Nomads of the Mediterranean: Trade and Contact in the Bronze and Iron Ages - Studies in Honor of Michal Artzy

Three millennia of cross-Mediterranean bonds are revealed by 18 expert summaries in this book, shedding light on environmental factors; the formation of harbors; gateways; commodities; cultural impact; and the way to interpret the agents such as Canaanites, "Sea Peoples," Phoenicians and pirates.

About the author

Ayelet Gilboa is Professor of Archaeology at the University of Haifa in Israel, co-directing the Tel Dor and Shikmona projects. She published extensively on cross-Mediterranean interconnections; Phoenicians; "Sea Peoples"; Iron Age ceramic chrono-typology; and the symbolic properties of material culture.

Assaf Yasur-Landau is Professor of Mediterranean Archaeology and Head of the Leon Recanati Institute of Maritime Studies at the University of Haifa. He co-directed excavations at Kabri and Hazor, underwater excavations at Tel Dor and underwater surveys at the Carmel coast.

Product details

• Assisted by: Ayelet Gilboa (Editor), Assaf Yasur-Landau (Editor)
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.09.2020
• EAN: 9789004430105
• ISBN: 978-90-04-43010-5
• No. of pages: 364
• Weight: 665 g
• Series: Culture and History of the Anc
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity