Hazor at the End of the Late Bronze Age: Back to Basics
Abstract
The interpretation of the Late Bronze Age strata of Hazor is of crucial importance for understanding the sequence of events leading to the final destruction of this mighty Cannaanite kingdom. In this article we take issue with a new interpretation of the Late Bronze Age Hazor data published recently by I. Finkelstein, and suggest that this interpretaion does not tally either with the data as uncovered and presented by Yadin following his excavations, or with that uncovered by the presently ongoing excavations at Hazor. In the following, the relevant finds of both Yadin's published excavation results and a description of the remains uncovered in the renewed excavations of the site are presented and reassessed, leading to a scheme that conforms, with certain modifications, with that espoused previously by Yadin.
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- Authors
- Ben-Tor, A., & Zuckerman, S.
- Venue
- Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Published
- 2008-05
- Volume
- 350
- Pages
- 1-6
- ISSN
- 0003-097X (ISSN-L)
- 2161-8062
- OpenAlex
- W2519977742
- Cited by
- 8
- References
- 7
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 7.46
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Biblical Studies and Interpretation
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology › Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology › Ancient Near East History
- Keywords
- Hazor, Late Bronze Age, stratigraphy, Iron Age I, chronology
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