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CHAPTER XV - PALESTINE IN THE EARLY BRONZE AGE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2008

By
R. de Vaux
Edited by
I. E. S. Edwards ,
C. J. Gadd  and
N. G. L. Hammond
R. de Vaux
Affiliation:
École Biblique et Archéologique Française de Jérusalem
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CLASSIFICATION OF THE MATERIAL

Although the first scientific excavations in Palestine had yielded traces of the Early Bronze Age, its chronological limits remained vague and its internal development was completely obscure. A much more exact knowledge has been acquired since 1930 by the excavation of several large well-stratified sites and by the application of the comparative method to better classified material, particularly pottery.

In 1932 seven archaic stages were distinguished on the slopes of the tell at Megiddo, the most recent of which, stages I–IV, belonged to the Early Bronze Age. On the tell itself levels XVIII–XVI, which were explored in 1937–8, represent almost the same period, but the stratigraphy is confused. The only two tombs of the Early Bronze Age which were found belong to the very beginning of this period.

In 1933, at Beth-shan, a wide sondage was made down to virgin soil which revealed, above the Chalcolithic levels, several levels (XV-XI) of the Early Bronze Age.

Excavations at Jericho reached Early Bronze Age deposits (tombs A and 24) in the seasons 1930—2 and more especially in 1935—6 when work was concentrated on the deepest sections of the tell: above the Neolithic and Chalcolithic were found five levels, III—VII (with tomb 351) belonging to the Early Bronze Age.

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, pp. 208 - 237
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 1971

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