Journal of Archaeological Research

, Volume 24, Issue 4, pp 373–420 | Cite as

Assembling the Iron Age Levant: The Archaeology of Communities, Polities, and Imperial Peripheries

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Abstract

Archaeological research on the Iron Age (1200–500 BC) Levant, a narrow strip of land bounded by the Mediterranean Sea and the Arabian Desert, has been balkanized into smaller culture historical zones structured by modern national borders and disciplinary schools. One consequence of this division has been an inability to articulate broader research themes that span the wider region. This article reviews scholarly debates over the past two decades and identifies shared research interests in issues such as ethnogenesis, the development of territorial polities, economic intensification, and divergent responses to imperial interventions. The broader contributions that Iron Age Levantine archaeology offers global archaeological inquiry become apparent when the evidence from different corners of the region is assembled.

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Empire Ethnicity Middle East State 
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Acknowledgments

I thank Aaron Brody, Erin Darby, Marian Feldman, Ronald Hendel, Larry Herr, Tina Greenfield, David Lipovitch, Kevin McGeough, Matthew Rutz, Matthew Suriano, and Martin Weber for their assistance with sources. The manuscript was greatly improved based on the comments of four referees and the editors’ feedback. Thanks to Martin Weber and Charles Morse for their assistance with this article’s preparation. All errors remain my responsibility.

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