The Making of Late Bronze Age Archaeological Cultures in Bulgaria

The article is devoted to the consideration of the origin and dating of celts with on the side ears, which originate from the settlements of the Late Bronze Age and transition time from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age in the Kazakh steppe and south of Western Siberia (some of which are accidental finds) and are identified by most experts to be antiquities of the Sargarinsko-Aleekseyevskaya, Begazy-Dandybayevskaya, Irmenskaya and Bolsherechenskaya cultures. Previously, such celts were dated to the beginning of the first millennium, BC. At present, there have been certain quantitative and qualitative changes. In particular, the fund of archaeological resources for the Late Bronze Age and transition time from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age had been significantly replenished, and new research concepts have appeared. This gave us the opportunity to compare the archaeological finds of the Late Bronze Age of remote regions, namely the Eastern Europe and the Kazakh steppe and south of Western Siberia. A significant similarity was revealed between the celts of the ancient cultures of the Eastern Europe and the region located east of the Urals. It is suggested that the celts with on the side ears are of Eastern Europe origin. Their appearance among the artifacts of archaeological cultures of Kazakhstan and Southern Siberia is dated to the 14th - 11/10th centuries BC. Keywords: late Bronze Age, transition time from Bronze to Iron, celts, south of Western Siberia, eastern Europe

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Andronoid Cultures of the Upper Ob Region: A New Round of Discussion?

Teoriya i praktika arkheologicheskikh issledovaniy ◽

10.14258/tpai(2021)33(1).-01 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 33 (1) ◽

pp. 7-18

Author(s):

Tikhonov S. ◽

Keyword(s):

Bronze Age ◽

Cultural Environment ◽

Late Bronze Age ◽

Archaeological Research ◽

Ancient People ◽

Methodological Problems ◽

Relationship Of ◽

Archaeological Cultures ◽

The Relationship

The article is devoted to the consideration of the problems of studying the cultures of the Late Bronze Age of the Upper Ob region using the example of the Tanai archaeological culture. It was singled out by I. V. Kovtun in 2016 on the peculiarities of ceramics of a small number of sites located presented by the scientist, it is still possible to speak only about the type of ceramics or the specifics of the ornamentation of dishes in the archaeological microdistrict. However, this does not mean that there is no need to talk about the cultural-chronological scale of the Late Bronze Age in the region under consideration. On the contrary, the activities of I.V. Kovtun stimulates the emergence of a new round in the study of andronoid and related archaeological cultures, to a more detailed study of the materials accumulated by scientists. Attention to this topic will potentially stimulate the development of general methodological problems in archaeological research. These include the issues of identifying an archaeological cult, determining the specifics of ceramics and signs of its types, dating of andronoid and related cultures, issues of the relationship of ancient people or identifying contacts in a homogeneous cultural environment. Keywords: Upper Ob region, tanaiskaia, korchazhkinskaia, elovkskaia archaeological cultures

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The Concept of Palestine: The Conception Of Palestine from the Late Bronze Age to the Modern Period

Journal of Holy Land and Palestine Studies ◽

10.3366/hlps.2016.0140 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 15 (2) ◽

pp. 143-202 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Nur Masalha

Keyword(s):

Bronze Age ◽

Old Testament ◽

Political Geography ◽

Classical Antiquity ◽

Late Bronze Age ◽

Collective Consciousness ◽

Ancient History ◽

Master Narratives ◽

The Bible ◽

School History

The Concept of Palestine is deeply rooted in the collective consciousness of the indigenous people of Palestine and the multicultural ancient past. The name Palestine is the most commonly used from the Late Bronze Age (from 1300 BCE) onwards. The name Palestine is evident in countless histories, inscriptions, maps and coins from antiquity, medieval and modern Palestine. From the Late Bronze Age onwards the names used for the region, such as Djahi, Retenu and Cana'an, all gave way to the name Palestine. Throughout Classical Antiquity the name Palestine remained the most common and during the Roman, Byzantine and Islamic periods the concept and political geography of Palestine acquired official administrative status. This article sets out to explain the historical origins of the concept of Palestine and the evolving political geography of the country. It will seek to demonstrate how the name ‘Palestine’ (rather than the term ‘Cana'an’) was most commonly and formally used in ancient history. It argues that the legend of the ‘Israelites’ conquest of Cana'an’ and other master narratives of the Bible evolved across many centuries; they are myth-narratives, not evidence-based accurate history. It further argues that academic and school history curricula should be based on historical facts/empirical evidence/archaeological discoveries – not on master narratives or Old Testament sacred-history and religio-ideological constructs.

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