LEADER 03446nam 22006013 450 001 9910131715803321 005 20100420000000.0 035 $a(CKB)3460000000087257 035 $a(ItFiC)it 02448179 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000578576 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12197465 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000578576 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10578012 035 $a(PQKB)11408679 035 $a(Perlego)3165371 035 $a(EXLCZ)993460000000087257 100 $a20110322d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aSocieties in transition $eevolutionary processes in the Northern Levant between late Bronze Age II and early Iron Age ... /$fedited by Fabrizio Venturi 210 $aBologna $cCLUEB$d2010 215 $ax, 110 p. $cill. (some col.) ;$d30 cm 225 0 $aStudi e testi orientali Societies in transition 225 0$aStudi e testi orientali ;$v9 225 0$aSerie archeologica ;$v2 300 $aPapers presented at a conference held in Bologna, Italy, Nov. 15, 2007. 311 08$a9788849133295 311 08$a8849133294 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 330 8 $aThe Levant in the 12th and 11th centuries BC was affected by events which provoked profound changes in its social, economic and political landscape. The sudden collapse of the palace economy, the demise of the great Hittite and Egyptian powers which controlled the land in the 14th and 13th centuries BC and the incoming of new non-endemic ethnicities such as the "Sea People" gave birth to evolutionary processes which led to a redefinition of the society and to the formation of new political entities.Many studies in the past have been devoted to the various issues which arose in this period and are still open to debate. The northeastern corner of the Mediterranean, a vast region spreading from Cilicia to the Syro-Lebanese border, was directly involved in these complex transformation processes. Nevertheless, until recently the transition from Late Bronze Age to Iron Age was scarcely documented.The constant increase over the last 15 years of textual and archaeological evidence coming from the many excavations carried out in the currently Syrian and Turkish territories now allow us to analyse such dynamics from a Northern Levant perspective as well. The celebration of the XX anniversary of the new excavations at Tell Afis (Syria) was an occasion for a one-day workshop of scholars working at some of the most promising sites yielding evidence about the so-called "dark age", an opportunity to verify the current status of research and its future developments. 517 $aSocieties in Transitions 517 $aSocieties in transition 606 $aExcavations (Archaeology)$zMiddle East$vCongresses 606 $aRegions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East$2HILCC 606 $aHistory & Archaeology$2HILCC 606 $aMiddle East$2HILCC 607 $aMiddle East$xAntiquities$vCongresses 615 0$aExcavations (Archaeology) 615 7$aRegions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East 615 7$aHistory & Archaeology 615 7$aMiddle East 676 $a711 676 $a935 676 $a738 676 $a722 701 $aVenturi$b Fabrizio$01023917 801 0$bItFiC 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910131715803321 996 $aSocieties in transition$92435070 997 $aUNINA