Eveline van der Steen is an archaeologist who has worked extensively in the Near East, in Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine and Israel. She studied at Leiden and Groningen universities in the Netherlands, and is honorary research fellow at the University of Liverpool. Her publications include books and articles on the archaeology of the Bronze and Iron Ages in Jordan and Palestine, and on 19th century travellers in the Near East and their interactions with the local tribes.

• 1. What is a Tribe? 2. Travellers in the Levant in the Nineteenth Century. 3. The Dynamics of Territorial and Power Structures. 4. Oral Traditions. 5. Tribal Society and its Relation to the Landscape. 6. Tribal Institutions. 7. Relations Between the Tribe and the State. 8. From Tribe to Tribal State: Three Case Studies. 9. Economy of Tribal Societies. 10. Ethnicicty and the Sense of Belonging. 11. Women in Tribal Societies. 12. Religion and Folklore. 13. Back in Time: Historical Parallels.

Eveline van der Steen is an archaeologist who has worked extensively in the Near East, in Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine and Israel. She studied at Leiden and Groningen universities in the Netherlands, and is honorary research fellow at the University of Liverpool. Her publications include books and articles on the archaeology of the Bronze and Iron Ages in Jordan and Palestine, and on 19th century travellers in the Near East and their interactions with the local tribes.

• 1. What is a Tribe? 2. Travellers in the Levant in the Nineteenth Century. 3. The Dynamics of Territorial and Power Structures. 4. Oral Traditions. 5. Tribal Society and its Relation to the Landscape. 6. Tribal Institutions. 7. Relations Between the Tribe and the State. 8. From Tribe to Tribal State: Three Case Studies. 9. Economy of Tribal Societies. 10. Ethnicicty and the Sense of Belonging. 11. Women in Tribal Societies. 12. Religion and Folklore. 13. Back in Time: Historical Parallels.

Eveline van der Steen is an archaeologist who has worked extensively in the Near East, in Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine and Israel. She studied at Leiden and Groningen universities in the Netherlands, and is honorary research fellow at the University of Liverpool. Her publications include books and articles on the archaeology of the Bronze and Iron Ages in Jordan and Palestine, and on 19th century travellers in the Near East and their interactions with the local tribes.

• 1. What is a Tribe? 2. Travellers in the Levant in the Nineteenth Century. 3. The Dynamics of Territorial and Power Structures. 4. Oral Traditions. 5. Tribal Society and its Relation to the Landscape. 6. Tribal Institutions. 7. Relations Between the Tribe and the State. 8. From Tribe to Tribal State: Three Case Studies. 9. Economy of Tribal Societies. 10. Ethnicicty and the Sense of Belonging. 11. Women in Tribal Societies. 12. Religion and Folklore. 13. Back in Time: Historical Parallels.