Bronze Age World

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Type: journal article
Publication: Near Eastern Archaeology, vol. 82, no. 2, 82-91
Peer reviewed: Yes

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claim Israelite and Judahite identities formed through multistage processes involving local continuity, political consolidation, regional differentiation, and later pan-Israelite trad…
Disputed interpretationConfidence in this assessment: moderateConfidence in the stated assessment
informs · contextualizes · settlement interaction
Provides archaeological base.
geography assertion Shechem — geography assertion
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · locates · regional lowland-highland interaction context
Supports identification and archaeological location of Shechem; the point is a representative site locator, not an excavation footprint.
causal hypothesis Egyptian withdrawal as opportunity amplifier
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · proposes interpretation · settlement interaction
Demographic response evidence.
entity Refugee, resettled, and mixed local communities
Evidence confidence: low
informs · proposes interpretation · settlement-wave mechanisms
Supports mixed local and regional movement models.
date assertion Refugee, resettled, and mixed local communities — date assertion
informs · proposes interpretation · settlement-wave mechanisms
Supports mixed local and regional movement models.
event Iron I lowland and valley urban continuity and regeneration
Evidence confidence: high
informs · proposes interpretation · lowland regeneration and highland interaction
Provides the regional model.
causal hypothesis Multicausal Iron I highland settlement model
Evidence confidence: high
informs · proposes interpretation · settlement-wave model
Principal synthesis.
causal hypothesis Southern Levant systems-transformation model
Evidence confidence: high
informs · proposes interpretation · highland-lowland interaction
Settlement mechanism.
ranked model Highland settlement and Israelite ethnogenesis
Evidence confidence: high
informs · proposes interpretation · settlement synthesis
Principal support.
date assertion Iron I lowland and valley urban continuity and regeneration — date assertion
Evidence confidence: high
informs · proposes interpretation · lowland regeneration and highland interaction
Provides the regional model.
claim The end of Egyptian control altered opportunities and constraints but cannot be treated as the sole cause of highland settlement, Philistine formation, or every city destruction.
Evidence confidence: high
informs · proposes interpretation · multicausal settlement model
Shows lowland-highland interaction.
relationship Shechem — located in — Central highlands
Evidence confidence: high
informs · provides archaeological observation · regional lowland-highland interaction context
Supports the site description, phase range, or principal research relevance.
date assertion Shechem — date assertion
informs · provides archaeological observation · regional lowland-highland interaction context
Supports the site description, phase range, or principal research relevance.
entity Shechem
Evidence confidence: high
informs · provides archaeological observation · regional lowland-highland interaction context
Supports the site description, phase range, or principal research relevance.
geography assertion Central highlands — geography assertion
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · supports distribution · regional Iron I settlement-wave synthesis
Supports the broad survey-defined highland expansion and uneven settlement geography.
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 · supports distribution · settlement-wave evidence
Documents the pattern and interactions.
property assignment Iron I highland communities — has property — Archaeological proxy, not ethnicity
Evidence confidence: very high
informs · supports distribution · settlement-wave evidence
Supports assignment.
entity Iron I highland communities
Evidence confidence: high
informs · supports distribution · pp. 82-91
Synthesizes settlement-wave evidence and lowland connections.
event Expansion of small settlements in the central highlands
Evidence confidence: high
informs · supports distribution · settlement-wave synthesis
Supports distribution and lowland connection.
date assertion Iron I highland communities — date assertion
informs · supports distribution · pp. 82-91
Synthesizes settlement-wave evidence and lowland connections.
date assertion Expansion of small settlements in the central highlands — date assertion
Evidence confidence: high
informs · supports distribution · settlement-wave synthesis
Supports distribution and lowland connection.