Language:
English
Year of publication:
2022
Titel der Quelle:
Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research
Angaben zur Quelle:
387 (2022) 1-30
Keywords:
Archaeology Methodology
;
Pottery, Ancient
;
Pottery, Philistine
;
Megiddo (Israel) Antiquities
Abstract:
This paper addresses the question of the date of appearance of Philistine Bichrome pottery at Megiddo through a new computational approach, using recently developed chronology software. Based on historical dates, we obtain a terminus post quem of 1183 b.c.e. for the start of Philistine Bichrome at Megiddo using a broad model, and a terminus post quem of 1124 b.c.e. under stronger chronological hypotheses. Adding radiocarbon results at 68.2% confidence level to the model yields a narrow range of 1111–1086 b.c.e. for the appearance of Bichrome (1128—1079 b.c.e. for 95.4%). The paper also presents results suggesting that Stratum VIIB ended during, or only slightly before, the reign of Ramesses III (1184–1153 b.c.e.).
URL:
Locate this publication in Israeli libraries
Permalink