In the Footsteps of Bagira: ethnicity, archaeology, and ‘Iron I ethnic Israel’
This article has two aims. The first is to show that the search for ethnicity in archaeology is dependent on the way ethnicity is defined and on written sources. The second is to review studies of Iron Age I ‘ethnic Israel’. There is an ongoing, heated debate between ‘maximalists’ and ‘minimalists’,...
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| description | This article has two aims. The first is to show that the search for ethnicity in archaeology is dependent on the way ethnicity is defined and on written sources. The second is to review studies of Iron Age I ‘ethnic Israel’. There is an ongoing, heated debate between ‘maximalists’ and ‘minimalists’, trying to prove or refute such identity. Which side in this debate is right? |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ae4bdfffac4d49b09c6e1cddc83ae1572022-12-21T18:33:19ZengDonner InstituteApproaching Religion1799-31212014-12-014210.30664/ar.67545In the Footsteps of Bagira: ethnicity, archaeology, and ‘Iron I ethnic Israel’Raz Kletter0University of HelsinkiThis article has two aims. The first is to show that the search for ethnicity in archaeology is dependent on the way ethnicity is defined and on written sources. The second is to review studies of Iron Age I ‘ethnic Israel’. There is an ongoing, heated debate between ‘maximalists’ and ‘minimalists’, trying to prove or refute such identity. Which side in this debate is right?https://journal.fi/ar/article/view/67545Middle EastArchaeologyEthnicityEthnoarchaeologyIsrael -- HistoryIron Age -- Palestine |
| spellingShingle | Raz Kletter In the Footsteps of Bagira: ethnicity, archaeology, and ‘Iron I ethnic Israel’ Approaching Religion Middle East Archaeology Ethnicity Ethnoarchaeology Israel -- History Iron Age -- Palestine |
| title | In the Footsteps of Bagira: ethnicity, archaeology, and ‘Iron I ethnic Israel’ |
| title_full | In the Footsteps of Bagira: ethnicity, archaeology, and ‘Iron I ethnic Israel’ |
| title_fullStr | In the Footsteps of Bagira: ethnicity, archaeology, and ‘Iron I ethnic Israel’ |
| title_full_unstemmed | In the Footsteps of Bagira: ethnicity, archaeology, and ‘Iron I ethnic Israel’ |
| title_short | In the Footsteps of Bagira: ethnicity, archaeology, and ‘Iron I ethnic Israel’ |
| title_sort | in the footsteps of bagira ethnicity archaeology and iron i ethnic israel |
| topic | Middle East Archaeology Ethnicity Ethnoarchaeology Israel -- History Iron Age -- Palestine |
| url | https://journal.fi/ar/article/view/67545 |
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