Late Bronze II Ivory Work in Palestine

Evidence of a Cultural Highpoint

Bibliographic Data

ID15915352
AuthorsHarold Liebowitz
Year1987
Volume265
Pages3-24
Publication date1987-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueBulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0003-097X • E-ISSN: 2161-8062
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2307/1356803
OpenAlexW2326814119
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited21

The Palestinian Late Bronze II period has long been considered a period of decline. A fresh examination of the level of Palestinian material culture from the second half of the Late Bronze Age, however, suggests that the period was not one of decline but perhaps was the zenith of the Late Bronze Age. While the emphasis of this paper is on ivory work, the high level of achievement reflected by the ivories is not an isolated phenomenon, but correlates with achievements in other aspects of LB II material culture. Methodologically, the conclusions are based on three premises: 1) the vast majority of ivories found in Palestinian Late Bronze Age sites date to the second half of that period; 2) many of the Egyptianizing ivories were indeed Levantine products rather than Egyptian imports; and 3) in all likelihood many of the Levantine ivories are Palestinian and not Syrian

Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Bronze · Bronze Age · Geography · Palestine · Period (music · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Historical Studies · History

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