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Judah, Philistia, and the Mediterranean world: reconstructing the economic system of the seventh century B.C.E.

Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research (338)Published In 2005 • Pages: 71-92

By: Faust, Avi, Weiss, Ehud.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Using archaeological evidence, this work examines how Phoenician-controlled, long-distance maritime trade influenced the economy and regional specialization in Ancient Judah. Different zones were dedicated to one of the three major export crops—wheat, olives and grapes—according to environmental suitability and transportation costs. The authors argue that Judah was part of an economic sphere centered on the Phoenician port of Ashkelon.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Cereal agriculture
Arboriculture
Land use
Settlement patterns
Production and supply
Price and value
Internal trade
External trade
Highway transport
Port facilities
Water transport
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Israelites
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Middle East
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Middle East
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
article
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Archaeologist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
4: Excellent Secondary Data
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Ian Skoggard; 2020
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
not specified
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
701–586 BC
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
central and southern Israel; Palestinian territories
NotesAdditional notes
Avraham Faust and Ehud Weiss
Includes bibliographical references (p. 87-92)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
59004636
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Jews--Social life and customs--To 70 A.D.