The End of the Third Millennium BC in the Levant: New Perspectives and Old Ideas

Melissa Kennedy

doi:10.1080/00758914.2016.1143750

The End of the Third Millennium BC in the Levant: New Perspectives and Old Ideas

Melissa Kennedy

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The end of the 3rd millennium BC in the Levant has been interpreted as a time of settlement collapse and dislocation. A variety of theories have been proposed to account for this, such as climate change and landscape degradation, natural disaster and population movements. This article will review the archaeological evidence for this period in the Levant and offer new insights into what potentially occurred at the end of the 3rd millennium BC.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-32
Number of pages	32
Journal	Levant
Volume	48
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00758914.2016.1143750
Publication status	Published - 2 Jan 2016
Externally published	Yes

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