Archeology of Israel Midterm Study Guide

Late Bronze Age (Collapse)

Sites:

Arad, 

Jericho, 

Tel Dan, 

Beth Shean, 

Meggido,  

Hazor, 

Itzbet Sartah

Samaria  

Tel Dan

Gezer

Lachish

Jerusalem

-“Stepped stone structure”

-“broad wall”

-Solomon’s temple

-Hezekiah’s tunnel and water works

Religious sites:

Bronze Bull Site Samaria

Temple at Samaria

Tel Dan Temple

Jerusalem (temple)

Religious Reforms  

Josiah

Hezekiah

Objects

“Four-horned” altar

Regions/Peoples:

Canaan

Hittites

Mycenaean Greeks

Israelites

Mittani

Assyrians

Phoenicia

Sea Peoples (origins)

Pelset/Philistines

Events

Battle of Megiddo

Battle of Kadesh

Various:

Uluburun Shipwreck

Medinet Habu (Temple of Ramesses III)

Merneptah Stele

Berlin Base

Tel Dan Stele

Languages

Linear B

Ugaritic

Cuneiform

Peoples

Israelites

Jebusites

Phoenicians

Kingdoms 

United Monarchy

Divided Monarchy

Assyria

Political Figures

Joshua

Solomon

David

Jeroboam

Rehoboam

Omri

King Hezekiah

Objects

Tel Dan Stele

Monolith Stele

Israelite city

Palaces

-Casemate wall/fortifications

-Gates/public areas

-cult sites

-four-room house

Literary sources

-Book of Kings

-Book of Joshua