The late bronze age collapse and the early iron age in the levant: the role of climate in cultural disruption
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- David Kaniewski, Elise Van Campo, Tom Boiy, Greta Jans and Joachim Bretschneider (UGent)
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- Abstract
- It is generally accepted from the historical sources that the fall of the city and kingdom of Ugarit was the result of a military invasion by the Sea Peoples in the first quarter of the 12th century BC. Here we present an advanced picture of cultural and landscape changes for the Late Bronze Age collapse and the ancient Dark Age of history. The Gibala data indicate that the collapse of Levantine countryside towns occurred during a c. 1175-825 calibrated yr BC severe drought event corresponding with the Dark Age and suggest a link between climate induced environmental changes and eastern Mediterranean cultural history. This key study examines the diachronic urban development of the ancient coastal site of Gibala-Tell Tweini. Urban collapse and urban change of Gibala was linked with the Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age new social adaption, possibly stimulated by a climatic stress event in the northern Levant.
- Keywords
- Northern Levant, Early Iron Age, Eastern Mediterranean cultural history, Urban collapse, landscape changes, climatic stress, drought event, Gibala-Tell Tweini, Late Bronze Age
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-7259598
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- Kaniewski, David, et al. “The Late Bronze Age Collapse and the Early Iron Age in the Levant: The Role of Climate in Cultural Disruption.” Climate and Ancient Societies, edited by Suanne Kerner et al., Museum Tusculanum Press – University of Copenhagen, 2015, pp. 157–76.
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- Kaniewski, D., Van Campo, E., Boiy, T., Jans, G., & Bretschneider, J. (2015). The late bronze age collapse and the early iron age in the levant: the role of climate in cultural disruption. In S. Kerner, R. J. Dann, & P. Bangsgaad (Eds.), Climate and Ancient Societies (pp. 157–176). Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press – University of Copenhagen.
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- Kaniewski, David, Elise Van Campo, Tom Boiy, Greta Jans, and Joachim Bretschneider. 2015. “The Late Bronze Age Collapse and the Early Iron Age in the Levant: The Role of Climate in Cultural Disruption.” In Climate and Ancient Societies, edited by Suanne Kerner, Rachel J Dann, and Pernille Bangsgaad, 157–76. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press – University of Copenhagen.
- Chicago author-date (all authors)
- Kaniewski, David, Elise Van Campo, Tom Boiy, Greta Jans, and Joachim Bretschneider. 2015. “The Late Bronze Age Collapse and the Early Iron Age in the Levant: The Role of Climate in Cultural Disruption.” In Climate and Ancient Societies, ed by. Suanne Kerner, Rachel J Dann, and Pernille Bangsgaad, 157–176. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press – University of Copenhagen.
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- 1.Kaniewski D, Van Campo E, Boiy T, Jans G, Bretschneider J. The late bronze age collapse and the early iron age in the levant: the role of climate in cultural disruption. In: Kerner S, Dann RJ, Bangsgaad P, editors. Climate and Ancient Societies. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press – University of Copenhagen; 2015. p. 157–76.
- IEEE
- [1]D. Kaniewski, E. Van Campo, T. Boiy, G. Jans, and J. Bretschneider, “The late bronze age collapse and the early iron age in the levant: the role of climate in cultural disruption,” in Climate and Ancient Societies, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2015, pp. 157–176.
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abstract = {{It is generally accepted from the historical sources that the fall of the city and kingdom of Ugarit was the result of a military invasion by the Sea Peoples in the first quarter of the 12th century BC. Here we present an advanced picture of cultural and landscape changes for the Late Bronze Age collapse and the ancient Dark Age of history. The Gibala data indicate that the collapse of Levantine countryside towns occurred during a c. 1175-825 calibrated yr BC severe drought event corresponding with the Dark Age and suggest a link between climate induced environmental changes and eastern Mediterranean cultural history. This key study examines the diachronic urban development of the ancient coastal site of Gibala-Tell Tweini. Urban collapse and urban change of Gibala was linked with the Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age new social adaption, possibly stimulated by a climatic stress event in the northern Levant.}},
author = {{Kaniewski, David and Van Campo, Elise and Boiy, Tom and Jans, Greta and Bretschneider, Joachim}},
booktitle = {{Climate and Ancient Societies}},
editor = {{Kerner, Suanne and Dann, Rachel J and Bangsgaad, Pernille}},
isbn = {{9788763541992}},
keywords = {{Northern Levant,Early Iron Age,Eastern Mediterranean cultural history,Urban collapse,landscape changes,climatic stress,drought event,Gibala-Tell Tweini,Late Bronze Age}},
language = {{eng}},
location = {{Copenhagen, Denmark}},
pages = {{157--176}},
publisher = {{Museum Tusculanum Press – University of Copenhagen}},
title = {{The late bronze age collapse and the early iron age in the levant: the role of climate in cultural disruption}},
year = {{2015}},
}