event · evt_phoenician_coastal_network_formation
Formation and expansion of early Phoenician coastal networks
Coastal cities continue and intensify maritime, craft, and exchange connections while developing material and political patterns later called Phoenician.
What is the evidence?
observation
Coastal cities continue and intensify maritime, craft, and exchange connections while developing material and political patterns later called Phoenician.proposed causes
Coastal continuity and network growth are well supported; chronology and leadership vary by city.
Inspect the sources →Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
1150 BCE–800 BCE
Precision: approximate range
Chronology model: best current range
highCoastal continuity and network growth are well supported; chronology and leadership vary by city.
- informs · proposes interpretation
The Southern Roots of the Phoenician World — Ayelet Gilboa (2022)Provides current synthesis.
Locator: southern roots and network formation - informs · contextualizes
The Geopolitics of the Phoenician Littoral in the Early Iron Age — Robert R. Stieglitz (1990)Provides city-network frame.
Locator: littoral geopolitics - informs · provides archaeological observation
Geoarchaeology of the Phoenician Harbours of Sidon — Nick Marriner, Christophe Morhange, Claude Doumet-Serhal (2006)Provides physical maritime context.
Locator: Sidon harbour geoarchaeology
Interpretation and caveats
A networked, city-based formation rooted in Late Bronze continuities and Iron Age innovation, not one sudden ethnic foundation or unified state.
Event context
Classification
Event type: maritime network transformation
Evidence layer: historical
Timeline role: regional core
People and places
Locations: Northern coast and Phoenician links, Tyre, Sidon, Dor, Northern coast and Phoenician links, Tyre, Sidon, Dor
Participants: Phoenician coastal communities
Why it matters to the timeline
The northern coast and its southern links are a required part of the region's post-imperial continuity and Mediterranean exchange.
Alternative interpretations
- Direct survival of an unchanged Late Bronze Canaanite system.
- A coordinated expansion directed from Tyre from the beginning of Iron I.
Research notes
- Provides current synthesis. Role: proposes interpretation. Locator: southern roots and network formation.
- Provides city-network frame. Role: contextualizes. Locator: littoral geopolitics.
- Provides physical maritime context. Role: provides archaeological observation. Locator: Sidon harbour geoarchaeology.
Evidence and sources
- informs · proposes interpretation
The Southern Roots of the Phoenician World — Ayelet Gilboa (2022)Provides current synthesis.
Locator: southern roots and network formation - informs · contextualizes
The Geopolitics of the Phoenician Littoral in the Early Iron Age — Robert R. Stieglitz (1990)Provides city-network frame.
Locator: littoral geopolitics - informs · provides archaeological observation
Geoarchaeology of the Phoenician Harbours of Sidon — Nick Marriner, Christophe Morhange, Claude Doumet-Serhal (2006)Provides physical maritime context.
Locator: Sidon harbour geoarchaeology
Referenced records
- Dor · entity
- Sidon · entity
- Phoenician coastal communities · entity
- Northern coast and Phoenician links · entity
- Tyre · entity