Le ceramiche egeizzanti nel Levante settentrionale (XII-XI sec. a.C.): aspetti e problemi

This paper concerns one of the most significant aspects of the Early Iron age material culture in the Levant: the appearance of a new, locally made, Aegean-style pottery. The aim of the study is to give a contribute in defining the cultural and "ethnic" framework of the Iron I, a truly formative phase for the Phoenician culture on the Syro-Palestinian littoral, as well as for other cultural "subjects" all around the Levant (Arameans in the North, Philistines and Israelites in the South). The analysis of data gathered especially from the Northern Levant would fill a gap in the well established tradition of studies related to the Early Iron age material culture in the Southern Levant. The appearance of a pottery class originated in the Aegean or Cyprus, but locally produced in the Syro-Palestinian region, has been traditionally linked to the arrival of the so-called Sea Peoples. Thanks to a synthesis of the data now available, the study intends to offer some suggestions about the validity of such an interpretative theory