EGYPTIAN POTTERY FROM THE MIDDLE BRONZE AGE LEVANT IN CONTEXT

The contribution aims at a reassessment of Egyptian and Egyptianizing pottery from stratified assemblages in the MBA Levant in light of the high chronology supported by the recent ‘radiocarbon revolution’. The archaeological context of so-called ‘key-types’ that allowed previous cross-dates, together with the methods adopted for absolute dating, will be critically evaluated in order to avoid circular reasoning. The study will then attempt a regional synthesis integrating the examined artifacts with the radiocarbon chronology, the historical chronology of Egypt, and the relative sequence of cultural developments of the MBA Levant.