Editor's Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Figures vii
4. List of Tables x
5. List of Participants xi
6. Foreword xiii
7. Editor's Preface xv
8. Introduction xvii
9. 1. Egypt and Western Asia in the Late New Kingdom: An Overview 1
10. 2. New Evidence on the End of the Hittite Empire 21
11. 3. Ras Shamra-Ugarit Before the Sea Peoples, 35
12. 4. Biblical Traditions: The Philistines and Israelite History 53
13. 5. The Sea Peoples and the Egyptian Sources 85
14. 6. To the Sea of the Philistines 103
15. 7. Reflections on the Initial Phase of Philistine Settlement 145
16. 8. The Philistine Settlements: When, Where and How Many? 159
17. 9. Sea Peoples in the Jordan Valley 181
18. 10. The Settlement of Sea Peoples in Northern Israel 197
19. 11. The Temples and Cult of the Philistines 213
20. 12. Aegean-Style Early Philistine Pottery in Canaan During the Iron I Age: A Stylistic Analysis of Mycenaean IIIC: 1 b Pottery and Its Associated Wares 233
21. 13. Cultural Innovations in Cyprus Relating to the Sea Peoples 255
22. 14. Mycenaean IIIC:1b and Related Pottery in Cyprus: Comments on the Current State of Research 281
23. 15. The Aegean and the Origin of the Sea Peoples 297
24. 16. Western Mediterranean Overview: Peninsular Italy, Sicily and Sardinia at the Time of the Sea Peoples 305
25. 17. The Early Iron Age at Gordion: The Evidence from the Yassihöyük Stratigraphic Sequence 327