claim · claim_sarepta_smooth_transition
The excavated Area II sequence at Sarepta shows no terminal Late Bronze destruction and instead supports settlement and ceramic continuity into Iron Age I.
The excavated Area II sequence at Sarepta shows no terminal Late Bronze destruction and instead supports settlement and ceramic continuity into Iron Age I.
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Evidence and sources
Supporting sources
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Sarepta I: The Late Bronze and Iron Age Strata of Area II, Y: The University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania Excavations at Sarafand, Lebanon — Anderson, William Paul (1988)Primary archaeological support.
Locator: Area II,Y stratification and ceramic sequence - supports · contextualizes
The Iron Age I in the Northern Levant: New Perspectives from Lebanon — Charaf, Hanan (2025)Places the sequence in its regional context.
Locator: Sarepta and Tell Arqa comparison
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