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Migration Myths and the End of the Bronze Age in the Eastern Mediterranean A. Bernard Knapp (University of Glasgow)

Migration Myths and the End of the Bronze Age in the Eastern Mediterranean By A. Bernard Knapp (University of Glasgow)

Migration Myths and the End of the Bronze Age in the Eastern Mediterranean by A. Bernard Knapp (University of Glasgow)


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Living in 'an age of migration' inevitably has impacted the ways that archaeologists, historians and social scientists view this phenomenon. The causes of migration are multiple, complex and often historically specific. This Element looks critically at migration scenarios proposed for the end of the Bronze Age in the eastern Mediterranean.

Migration Myths and the End of the Bronze Age in the Eastern Mediterranean Summary

Migration Myths and the End of the Bronze Age in the Eastern Mediterranean by A. Bernard Knapp (University of Glasgow)

This Element looks critically at migration scenarios proposed for the end of the Bronze Age in the eastern Mediterranean. After presenting some historical background to the development of migration studies, including types and definitions of migration as well as some of its possible material correlates, I consider how we go about studying human mobility and issues regarding 'ethnicity'. There follows a detailed and critical examination of the history of research related to migration and ethnicity in the southern Levant at the end of the Late Bronze Age (ca. 1200 BC), considering both migrationist and anti-migrationist views. I then present and critique recent studies on climatic and related issues, as well as the current state of evidence from palaeogenetics and strontium isotope analyses. The conclusion attempts to look anew at this enigmatic period of transformation and social change, of mobility and connectivity, alongside the hybridised practices of social actors.

Table of Contents

Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Migration Studies in Archaeology; 3. Migration in the Late Bronze Age Eastern Mediterranean; 4. Migrations, Climate and Palaeogenetics; 5. Mobility, Migration and the Southern Levant at the end of the Late Bronze Age; 6. Conclusions; References.

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NLS9781108964739
9781108964739
1108964737
Migration Myths and the End of the Bronze Age in the Eastern Mediterranean by A. Bernard Knapp (University of Glasgow)
New
Paperback
Cambridge University Press
2021-04-22
75
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