Chieftains of the Highland Clans

"Miller's study is a valuable contribution to our understanding of the demographic and political processes in the highlands of Palestine--in some way he has structured a much more diffuse discussion about these processes in previous study."

--Niels Peter Lemche, Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament



"Miller is to be commended for a fresh multidisciplinary approach to the study of the Israelite settlement and state development."

--Steven M. Ortiz, Near East Archaeology Society Bulletin



"No longer will the period of Israelite beginnings be considered a dark age. With meticulous and brilliant attention to method, Robert Miller uses the materials from a stunning array of archaeological excavations and surveys along with anthropological models to illustrate the highland settlements of the Iron I period. This pioneering study at last tells us what early Israel was really like."

--Carol Meyers, Duke Univeristy