Abstract
Radiocarbon dating and stratigraphy here offer a new chronological structure for the Iron Age in the Levant. The credit for the construction of massive public monuments in the northern part of Israel is here wrested from David and Solomon and attributed to the later Omride dynasty. The early Israelite monarchs actually ruled over a small kingdom in the highlands around Jerusalem rather than a great empire.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 771-779 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Antiquity |
Volume | 77 |
Issue number | 298 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 2003 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Biblical history
- Historical archaeology
- Radiocarbon
- Solomon
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Archaeology
- General Arts and Humanities