Beyond the Southern Horizon: The Early Iron IIB Shephelite Ceramic Repertoire
The recent excavation and publication of material from a number of sites in the Shephelah, Hill Country, Beersheba-Arad Valley and Sinai have prompted a revaluation of the ceramic horizon of the Iron Age IIB (c. late ninth and eighth century BCE) in Judah. In this article we report on the discovery...
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Language: | English |
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2021
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Israel exploration journal
Year: 2021, Volume: 71, Issue: 1, Pages: 15-42 |
Summary: | The recent excavation and publication of material from a number of sites in the Shephelah, Hill Country, Beersheba-Arad Valley and Sinai have prompted a revaluation of the ceramic horizon of the Iron Age IIB (c. late ninth and eighth century BCE) in Judah. In this article we report on the discovery of a ceramic assemblage situated within a short-term refuse pit at Tel Azekah, which has further contributed to this growing corpus of material. A typological assessment of these material remains suggests a new ceramic peg for the region — one that rests between the existing pegs of Tell eṣ-Ṣafi/Gath Stratum A3 (c. late ninth century BCE) and Lachish Level III (c. late eighth century BCE), and aligns with material from Tel Beth Shemesh Level 3 (c. late ninth–early/mid-eighth century BCE). The identification of such a ceramic horizon provides the opportunity to elevate the current chronological resolution of the Iron IIB ceramic horizon into ‘early’ and ‘late’. |
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ISSN: | 0021-2059 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Israel exploration journal
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