I'm having major trouble with the analysis chapter of this thesis. The problem is that I'm having trouble looking at the sites as whole entities. Jerusalem itself is not contiguous as an excavation, because the dig was done in the old city, and not every area of the old city could be excavated, due to politics, construction, etc.
Problem 2 is the Hasmonean palaces. Here I have this tiny miqvah near the pools. But it turns out there were tons of miqva'ot in this winter palace complex. There was a large-sized one in the main palace itself. So what do I do with these multitude of pools considering I only look at Ritual Bath A(B)64 in my evidence section? Really I should be looking at every miqvah at every site. But I don't, because I don't have enough time to.
Maybe I'll edit CH.4 to reflect my new findings.
Anyone want to help me with ch 5? I still have 3 hours in which to finish this darn thing...
Problem 2 is the Hasmonean palaces. Here I have this tiny miqvah near the pools. But it turns out there were tons of miqva'ot in this winter palace complex. There was a large-sized one in the main palace itself. So what do I do with these multitude of pools considering I only look at Ritual Bath A(B)64 in my evidence section? Really I should be looking at every miqvah at every site. But I don't, because I don't have enough time to.
Maybe I'll edit CH.4 to reflect my new findings.
Anyone want to help me with ch 5? I still have 3 hours in which to finish this darn thing...