Change, Continuity, and Connectivity: North-Eastern Mediterranean at the turn of the Bronze Age and in the early Iron Age

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The end of the Bronze Age and beginning of the Iron Age was the period of a historical turning point for the relationship of the Aegean and the Levant. The two regions were closely related to each other and benefited mutually in this period. The transmission of the alphabet from the East to Greece and the appearance of Mycenaean-style pottery in the East illustrate the cultural borrowings in both directions. The volume presents updated studies on both regions and questions of bilateral relationships regarding archaeological, historical and linguistic aspects. These studies shed light on the pivotal periods of both regions: when Greek poleis were formed, with the culture related to it, and when the political and social situation in the Levant took its form, influencing the entire first millennium BCE. In the linguistic part, the volume includes papers showing possible linguistic relations and mutual borrowings in the triangle of Semitic, Greek and Anatolian languages. In the archaeological and historical parts, the studies deal both with case studies from Anatolia, Greece and Palestine and the synthetic issues regarding the ‘big’ questions. The book also presents the possible benefits of the usage of scientific methods in historical reconstruction – analysis of isotopes and ancient DNA samples. These new techniques offer a useful tool, expanding our way of exploring the past. Cover Title Page Copyright Table of Contents Łukasz Niesiołowski-Spanò, Marek Węcowski: Change, Continuity, and Connectivity PART I: Change, Continuity, and Connectivity - Regional Reassessments Piotr Taracha: Approaches to Mycenaean-Hittite Interconnections in the Late Bronze Age Rostislav Oreshko: Ahhiyawa - Danu(na). Aegean ethnic groups in the Eastern Mediterranean Emanuel Pfoh: Socio-Political Changes and Continuities in the Levant (1300-900 BCE) Jeffrey P. Emanuel: Differentiating Naval Warfare and Piracy in the Late Bronze–Early Iron Age Mediterranean: Possibility or Pipe Dream? Ann E. Killebrew: From “Global” to “Glocal”: Cultural Connectivity and Interactions between Cyprus and the Southern Levant during the Transitional Late Bronze and Early Iron Ages Guy D. Middleton: ‘I would walk 500 miles and I would walk 500 more’: The Sea Peoples and Aegean migration at the end of the Late Bronze Age Francisco J. Núñez: The impact of the Sea Peoples in Central Levant. A Revision David Ben-Shlomo: Pottery and Terracottas in Philistia during the Early Iron Age: Aspects of Change and Continuity Aren M. Maeir: The Philistines be upon thee, Samson (Jud. 16:20): Reassessing the Martial Nature of the Philistines – Archaeological Evidence vs. Ideological Image? Teresa Bürge and Peter M. Fischer: The Early Iron Age at Tell Abu al-Kharaz, Jordan Valley, and its Relations to the Eastern Mediterranean: Trade, Migration, Hybridization, and Other Phenomena PART II: Cross-Cultural Approaches Jan Paul Crielaard: Hybrid go-betweens: the role of individuals with multiple identities in cross-cultural contacts in the Late Bronze Age and Iron Age central and eastern Mediterranean Sarah Murray: Imported Objects in the Aegean beyond Élite Interaction: A Contextual Approach to Eastern Exotica on the Greek Mainland Giorgos Bourogiannis: The Transmission of the Alphabet to the Aegean Vicky Vlachou: New Images, Old Practices? An Imagery of Funerary Rituals and Cult in the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean S. Rebecca Martin: Eastern Mediterranean Feasts: What Do We Really Know About the Marzeah? Gunnel Ekroth: Holocaustic sacrifices in ancient Greek religion and the ritual relations to the Levant PART III: Linguistic Approaches Dariusz R. Piwowarczyk: Chronology and dating of linguistic corpora Rafał Rosół: Early Semitic Loanwords in Greek Paola Dardano: Semitic influences in Anatolian languages Zsolt Simon: Anatolian influences on Greek PART IV: Scientific Perspectives Maciej Chyleński, Marcin Grynberg, Anna Juras: Late Bronze Age migrations in the Mediterranean. Prospects for approaching the problem of Sea Peoples using ancient DNA Argyro Nafplioti: Isotope ratio analysis as a tool for reconstructing past life-histories List of contributors