversity of cult places is attested, with 
 typologies in the past tracking  various types of cultic contexts known to
  us from the archaeological record.  While cult in the Iron Age notably di
 ffers in many ways from Bronze Age  traditions, certain aspects of worshi
 p continue from earlier periods.  Continuities can be seen, for instance\
 , in the types of cultic paraphernalia  found in both Bronze Age and Iron 
 Age contexts. Shrine models, ceramic  altars, and cult stands are some e
 xamples of paraphernalia in continuous use.  The primary aspects of worshi
 p, including animal sacrifice, incense  offerings, “idol” veneration, 
 libation, and feasting also carry on from  earlier periods. On the other 
 hand, many have argued that temple-based  worship ceased in the Iron Age.
  Drawing from previous work, my goal is to  explore cultic buildings in t
 he northern Kingdom of Israel in the late Iron  Age IIA—a period that expe
 rienced a “boom” in cult activity. The  differences between Bronze Age tem
 ples, typically referred to as “houses of  the deity”, and Iron Age cult
 ic buildings is thus explored. It is argued  that, based on the similarit
 y of certain building types to domestic houses,  that the concept of “God
 ’s dwelling” changed in the Iron Age. It is  also stressed that some aspec
 ts of Canaanite worship continued into the late  Iron Age IIA in the north
 , but that this ceases in the Iron Age IIB after  Hazael’s destructions.
 \n\n*BIO:* Dr. Erin Hall earned a PhD in Archaeology and Ancient Near East
 ern  Cultures from Tel Aviv University (2021). In her recent book Ritual a
 nd Power  in Northern Israel: The Late Bronze and Iron Ages (2024), Erin 
 explores  continuity and change in cultic practice from a long-term and in
 terregional  perspective. As a postdoctoral fellow at UCLA, Erin is inter
 ested in the  intersection of material culture with the formation of indiv
 idual and  collective identity. Her focus is on the Iron Age kingdoms of I
 srael and  Judah and how material culture played an active role in shaping
  social,  political, and economic selfhood and group uniformity.\n\nDate
 : Wednesday, June 3, 2026 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Contact 
 Name: Sumiji Takahahshi\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Contact Phone: 310-825-4169\n\n
 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n Contact Email: sutakahashi@ioa.ucla.edu\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n R
 egistration: registration not required\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Events Tags: Pizz
 a Talk [2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Location: Fowler A222 (Seminar Room)\n\n[1] h
 ttps://ioa.ucla.edu/content/weds-talks-archaeology-cult-northern-kingdom-i
 srael [2] https://ioa.ucla.edu/event-tags/pizza-talk
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260603T120000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260529T234909Z
LOCATION:Fowler A222 (Seminar Room)
SUMMARY:WEDS TALKS: The Archaeology of Cult in the Northern Kingdom of Isra
 el
URL;TYPE=URI:https://ioa.ucla.edu/content/weds-talks-archaeology-cult-north
 ern-kingdom-israel
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