Bronze Age World

Chronology

Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.

Alternative assertion

2000 BCE–1200 BCE

Precision: range

high

Approximate activity or relevance range, not an assertion that the entity was unchanged throughout.

supports · supports site history
Who were the Hyksos? Challenging traditional narratives using strontium isotope analysis of human remains from ancient Egypt — Chris Stantis, Arwa Kharobi, Nina Maaranen, Geoff M. Nowell, Manfred Bietak, Holger Schutkowski (2020)
Supports the place, phase and interpretive caution.

Locator: Site or regional discussion

Research description

Multicultural Delta settlement and capital of the Dynasty 15 kingdom. The site record is diachronic; individual phases and control relationships are represented separately.

Properties and assignments

A label’s definition and the evidence for assigning it here are separate.

Multicultural community

What does this label mean?

A community with evidence for people, practices or objects of multiple geographic and cultural backgrounds.

Full property definition

Why does this record have this property?

The record exhibits this analytical property during the stated interval, with the linked source defining the evidence and limitations. The assignment is a modern classification and does not create an ancient event or permanent territorial identity.

highStatus: supported assignment

Who were the Hyksos? Challenging traditional narratives using strontium isotope analysis of human remains from ancient Egypt
supports assignment · Relevant evidence and interpretation

Evidence and sources

supports · supports site history
Who were the Hyksos? Challenging traditional narratives using strontium isotope analysis of human remains from ancient Egypt — Chris Stantis, Arwa Kharobi, Nina Maaranen, Geoff M. Nowell, Manfred Bietak, Holger Schutkowski (2020)
Supports the place, phase and interpretive caution.

Locator: Site or regional discussion

Referenced records

Geography assertion for site_egyfull_avaris · geography assertion

Related records

incoming · associated with Long-term growth of multicultural communities at Avaris
incoming · associated with Dynasty 13 rapid succession and administrative continuity
incoming · associated with Second Intermediate Period political plurality
incoming · associated with Kamose's campaigns against Avaris and related networks
incoming · associated with Ahmose I's defeat of Avaris and early New Kingdom reunification
incoming · associated with Development of Pi-Ramesses as a Ramesside royal and military centre
incoming · occurred at or involved Long-term growth of multicultural communities at Avaris
incoming · occurred at or involved Dynasty 13 rapid succession and administrative continuity
incoming · occurred at or involved Second Intermediate Period political plurality
incoming · occurred at or involved Kamose's campaigns against Avaris and related networks
incoming · occurred at or involved Ahmose I's defeat of Avaris and early New Kingdom reunification
incoming · occurred at or involved Development of Pi-Ramesses as a Ramesside royal and military centre
incoming · inhabited Avaris communities before and during Hyksos rule
incoming · developed near and reused landscape of Pi-Ramesses / Qantir

Avaris / Tell el-Dab'a