More than a century of study of the Philistines has revealed abundant remains of their material culture. Concurrently, our understanding of the origins, developmental processes, and socio-political matrix of this fascinating culture has undergone major changes. Among other facets, Philistine technology has been discussed, but in our opinion, a broad view of its importance for understanding Philistine culture is still lacking. The more than twenty years of excavation at Tell es-Safi/Gath, one of the central sites in Iron Age Philistia, offers an opportunity to review a broad range of technologically related evidence from this site, and from this to offer a current interpretation of Philistine technology within the broader picture of the Iron Age and the processes, mechanisms, interactions, and identity politics of this fascinating culture
Technological insights on Palestine Culture: Perspectives from Tell es-Safi/Gath / Maeir, A M; Ben-Shlomo, D; Cassuto, D; Chadwick, J R; Davis, B; Eliyahu-Behar, A; Frumin, S; Gur-Arieh, S; Hitchcock, L A; Horwitz, L K; Manclossi, F; Rosen, S A; Verducci, J; Welch, E L; Workman, V. - In: JOURNAL OF EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN ARCHAEOLOGY AND HERITAGE STUDIES. - ISSN 2166-3556. - 7:1(2019), pp. 76-117.
Technological insights on Palestine Culture: Perspectives from Tell es-Safi/Gath
MANCLOSSI F;
2019
Abstract
More than a century of study of the Philistines has revealed abundant remains of their material culture. Concurrently, our understanding of the origins, developmental processes, and socio-political matrix of this fascinating culture has undergone major changes. Among other facets, Philistine technology has been discussed, but in our opinion, a broad view of its importance for understanding Philistine culture is still lacking. The more than twenty years of excavation at Tell es-Safi/Gath, one of the central sites in Iron Age Philistia, offers an opportunity to review a broad range of technologically related evidence from this site, and from this to offer a current interpretation of Philistine technology within the broader picture of the Iron Age and the processes, mechanisms, interactions, and identity politics of this fascinating cultureI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
