entity · people_philistine_communities
Philistine communities
Also known as: Philistines
Early Iron Age coastal and lowland communities formed through extra-local mobility, local continuity, and changing social identities.
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.
1200 BCE–600 BCE
Precision: approximate
- informs · proposes interpretation
On the Constitution and Transformation of Philistine Identity — Aren M. Maeir, Louise A. Hitchcock, Liora Kolska Horwitz (2013)Models changing identity.
Locator: pp. 1-38 - informs · provides archaeological observation
Ancient DNA sheds light on the genetic origins of early Iron Age Philistines — Michal Feldman, Daniel M. Master, Raffaela A. Bianco, Marta Burri, Philipp W. Stockhammer, Alissa Mittnik, Adam J. Aja, Choongwon Jeong, Johannes Krause (2019)Supports limited extra-local ancestry and rapid admixture.
Locator: Ashkelon genomic time series - informs · provides archaeological observation
Cooking Identities: Aegean-Style Cooking Jugs and Cultural Interaction in Iron Age Philistia and Neighboring Regions — David Ben-Shlomo, Assaf Yasur-Landau, Judith R. Ebeling (2008)Supports household-level cultural interaction.
Locator: cooking-jug distribution and foodways
Research description
Early Iron Age coastal and lowland communities formed through extra-local mobility, local continuity, and changing social identities. The record preserves the distinction between source label, archaeological pattern, political formation, and later identity.
Properties and assignments
A label’s definition and the evidence for assigning it here are separate.
Archaeological proxy, not ethnicity
A material or biological pattern that may inform social history but is not a direct ethnic label.
Why does this record have this property?
Material and genetic evidence informs identity but no single artifact or ancestry component defines every Philistine.
- On the Constitution and Transformation of Philistine Identity
defines · multi-proxy identity model - Ancient DNA sheds light on the genetic origins of early Iron Age Philistines
provides source criticism · sample and identity caveats
Evidence and sources
- informs · proposes interpretation
On the Constitution and Transformation of Philistine Identity — Aren M. Maeir, Louise A. Hitchcock, Liora Kolska Horwitz (2013)Models changing identity.
Locator: pp. 1-38 - informs · provides archaeological observation
Ancient DNA sheds light on the genetic origins of early Iron Age Philistines — Michal Feldman, Daniel M. Master, Raffaela A. Bianco, Marta Burri, Philipp W. Stockhammer, Alissa Mittnik, Adam J. Aja, Choongwon Jeong, Johannes Krause (2019)Supports limited extra-local ancestry and rapid admixture.
Locator: Ashkelon genomic time series - informs · provides archaeological observation
Cooking Identities: Aegean-Style Cooking Jugs and Cultural Interaction in Iron Age Philistia and Neighboring Regions — David Ben-Shlomo, Assaf Yasur-Landau, Judith R. Ebeling (2008)Supports household-level cultural interaction.
Locator: cooking-jug distribution and foodways