Theses and Dissertations
Advisor
Hardin, James
Committee Member
Blakely, Jeffrey
Committee Member
Miller, Shane
Committee Member
Lambert, Shawn P.
Date of Degree
8-13-2024
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Document Type
Graduate Thesis - Campus Access Only
Major
Applied Anthropology
Degree Name
Master of Arts (M.A.)
College
College of Arts and Sciences
Department
Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures
Abstract
This study looks at the Iron Age fortress at Tell el-Hesi as a borderlands site between Judah and Philistia in order to understand the cultural and political role of the site and the role it may have played in state formation in the southern Levant. I analyzed the pottery found in the construction and earliest occupation phases of the Iron Age fortress at Tell el-Hesi in an attempt to date the phases. The results of the pottery analysis and its implications are then compared with recent scholarship on the site.
Recommended Citation
Hatfield, Benjamin, "Defending Hesi: the construction and earliest occupation levels of the Iron Age fortress" (2024). Theses and Dissertations. 6224.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/td/6224