Visiting the real Gezer: a reply to Israel Finkelstein.
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This article is a reply to Israel Finkelstein's 'Gezer Revisited and Revised' (Tel Aviv 29:262-296). It is an attempt to address the methodological issues posed there, as well as to refute Finkelstein's reconstruction of the site's stratigraphy and history. In particular, it defends the over-all Gezer project by placing it in both the context of the archaeology of the 1960s–1970s and contemporary archaeological scholarship.
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Philistine pottery first occurs as Philistine 2 (Bichrome) ware, and no indisputable examples of Philistine 1 (Monochrome) are known.
“It first occurs as Philistine 2 (Bichrome) ware, and no indisputable examples of Philistine 1 (Monochrome) are known ([73, 74] contra [75]).”
From The chronology of Gezer from the end of the late bronze age to iron age II: A meeting point for radiocarbon, archaeology egyptology and the Bible (2023) · cites this paper as [74]
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- Authors
- Dever, W. G.
- Corresponding author
- Dever, William G.
- Venue
- Tel Aviv
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2003-09
- Volume
- 30
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 259-282
- ISSN
- 0334-4355 (ISSN-L)
- 2040-4786
- OpenAlex
- W2011119432
- Cited by
- 7
- References
- 19
- Citations by year
- 2024: 3 · 2023: 1 · 2017: 1
- FWCI
- 6.13
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Tel Aviv (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Biblical Studies and Interpretation
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology › Ancient Near East History
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology › Archaeology and Historical Studies
- Keywords
- Gezer, Israel Finkelstein, stratigraphy, site reconstruction, archaeological methodology, ancient Israelite settlement
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