entity · site_ekron
Ekron
Also known as: Tel Miqne
Major early Iron Age settlement with Philistine-associated architecture, pottery, and later inscriptional evidence.
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.
1300 BCE–800 BCE
Precision: approximate
- informs · provides archaeological observation
The Constitution of Philistine Identity: Ethnic Dynamics in Twelfth to Tenth Century Philistia — Avraham Faust, Justin Lev-Tov (2011)Supports the site description, phase range, or principal research relevance.
Locator: Ekron within regional identity evidence
Research description
Major early Iron Age settlement with Philistine-associated architecture, pottery, and later inscriptional evidence. The site point in this release is a representative locator, not a settlement footprint or territorial claim.
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides archaeological observation
The Constitution of Philistine Identity: Ethnic Dynamics in Twelfth to Tenth Century Philistia — Avraham Faust, Justin Lev-Tov (2011)Supports the site description, phase range, or principal research relevance.
Locator: Ekron within regional identity evidence
Referenced records
- Geography assertion for site_ekron · geography assertion
- Southern coastal plain and Philistia research zone · entity