Iron Age I

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Iron Age I was an early phase of the Iron Age in the ancient Near East, marked by the transition from Bronze Age societies to emerging Israelite and neighboring cultures, including the Jebusites in the region of Canaan.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Iron Age I canonical 10
Early Iron Age 8
Iron Age I (approximate) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological period ⓘ
historical period ⓘ
appliesToTerritorialEntity Canaan ⓘ
Levant ⓘ
linked to: Levant region

ancient Near East ⓘ
archaeologicalEvidence ceramic typology ⓘ
cultic installations and altars ⓘ
fortifications and domestic architecture ⓘ
settlement patterns ⓘ
associatedWithEthnicGroup Arameans ⓘ
Canaanites ⓘ
Jebusites ⓘ
Philistines ⓘ
Phoenicians ⓘ
early Israelites ⓘ
linked to: Israelites
associatedWithEvent Sea Peoples migrations ⓘ
linked to: Sea Peoples

collapse of Late Bronze Age palace economies ⓘ
chronologyNote absolute dates vary by scholarly tradition ⓘ
economicCharacteristic mixed agro-pastoral economy ⓘ
reduced long-distance trade compared to Late Bronze Age ⓘ
endTime circa 1000 BCE ⓘ
fieldOfStudy Syro-Palestinian archaeology ⓘ
biblical archaeology ⓘ
followedBy Iron Age II ⓘ
follows Late Bronze Age ⓘ
hasCharacteristic continuity and change in Canaanite culture ⓘ
decline of Late Bronze Age city-states ⓘ
emergence of small territorial kingdoms ⓘ
increased use of iron tools and weapons ⓘ
population shifts and resettlement ⓘ
rural settlement expansion in the highlands of Canaan ⓘ
transition from Bronze Age to Iron Age technologies ⓘ
linkedToTextualTradition Egyptian New Kingdom and Third Intermediate Period inscriptions ⓘ
Hebrew Bible historical narratives ⓘ
partOf Iron Age ⓘ
politicalCharacteristic emergence of local chieftaincies and proto-kingdoms ⓘ
fragmented political landscape ⓘ
regionOfFocus Transjordan ⓘ
northern Levant ⓘ
southern Levant ⓘ
religiousContext Canaanite religious practices ⓘ
early Israelite religious practices ⓘ
startTime circa 1200 BCE ⓘ
typicalMaterialCulture Philistine bichrome pottery ⓘ
collared-rim storage jars ⓘ
continuation of Late Bronze Age Canaanite pottery traditions ⓘ
four-room houses in highland settlements ⓘ
usedIn chronological frameworks for Levantine archaeology ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jebusites → timePeriod → Iron Age I ⓘ
Dorians → timePeriod → Early Iron Age ⓘ
linked to: Iron Age I
Philistines → timePeriod → Iron Age I ⓘ
Luwians → historicalPeriod → Early Iron Age ⓘ
linked to: Iron Age I
Shiloh → timePeriod → Iron Age I ⓘ
Iron Age II → follows → Iron Age I ⓘ
Girgashites → timePeriod → Iron Age I (approximate) ⓘ
linked to: Iron Age I
Latial culture → timePeriod → Early Iron Age ⓘ
linked to: Iron Age I
Ophrah → timePeriod → Iron Age I (traditional biblical chronology) ⓘ
linked to: Iron Age I
Nichoria → associatedWith → Early Iron Age ⓘ
linked to: Iron Age I
Karphi → abandonedIn → Early Iron Age ⓘ
linked to: Iron Age I
Kubaba → worshipPeriod → Early Iron Age ⓘ
linked to: Iron Age I
Middle Assyrian Empire → era → Early Iron Age ⓘ
linked to: Iron Age I
Tuspa → timePeriod → Early Iron Age ⓘ
linked to: Iron Age I
Kenites → timePeriod → Iron Age I ⓘ
Laish → timePeriod → Iron Age I ⓘ