The Philistine Settlement as Mercantile Phenomenon
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4539947 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tristan J Barako (0000-0002-6694-3760, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 104 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 513-530 |
| Publication date | 2000-07-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9114 • E-ISSN: 1939-828X |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/507227 |
| OpenAlex | W2327084415 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 22 |
| References cited | 7 |
In recent years the traditional view of the Philistine settlement has been called into question by a growing number of scholars. Rather than being understood as a result of population movement, the sudden appearance of the intrusive Philistine material culture in southern coastal Canaan during the first half of the 12th century B.C. is attributed to mechanisms of trade. Locally produced Mycenaean IIIC:1b pottery, the widely held hall-mark of the Philistine settlement, is now seen by some as reflecting the activity of a loose confederation of maritime merchants based in Cyprus who distributed massive quantities of this type of pottery throughout the eastern Mediterranean. The archaeological evidence, however, does not support this alternative explanatory model. Three aspects of the Philistine settlement belie assigning to trade such a formative role in the foundation of these sites: (1) the complete absence of imports, (2) the fully urbanized character of the sites and socioeconomically diverse range of the population, and (3) the clear destruction levels directly preceding Philistine strata. In short, the available evidence best fits the traditional model of the Philistine settlement: hostile invasion by a migrating population bearing a distinctively new material culture
Ancient history · Archaeology · Geography · Mediterranean climate · Population · Pottery · Settlement (finance) · Sociology · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Demography · History · Law, logistics, and international trade
Old Wine in New Vessels
The Iron Age Sequence of Tel Ashdod
New Evidence of Seals and Sealings from Philistia
The Development Process of Philistine Material Culture
The Iron Age Sequence of Tel Ashdod
Pottery Makers and Premodern Exchange in the Fringes of Egypt
Was There a Joint Nautical Venture on the Mediterranean Sea by Tyrian Phoenicians and Early Israelites
Imported Cypriot Pottery in Twelfth-Century B.C. Ashkelon
Pottery and Society in Iron Age Philistia
Mediterranean Archaeology and Ethnicity
Migration, Hybridization, and Resistance
Dagon Our God’
New Evidence of Seals and Sealings from Philistia
Tracking Down Cult
Old Wine in New Vessels
Economy and Exchange in the Iron Age Kingdoms of the Southern Levant
A Preliminary Study of the Mycenaean IIIC
Tell al-Nasriyah (Syrie) et le contact égéen
Telling Stories
The Constitution of Philistine Identity
Crisis in Context
The "Philistine Tomb" at Tel 'Eton
| Citations per year | 0.96 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2003 - 2016 (14) |
| Highly cited | No |