Bronze AgeWorld atlas

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Ashkelon

Also known as: Ascalon

Large coastal city with Bronze-Iron transition contexts and ancient-DNA evidence from a limited burial sample.

Evidence confidence: high
Awaiting expert reviewSouthern Levant and biblical-period peoples research expansion
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.

Preferred assertion

1600 BCE–800 BCE

Precision: approximate

  • 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 the site description, phase range, or principal research relevance.


    Locator: Ashkelon contexts and genomic sample sequence

Research description

Large coastal city with Bronze-Iron transition contexts and ancient-DNA evidence from a limited burial sample. The site point in this release is a representative locator, not a settlement footprint or territorial claim.

Evidence and sources

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