Shlomit Bechar is Senior Lecturer at the School of Archaeology and Maritime Cultures at the University of Haifa. She is Codirector of the Tel Hazor excavations and is a coauthor of Hazor VII and Hazor VIII.

“Bechar has undertaken an in-depth study of the ceramics at Hazor and put its assemblage in dialogue with those of surrounding settlements, which will be extremely useful for archaeologists working in the region. This study allows her to make important conclusions—such as the fact that pottery shapes at Tel Arqa in the LB II become less similar to those in the Southern Levant and more similar to those of the Northern Levant. In border zones where allegiances fluctuate, this kind of ceramic shift may represent one of the few available ways to understand political shifts at the time.”—Ellen Morris, author of Ancient Egyptian Imperialism

• List of IllustrationsList of TablesAcknowledgementsChapter 1. Introduction1.1 General Introduction1.2 Research Questions and Aims of Study1.3 Geographical Framework1.4 Chronological Framework1.5 Historical Background: The Sixteenth-Fourteenth Centuries BCE in the Ancient Near East1.6 State of Research1.7 Economic Models and Pottery Production: Theoretical Framework1.8 Economic Model for the Southern Levant1.9 Methodology1.10 Research OutlineChapter 2. The Transition from the Middle to the Late Bronze Age: Architectural Aspects at Hazor2.1 Background2.2 The Architectural Evidence2.3 The Built Environment of the Lower City2.4 Crisis Architecture2.5 Historical Implications2.6 ConclusionsChapter 3. The Middle Bronze Age-Late Bronze Age Transition in the Levant: Architectural Aspects3.1 Introduction3.2 The Southern Levant3.3 Northern Levant: Lebanon3.4 Northern Levant: Syria3.5 Summary and ConclusionsChapter 4. Pottery Assemblages from the Middle and Late Bronze Ages4.1 Methodology4.2 Typological Scheme4.3 Discussion by Site4.4 Discussion and SummaryChapter 5. Discussion and Conclusions5.1 Introduction and Summary of Previous Chapters5.2 Historical Implications5.3 Changes in Ceramic Traditions and Consumption5.4 Final Conclusions—From a Superpower in the MBA to a Great Vassal in the LBABibliographyIndex

Shlomit Bechar is Senior Lecturer at the School of Archaeology and Maritime Cultures at the University of Haifa. She is Codirector of the Tel Hazor excavations and is a coauthor of Hazor VII and Hazor VIII.

“Bechar has undertaken an in-depth study of the ceramics at Hazor and put its assemblage in dialogue with those of surrounding settlements, which will be extremely useful for archaeologists working in the region. This study allows her to make important conclusions—such as the fact that pottery shapes at Tel Arqa in the LB II become less similar to those in the Southern Levant and more similar to those of the Northern Levant. In border zones where allegiances fluctuate, this kind of ceramic shift may represent one of the few available ways to understand political shifts at the time.”—Ellen Morris, author of Ancient Egyptian Imperialism

• List of IllustrationsList of TablesAcknowledgementsChapter 1. Introduction1.1 General Introduction1.2 Research Questions and Aims of Study1.3 Geographical Framework1.4 Chronological Framework1.5 Historical Background: The Sixteenth-Fourteenth Centuries BCE in the Ancient Near East1.6 State of Research1.7 Economic Models and Pottery Production: Theoretical Framework1.8 Economic Model for the Southern Levant1.9 Methodology1.10 Research OutlineChapter 2. The Transition from the Middle to the Late Bronze Age: Architectural Aspects at Hazor2.1 Background2.2 The Architectural Evidence2.3 The Built Environment of the Lower City2.4 Crisis Architecture2.5 Historical Implications2.6 ConclusionsChapter 3. The Middle Bronze Age-Late Bronze Age Transition in the Levant: Architectural Aspects3.1 Introduction3.2 The Southern Levant3.3 Northern Levant: Lebanon3.4 Northern Levant: Syria3.5 Summary and ConclusionsChapter 4. Pottery Assemblages from the Middle and Late Bronze Ages4.1 Methodology4.2 Typological Scheme4.3 Discussion by Site4.4 Discussion and SummaryChapter 5. Discussion and Conclusions5.1 Introduction and Summary of Previous Chapters5.2 Historical Implications5.3 Changes in Ceramic Traditions and Consumption5.4 Final Conclusions—From a Superpower in the MBA to a Great Vassal in the LBABibliographyIndex

Shlomit Bechar is Senior Lecturer at the School of Archaeology and Maritime Cultures at the University of Haifa. She is Codirector of the Tel Hazor excavations and is a coauthor of Hazor VII and Hazor VIII.

“Bechar has undertaken an in-depth study of the ceramics at Hazor and put its assemblage in dialogue with those of surrounding settlements, which will be extremely useful for archaeologists working in the region. This study allows her to make important conclusions—such as the fact that pottery shapes at Tel Arqa in the LB II become less similar to those in the Southern Levant and more similar to those of the Northern Levant. In border zones where allegiances fluctuate, this kind of ceramic shift may represent one of the few available ways to understand political shifts at the time.”—Ellen Morris, author of Ancient Egyptian Imperialism

• List of IllustrationsList of TablesAcknowledgementsChapter 1. Introduction1.1 General Introduction1.2 Research Questions and Aims of Study1.3 Geographical Framework1.4 Chronological Framework1.5 Historical Background: The Sixteenth-Fourteenth Centuries BCE in the Ancient Near East1.6 State of Research1.7 Economic Models and Pottery Production: Theoretical Framework1.8 Economic Model for the Southern Levant1.9 Methodology1.10 Research OutlineChapter 2. The Transition from the Middle to the Late Bronze Age: Architectural Aspects at Hazor2.1 Background2.2 The Architectural Evidence2.3 The Built Environment of the Lower City2.4 Crisis Architecture2.5 Historical Implications2.6 ConclusionsChapter 3. The Middle Bronze Age-Late Bronze Age Transition in the Levant: Architectural Aspects3.1 Introduction3.2 The Southern Levant3.3 Northern Levant: Lebanon3.4 Northern Levant: Syria3.5 Summary and ConclusionsChapter 4. Pottery Assemblages from the Middle and Late Bronze Ages4.1 Methodology4.2 Typological Scheme4.3 Discussion by Site4.4 Discussion and SummaryChapter 5. Discussion and Conclusions5.1 Introduction and Summary of Previous Chapters5.2 Historical Implications5.3 Changes in Ceramic Traditions and Consumption5.4 Final Conclusions—From a Superpower in the MBA to a Great Vassal in the LBABibliographyIndex