King Taita and his “Palistin” : philistine state or neo-hittite kingdom?
Abstract: The end of the Hittite Empire and the destruction and abandonment of Alalakh represents a cultural break between the Late Bronze and Early Iron Ages in the ‘Amuq Valley. In the Iron I, a population with clear ties to the greater Aegean world, perhaps related to the Philistines of southern Canaan, established an agro-pastoral settlement at Tell Ta‘yinat and the surrounding area. This occupation, marked by Field Phases 6–3 at Ta‘yinat, was both materially and chronologically ephemeral, and should be viewed as a cultural outlier sandwiched between the Hittite-controlled LBA and later Iron I. This intrusive population lived alongside the indigenous inhabitants of the ‘Amuq, bequeathing to the region a toponym—Palistin—that would far outlast their own relevance and archaeological visibility. By the First Building Period at Tell Ta‘yinat, which followed the Aegean-related phases, the site was home to a dynasty overseeing a typical Neo-Hittite state, with its toponym all that remained of the “Sea Peoples” presence that occupied it at the beginning of the Iron Age.
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| Format: | Artículo biblioteca |
| Language: | eng |
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Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales. Centro de Estudios de Historia del Antiguo Oriente
2015
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| Subjects: | ORIENTE ANTIGUO, EDAD DE BRONCE, EDAD DE HIERRO, TOPONIMIA, HISTORIA ANTIGUA, POBLACIONES ANTIGUAS, HITITAS, FILISTEOS, |
| Online Access: | https://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/handle/123456789/6619 |
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