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Assyria and the West : A Fresh Look at the Unshakeable Pillars of Late Bronze and Iron Age Chronology in the Eastern Mediterranean World.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
van der Veen, Pieter.
Contributor:
Wallenfels, Ronald.
James, Peter.
Language:
English
Physical Description:
1 online resource (444 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Bicester : Archaeopress, 2025.
Summary:
This volume re-examines key chronological anchors of the Late Bronze and Iron Ages, questioning the reliability of synchronisms between Egypt and Mesopotamia. Focusing on artistic, archaeological, and historical data, the contributors explore shifting timelines and tensions in Assyrian, Hittite, and Levantine contexts.
Contents:
Cover
Title Page
Copyright page
Dedication
Contributors
Contents
Preface and Acknowledgements
A General Introduction: 'Assyria and the West'
Peter James†, Pieter van der Veen and Ronald Wallenfels (eds)
Obituary: Peter J. James, 1952-2024
SESSION 1: THE PRESENT STATE OF MESOPOTAMIAN AND HITTITE CHRONOLOGY
An Introduction to Session One: 'Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?'
Ronald Wallenfels
Assyrian and Mitannian Pottery Styles: From Assur to the Euphrates and Beyond
Robert M. Porter
Discussion 1: The North Syrian Hurrian Kingdoms and Dark Age Chronology
Ronald Wallenfels and Peter James
A Critical Look at Mesopotamian-Egyptian Synchronisms during the 14th-13th Centuries BC
Peter James
Middle Assyrian History and Culture and Dark Age Assyrian Chronology
Two Parallel Lines of Kings during the Late Middle and Early Neo-Assyrian Periods
Bieke Mahieu
EA 16: Napḫuriya Revisited
Johannes Dams
Elamite Dark Age Chronology
Yuri Khramov
Discussion 2: Assyria and Post-Kassite Chronology
Dating Hartapu: The Troubled Relationship between Archaeology and Texts
Jorrit Kelder
The Hittite New Kingdom and Its Relationship with the Neo-Hittite Kingdoms
Peter James and Bieke Mahieu
SESSION 2 : THE LEVANT AND THE EFFECTS OF ASSYRIAN CHRONOLOGY
Introduction to Session 2 - A Dark Age Hidden in Plain Sight?
John J. Bimson
An Alternative Paradigm for Israel's Origins in Canaan
Phoenicia at the Late Bronze-Iron Age Transition
Jesse Michael Millek
Towards a Resolution of the 'Sea Peoples' Rubik's Cube: or 'Hiram, King of the Sea Peoples?'
'Redating the Byblos Inscriptions'
Chronological Data and Mid-Ninth Century BC Israel.
Wolfgang Zwickel
Assyrian Synchronisms, the 'Tyrian Annals' and Carthage
Nikos Kokkinos
'Late Assyrian-Style' Seals, Bullae and Pottery as Chronological Markers for Dating Iron Age IIB
Pieter Gert van der Veen
In dubio pro reo: The Case of Sennacherib and the Beersheba Valley
Ariel M. Bagg
The Chronology of Edom in the Iron Age: A Critical Review of the Evidence
Juan Manuel Tebes
Text-Impeded Archaeology: Assyrian Involvement at Samaria and Tell es-Sa'idiyeh
Rupert L. Chapman III
Discussion 3 : Neo-Babylonian and Achaemenid Pottery Markers from Tell es-Sa'idiyeh Stratum IV?
Piter Gert van der Veen
Discussion 4: In dubio pro reo. The Case of Sennacherib and the Beersheba Valley
SESSION 3: SCIENTIFIC DATING METHODS
Introduction to Session 3 - 'Assyria and the West' in the Light of Scientific Dating
Uwe Zerbst
Open Questions Regarding the Reliability of 14C Dating in the Context of ANE Chronology
Uwe Zerbst and Pieter G. van der Veen
The Ammiṣaduqa Tablet and Babylonian Chronology in Retrospect, Successes and Failures
David Lappin
Ancient DNA: The Solution to Everything or the Devil's Work?
I. J. Nick Thorpe.
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ISBN:
1-80327-990-7
OCLC:
1527934914

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