The sea peoples and their world : a reassessment /

This volume presents the results of the 1995 international seminar on the history and archaeology of the Sea Peoples. The 17 comprehensive articles, written by leading scholars in the fields of Egyptology, Hittitology, biblical studies, and Aegean, Anatolian, and Near Eastern archaeology, examine cu...

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Corporate Authors: De Gruyter.
Group Author: Oren, Eliezer D.
Published: University of Pennsylvania Press,
Publisher Address: Philadelphia, Pa. :
Publication Dates: [2000]
©2000
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
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Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.9783/9781934536438
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Summary: This volume presents the results of the 1995 international seminar on the history and archaeology of the Sea Peoples. The 17 comprehensive articles, written by leading scholars in the fields of Egyptology, Hittitology, biblical studies, and Aegean, Anatolian, and Near Eastern archaeology, examine current methodologies and interpretations concerning the origin, migration, and settlement of the Sea Peoples against the overwhelming new archaeological record from sites throughout the Mediterranean basin and the Levant.University Museum Monograph 108, University Museum Symposium Series 11.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource(368pages) : illustrations
Bibliography: 143 illus.
ISBN: 9781934536438
Index Number: DE73
CLC: K883.7
Contents: Frontmatter --
Contents --
List of Figures --
List of Tables --
List of Participants --
Foreword /
Editor's Preface /
Introduction /
1. Egypt and Western Asia in the Late New Kingdom: An Overview /
2. New Evidence on the End of the Hittite Empire /
3. Ras Shamra-Ugarit Before the Sea Peoples, /
4. Biblical Traditions: The Philistines and Israelite History /
5. The Sea Peoples and the Egyptian Sources /
6. To the Sea of the Philistines /
7. Reflections on the Initial Phase of Philistine Settlement /
8. The Philistine Settlements: When, Where and How Many? /
9. Sea Peoples in the Jordan Valley /
10. The Settlement of Sea Peoples in Northern Israel /
11. The Temples and Cult of the Philistines /
12. Aegean-Style Early Philistine Pottery in Canaan During the Iron I Age: A Stylistic Analysis of Mycenaean IIIC: 1 b Pottery and Its Associated Wares /
13. Cultural Innovations in Cyprus Relating to the Sea Peoples /
14. Mycenaean IIIC:1b and Related Pottery in Cyprus: Comments on the Current State of Research /
15. The Aegean and the Origin of the Sea Peoples /
16. Western Mediterranean Overview: Peninsular Italy, Sicily and Sardinia at the Time of the Sea Peoples /
17. The Early Iron Age at Gordion: The Evidence from the Yassih y k Stratigraphic Sequence /