English | 2020 | ISBN: 9004430105 | 365 Pages | True PDF | 17.2 MB
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.
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.