The Date of Appearance of Philistine Pottery at Megiddo: A Computational Approach

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 M...

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Authors: Levy, Eythan (Author) ; Finḳelshṭayn, Yiśraʾel 1949- (Author) ; Martin, Mario A. S. 1974- (Author) ; Piasetzky, Eliazer (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Chicago Press 2022
In: Bulletin of ASOR
Year: 2022, Volume: 387, Pages: 1-30
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Summary: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.).
ISSN:2769-3589
Contains:Enthalten in: Bulletin of ASOR
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1086/719048