Ethnicity, Pottery, and the Hyksos at Tell El-Maskhuta in the Egyptian Delta
Once a mysterious presence in Egyptian history, the Hyksos (ca. 1663-1555 BCE) offer a fortunate case where a particular material culture can be associated with a specific people. Pottery unearthed at Tell el-Dab˓a and Tell el-Maskhuta provides complementary evidence for defining Hyksos material cul...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1995
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The Biblical archaeologist
Year: 1995, Volume: 58, Issue: 4, Pages: 182-190 |
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| Summary: | Once a mysterious presence in Egyptian history, the Hyksos (ca. 1663-1555 BCE) offer a fortunate case where a particular material culture can be associated with a specific people. Pottery unearthed at Tell el-Dab˓a and Tell el-Maskhuta provides complementary evidence for defining Hyksos material culture. While exhibiting a dominant Middle Bronze Age Canaanite heritage, these ceramics show that the Hyksos produced a culture that joined Canaanite and Egyptian traditions with the addition of locally developed traits. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: The Biblical archaeologist
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3210494 |