Bronze Age World

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Type: journal article
Publication: The Biblical Archaeologist, vol. 59, no. 4, 198-212
Peer reviewed: Yes

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claim Collared-rim storage jars are not a unique diagnostic marker of Israelite ethnicity.
Evidence confidence: high
informs · contextualizes · ceramic and settlement evidence
Shows their role within a broader model.
geography assertion Shiloh — geography assertion
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · locates · highland settlement distribution and Shiloh context
Supports identification and archaeological location of Shiloh; the point is a representative site locator, not an excavation footprint.
date assertion Iron I highland communities — date assertion
informs · proposes interpretation · pp. 198-212
Provides an influential ethnogenesis model and its archaeological basis.
event Expansion of small settlements in the central highlands
Evidence confidence: high
informs · proposes interpretation · ethnogenesis model
Provides one influential interpretation.
causal hypothesis Multicausal Iron I highland settlement model
Evidence confidence: high
informs · proposes interpretation · ethnogenesis model
Provides a major alternative weighting.
ranked model Highland settlement and Israelite ethnogenesis
Evidence confidence: high
informs · proposes interpretation · ethnogenesis model
Alternative.
entity Iron I highland communities
Evidence confidence: high
informs · proposes interpretation · pp. 198-212
Provides an influential ethnogenesis model and its archaeological basis.
date assertion Expansion of small settlements in the central highlands — date assertion
Evidence confidence: high
informs · proposes interpretation · ethnogenesis model
Provides one influential interpretation.
claim The Iron I highland settlement expansion is not an ethnic census and does not by itself identify every new site as Israelite.
Evidence confidence: very high
informs · proposes interpretation · ethnogenesis model
Shows one attribution argument.
entity Shiloh
Evidence confidence: high
informs · provides archaeological observation · highland settlement distribution and Shiloh context
Supports the site description, phase range, or principal research relevance.
relationship Shiloh — located in — Central highlands
Evidence confidence: high
informs · provides archaeological observation · highland settlement distribution and Shiloh context
Supports the site description, phase range, or principal research relevance.
date assertion Shiloh — date assertion
informs · provides archaeological observation · highland settlement distribution and Shiloh context
Supports the site description, phase range, or principal research relevance.
geography assertion Central highlands — geography assertion
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · supports distribution · highland settlement distribution and identity critique
Supports the survey pattern while disputing a simple one-to-one ethnic identification.