Political Change and Material Culture in Middle to Late Bronze Age Canaan by Shlomit Bechar

Political Change and Material Culture in Middle to Late Bronze Age Canaan by Shlomit Bechar

Examines the relationship between politics and material culture during the transition from the Middle Bronze Age to the Late Bronze Age in the southern Levant by studying architectural and ceramic changes.

“Bechar has undertaken an in-depth study of the ceramics at Hazor and put its assemblage in dialogue with those of surrounding settlements, which will be extremely useful for archaeologists working in the regionThis study allows her to make important conclusions—such as the fact that pottery shapes at Tel Arqa in the LB II become less similar to those in the Southern Levant and more similar to those of the Northern Levant. In border zones where allegiances fluctuate, this kind of ceramic shift may represent one of the few available ways to understand political shifts at the time.”

—Ellen Morris, author of Ancient Egyptian Imperialism

“This is a well-researched study that fills several knowledge gaps about the economy and livelihood of the Canaanite peoples during the upheavals of LBI and LBII.”

—Mark A. Awabdy Society for Old Testament Study Booklist (JSOT)

Shlomit Bechar is Senior Lecturer at the School of Archaeology and Maritime Cultures at the University of Haifa. She is Codirector of the Tel Hazor excavations and is a coauthor of Hazor VII and Hazor VIII.

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ISBN 13	9781646021932
ISBN 10	1646021932
Title	Political Change and Material Culture in Middle to Late Bronze Age Canaan
Author	Shlomit Bechar
Series	History Archaeology And Culture Of The Levant
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Pennsylvania State University Press
Year published	2022-09-13
Number of pages	278
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