Nomads of the Mediterranean: trade and contact in the Bronze and Iron Ages : studies in honor of Michal Artzy

"Three millennia of cross-Mediterranean bonds are revealed by the 18 expert summaries in this book-from the dawn of the Bronze Age to the budding of Hellenization. An international team of acclaimed specialists in their fields-archaeologists, historians, geomorphologists, and metallurgists-shed light on a plethora of aspects associated with travelling this age-old sea and its periphery: environmental factors; the formation of harbors; gateways; commodities; the crucial role of metals; cultural impact; and the way to interpret the agents such as Canaanites, "Sea Peoples," Phoenicians, and pirates. The book will engage any student of the Old World in the 3000 years before the Common Era"--

Intro -- Nomads of the Mediterranean: Trade and Contact in the Bronze and Iron Ages: Studies in Honor of Michal Artzy -- Copyright -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Authors -- Editors -- Introduction Professor Michal Artzy: A Scholarly Life by the Mediterranean -- Professor Michal Artzy, Curriculum Vitae -- 1 Tyre before Tyre: The Early Bronze Age Foundation -- 1 The Origins of the Settlement in the Archaeological Record -- 2 The Legends about Tyre's Origins -- Acknowledgments -- 2 Two Imported Pottery Vessels from the Middle Euphrates to the Southern Levant and Their Contribution to the Chronology of the End of Early Bronze i and the Beginning of Early Bronze ii -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Burial Grounds -- 3 The Vessels -- 4 Chronological Data from Egypt -- 5 Chronological Data from the Middle Euphrates Basin (Northern Mesopotamia) -- 6 Discussion and Conclusions -- 3 Burials of Domesticated Animals in the Middle Bronze Age Rampart at Tel 'Akko in Light of Archaeological Finds in the Levant and Ceremonies from the Ancient near East -- 1 Introduction -- 2 General Background about Tel 'Akko -- 3 The Location of the Burials -- 4 Burials of Donkeys, Dogs, and Pigs during the Second Millennium bce -- 5 Evidence of a Dog, Pig, and Donkey Cult in Mesopotamia, Syria, and Anatolia and Their Religious Significance -- 6 Dog, Pig, and Donkey Burials in the Context of Rituals against Lamastu -- 7 Summary -- 4 "For the Wealth of the Sea Will Pass on to You": Changes in Patterns of Trade from Southern Phoenicia to Northern Judah in the Late Iron Age and Persian Periods -- 5 Cypriot Pottery from the Second Millennium bce at Tell Keisan in the Lower Galilee (Israel) -- 1 White Slip Ware -- 2 Base Ring Ware -- 3 Possible Monochrome Ware -- 4 Bucchero Ware -- 5 Bichrome Wheel-Made and Handmade Wares -- 6 Handmade Red-on-Black Ware -- 7 White Painted Ware.