The Sea Peoples and Their World: A ReassessmentEliezer D. Oren 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. |
Contents
An Overview | 1 |
2 New Evidence on the End of the Hittite Empire | 21 |
3 Ras ShamraUgarit before the Sea Peoples | 35 |
The Philistines and Israelite History | 53 |
5 The Sea Peoples and the Egyptian Sources | 85 |
6 To the Sea of the Philistines | 103 |
7 Reflections on the Initial Phase of Philistine Settlement | 145 |
When where and how Many? | 159 |
10 The Settlement of Sea Peoples in Northern Israel | 197 |
11 The Temples and Cult of the Philistines | 213 |
A Stylistic Analysis of Mycenaean IIIC 1b Pottery and its Associated Wares | 233 |
13 Cultural Innovations in Cyprus Relating to the Sea Peoples | 255 |
1b and Related Pottery in Cyprus Comments on the Current State of Research | 281 |
15 The Aegean and the Origin of the Sea Peoples | 297 |
Peninsular Italy Sicily and Sardinia at the Time of the Sea Peoples | 305 |
The Evidence from the Yass1hoyiik Stratigraphic Sequence | 327 |
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