Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Maps
- List of Tables
- List of Text-figures
- Preface
- CHAPTER XI THE EARLY DYNASTIC PERIOD IN EGYPT
- CHAPTER XII THE LAST PREDYNASTIC PERIOD IN BABYLONIA
- CHAPTER XIII THE CITIES OF BABYLONIA
- CHAPTER XIV THE OLD KINGDOM IN EGYPT AND THE BEGINNING OF THE FIRST INTERMEDIATE PERIOD
- CHAPTER XV PALESTINE IN THE EARLY BRONZE AGE
- CHAPTER XVI THE EARLY DYNASTIC PERIOD IN MESOPOTAMIA
- CHAPTER XVII SYRIA BEFORE 2200 B.C.
- CHAPTER XVIII ANATOLIA, c. 4000–2300 b.c.
- CHAPTER XIX THE DYNASTY OF AGADE AND THE GUTIAN INVASION
- CHAPTER XX THE MIDDLE KINGDOM IN EGYPT: INTERNAL HISTORY FROM THE RISE OF THE HERACLEOPOLITANS TO THE DEATH OF AMMENEMES III
- CHAPTER XXI SYRIA AND PALESTINE c. 2160–1780 b.c.
- CHAPTER XXII BABYLONIA, c. 2120–1800 B.C.
- CHAPTER XXIII PERSIA, c. 2400–1800 B.C.
- CHAPTER XXIV (a) ANATOLIA, c. 2300–1750 B.C.
- CHAPTER XXIV(b) ANATOLIA IN THE OLD ASSYRIAN PERIOD
- CHAPTER XXV ASSYRIA, c. 2600–1816 B.C.
- CHAPTER XXVI(a) GREECE, CRETE, AND THE AEGEAN ISLANDS IN THE EARLY BRONZE AGE
- CHAPTER XXVI(b) CYPRUS IN THE EARLY BRONZE AGE
- CHAPTER XXVII IMMIGRANTS FROM THE NORTH
- BIBLIOGRAPHIES
- Chronological Tables
- Index to Maps
- General Index
- Map 6. Babylonia and Western Persia.
- Map 12. Early Bronze Age sites in Greece and the Aegean Islands.
- Map 16. Map to illustrate movements of northern peoples in the third to first millennia B.C.
- References
CHAPTER XV - PALESTINE IN THE EARLY BRONZE AGE
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Maps
- List of Tables
- List of Text-figures
- Preface
- CHAPTER XI THE EARLY DYNASTIC PERIOD IN EGYPT
- CHAPTER XII THE LAST PREDYNASTIC PERIOD IN BABYLONIA
- CHAPTER XIII THE CITIES OF BABYLONIA
- CHAPTER XIV THE OLD KINGDOM IN EGYPT AND THE BEGINNING OF THE FIRST INTERMEDIATE PERIOD
- CHAPTER XV PALESTINE IN THE EARLY BRONZE AGE
- CHAPTER XVI THE EARLY DYNASTIC PERIOD IN MESOPOTAMIA
- CHAPTER XVII SYRIA BEFORE 2200 B.C.
- CHAPTER XVIII ANATOLIA, c. 4000–2300 b.c.
- CHAPTER XIX THE DYNASTY OF AGADE AND THE GUTIAN INVASION
- CHAPTER XX THE MIDDLE KINGDOM IN EGYPT: INTERNAL HISTORY FROM THE RISE OF THE HERACLEOPOLITANS TO THE DEATH OF AMMENEMES III
- CHAPTER XXI SYRIA AND PALESTINE c. 2160–1780 b.c.
- CHAPTER XXII BABYLONIA, c. 2120–1800 B.C.
- CHAPTER XXIII PERSIA, c. 2400–1800 B.C.
- CHAPTER XXIV (a) ANATOLIA, c. 2300–1750 B.C.
- CHAPTER XXIV(b) ANATOLIA IN THE OLD ASSYRIAN PERIOD
- CHAPTER XXV ASSYRIA, c. 2600–1816 B.C.
- CHAPTER XXVI(a) GREECE, CRETE, AND THE AEGEAN ISLANDS IN THE EARLY BRONZE AGE
- CHAPTER XXVI(b) CYPRUS IN THE EARLY BRONZE AGE
- CHAPTER XXVII IMMIGRANTS FROM THE NORTH
- BIBLIOGRAPHIES
- Chronological Tables
- Index to Maps
- General Index
- Map 6. Babylonia and Western Persia.
- Map 12. Early Bronze Age sites in Greece and the Aegean Islands.
- Map 16. Map to illustrate movements of northern peoples in the third to first millennia B.C.
- References
Summary
CLASSIFICATION OF THE MATERIAL
Although the first scientific excavations in Palestine had yielded traces of the Early Bronze Age, its chronological limits remained vague and its internal development was completely obscure. A much more exact knowledge has been acquired since 1930 by the excavation of several large well-stratified sites and by the application of the comparative method to better classified material, particularly pottery.
In 1932 seven archaic stages were distinguished on the slopes of the tell at Megiddo, the most recent of which, stages I–IV, belonged to the Early Bronze Age. On the tell itself levels XVIII–XVI, which were explored in 1937–8, represent almost the same period, but the stratigraphy is confused. The only two tombs of the Early Bronze Age which were found belong to the very beginning of this period.
In 1933, at Beth-shan, a wide sondage was made down to virgin soil which revealed, above the Chalcolithic levels, several levels (XV-XI) of the Early Bronze Age.
Excavations at Jericho reached Early Bronze Age deposits (tombs A and 24) in the seasons 1930—2 and more especially in 1935—6 when work was concentrated on the deepest sections of the tell: above the Neolithic and Chalcolithic were found five levels, III—VII (with tomb 351) belonging to the Early Bronze Age.
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