entity · people_borderland_geshur_maacah
Geshur-Maacah borderland communities
Also known as: Maacah-associated communities, Geshur-associated communities
Northern inland communities later named in textual traditions and reconstructed around upper Jordan borderlands; political extent remains uncertain.
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.
1100 BCE–800 BCE
Precision: approximate
- informs · contextualizes
The Southern Roots of the Phoenician World — Ayelet Gilboa (2022)Provides a network context without fixing ethnic borders.
Locator: northern inland-coastal interaction - informs · provides primary evidence
The Tel Dan Inscription: A New Fragment — Avraham Biran, Joseph Naveh (1995)Supports later Aramean and Israelite contestation in the area.
Locator: Tel Dan regional context
Research description
Northern inland communities later named in textual traditions and reconstructed around upper Jordan borderlands; political extent remains uncertain. The record preserves the distinction between source label, archaeological pattern, political formation, and later identity.
Evidence and sources
- informs · contextualizes
The Southern Roots of the Phoenician World — Ayelet Gilboa (2022)Provides a network context without fixing ethnic borders.
Locator: northern inland-coastal interaction - informs · provides primary evidence
The Tel Dan Inscription: A New Fragment — Avraham Biran, Joseph Naveh (1995)Supports later Aramean and Israelite contestation in the area.
Locator: Tel Dan regional context
Referenced records
- Galilee and northern valleys · entity