Urbanismo en el Levante Meridional, de la Edad de Bronce tardío a la Edad del Hierro II (ca. 1600-600 aec)

Pablo Jaruf; Magdalena Magneres; M. Belén Dahizo

doi:10.47182/rb.85.n1-2-2023350

Authors

Pablo Jaruf Universidad de Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Magdalena Magneres Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (Argentina)
M. Belén Dahizo IMHICIHU-CONICET (Argentina)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47182/rb.85.n1-2-2023350

Keywords:

Urbanism, Southern Levante, Late Bronze, Iron Age, United Monarchy, Low Chronology

Abstract

The period from the Late Bronze Age to the Iron Age II in the Southern
Levant (ca. 1600-600 BCE) has been key for Siro-palestinian archaeology because,
based on biblical narration, it is considered the moment when the settlement of the Israelites and the conformation of United Monarchy, followed by the kingdoms of Israel and Judah, took place. The aim of this paper is to offer an updated summary
of the features and changes in urban settlement systems during that period for
which archaeological and epigraphic evidences are analyzed

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