Bronze Age World

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Type: journal article
Publication: Bulletin of the American Schools of Overseas Research, vol. 387, 1-32
Peer reviewed: Yes

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event Aramean-Israelite conflict and shifting northern borderlands
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · contextualizes · northern inland/coastal networks
Preserves local continuity.
date assertion Aramean-Israelite conflict and shifting northern borderlands — date assertion
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · contextualizes · northern inland/coastal networks
Preserves local continuity.
entity Geshur-Maacah borderland communities
Evidence confidence: low
informs · contextualizes · northern inland-coastal interaction
Provides a network context without fixing ethnic borders.
date assertion Geshur-Maacah borderland communities — date assertion
informs · contextualizes · northern inland-coastal interaction
Provides a network context without fixing ethnic borders.
entity Phoenician
Evidence confidence: high
informs · defines · early formation discussion
Provides archaeological/historical terminology.
claim Phoenician is a useful retrospective umbrella for connected coastal communities but should not imply an early unified nation-state or uniform self-designation.
Evidence confidence: high
informs · defines · early formation discussion
Supports city-network formation.
date assertion Phoenician — date assertion
informs · defines · early formation discussion
Provides archaeological/historical terminology.
geography assertion Abel Beth Maacah — geography assertion
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · locates · northern coastal and inland interaction context
Supports identification and archaeological location of Abel Beth Maacah; the point is a representative site locator, not an excavation footprint.
date assertion Formation and expansion of early Phoenician coastal networks — date assertion
Evidence confidence: high
informs · proposes interpretation · southern roots and network formation
Provides current synthesis.
claim Early Phoenician formation combined Late Bronze coastal continuity with Iron Age innovation and wider maritime expansion.
Evidence confidence: high
informs · proposes interpretation · early formation synthesis
Integrates continuity and change.
entity Phoenician coastal communities
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · proposes interpretation · entire article
Reconstructs early Phoenician formation and southern connections.
date assertion Phoenician coastal communities — date assertion
informs · proposes interpretation · entire article
Reconstructs early Phoenician formation and southern connections.
event Formation and expansion of early Phoenician coastal networks
Evidence confidence: high
informs · proposes interpretation · southern roots and network formation
Provides current synthesis.
event Phoenician-linked expansion into the central and western Mediterranean
Evidence confidence: high
informs · proposes interpretation · southern roots and coastal formation
Connects expansion to Levantine developments.
causal hypothesis Coastal continuity and network reorganization model
Evidence confidence: high
informs · proposes interpretation · southern roots
Principal model.
causal hypothesis Southern Levant systems-transformation model
Evidence confidence: high
informs · proposes interpretation · coastal continuity
Maritime mechanism.
relationship Canaanite city communities — contributes to formation of — Phoenician coastal communities
Evidence confidence: high
informs · proposes interpretation · southern roots
Supports relationship.
date assertion Phoenician-linked expansion into the central and western Mediterranean — date assertion
Evidence confidence: high
informs · proposes interpretation · southern roots and coastal formation
Connects expansion to Levantine developments.
entity Abel Beth Maacah
Evidence confidence: high
informs · provides archaeological observation · northern coastal and inland interaction context
Supports the site description, phase range, or principal research relevance.
date assertion Abel Beth Maacah — date assertion
informs · provides archaeological observation · northern coastal and inland interaction context
Supports the site description, phase range, or principal research relevance.
relationship Abel Beth Maacah — located in — Galilee and northern valleys
Evidence confidence: high
informs · provides archaeological observation · northern coastal and inland interaction context
Supports the site description, phase range, or principal research relevance.
geography assertion Northern coast and Phoenician links — geography assertion
Evidence confidence: low
informs · supports distribution · northern coastal and inland interaction synthesis
Supports southern and inland roots of the emerging Phoenician cultural network.