Tell el-Dabʿa and Levantine Middle Bronze Age Chronology: A Rejoinder to Manfred Bietak

Manfred Bietak's excavations since 1966 at Tell el-Dabʿa have brought to light the ancient Hyksos capital of Avaris. The material culture of the early, "Asiatic" level in Strata G-F has significant correlations with Palestinian MB IIA. Bietak's "ultra-low" chronology, h...

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Published in:Bulletin of ASOR
Main Author: Dever, William G. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: The University of Chicago Press 1991
In: Bulletin of ASOR
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Summary:Manfred Bietak's excavations since 1966 at Tell el-Dabʿa have brought to light the ancient Hyksos capital of Avaris. The material culture of the early, "Asiatic" level in Strata G-F has significant correlations with Palestinian MB IIA. Bietak's "ultra-low" chronology, however, is 50 to 125 years too low. This paper challenges his latest (1984a) evidence for absolute dates and defends the "middle chronology."
ISSN:2161-8062
Contains:Enthalten in: American Schools of Oriental Research, Bulletin of ASOR
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.2307/1357164