The Aegean Pottery at Megiddo: An Appraisal and Reanalysis
Approximately 87 whole or fragmentary Aegean vessels were found at the site of Megiddo (biblical Armageddon) during the excavations undertaken by the University of Chicago between 1925 and 1939. Virtually all of these imports are of Late Helladic IIIA or IIIB (14th-12th centuries B. C.) manufacture....
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1998
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Bulletin of ASOR
Year: 1998, Volume: 309, Pages: 3-39 |
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| Summary: | Approximately 87 whole or fragmentary Aegean vessels were found at the site of Megiddo (biblical Armageddon) during the excavations undertaken by the University of Chicago between 1925 and 1939. Virtually all of these imports are of Late Helladic IIIA or IIIB (14th-12th centuries B. C.) manufacture. Together they form an important corpus of imported material that is systematically studied and presented here for the first time as a unit. Computer-generated, intrasite, locational analysis demonstrates that each of the 51 whole or fragmentary Aegean vessels from Late Bronze Age settlement contexts (Strata VIII, VIIB, and VIIA) at the site came from one of three general locations: in or near Palace 2041; in the vicinity of the city gate; or in a cluster of residential buildings at the southern end of the site. Such a tight concentration contrasts sharply with the 25 whole or fragmentary Aegean vessels from funerary contexts which, with the exception of seven examples from Tomb 912, are widely distributed among 11 tombs on the southern slopes of the tell. Eleven additional vessels or fragments thereof lack sufficient documentation to be assigned to either group. |
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| ISSN: | 2161-8062 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: American Schools of Oriental Research, Bulletin of ASOR
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/1357601 |