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The end of the 3rd millennium BC in the Levant

New perspectives and old ideas

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ID24092003
AuthorsMelissa A Kennedy (0000-0001-8620-938X, The University of Sydney, corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume48
Issue1
Pages1-32
Publication date2016-01-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueLevant (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0075-8914 • E-ISSN: 1756-3801
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00758914.2016.1143750
OpenAlexW2399931011
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited88

The end of the 3rd millennium BC in the Levant has been interpreted as a time of settlement collapse and dislocation. A variety of theories have been proposed to account for this, such as climate change and landscape degradation, natural disaster and population movements. This article will review the archaeological evidence for this period in the Levant and offer new insights into what potentially occurred at the end of the 3rd millennium BC.

Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Bronze Age · Climate change · Geography · Natural (archaeology) · Period (music) · Population · Settlement (finance) · Sociology · Southern Levant · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Demography · Ecology · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · History · Paleopathology and ancient diseases

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Unique citing works10
Citations per year1,11
Citation span2017 - 2024 (8)
Citation velocityrecent
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