Painting the Mediterranean Phoenician; On Canaanite-Phoenician Trade-nets; Regev

Dalit Regev [+–]

Israel Antiquities Authority

Dalit Regev studies aspects of Canaanite-Phoenician culture, especially trade, pottery, Aegyptiaca and ancient DNA. She received her PhD in 2006. Having worked in the past at research centers at the Hebrew University and for the Harvard Excavations at Ashkelon, she currently works for the Israel Antiquities Authority. Her main publications are on Phoenician Amphorae (2004), the Phoenician Hellenistic pottery from Akko-Ptolemais (2009), Egyptian Stone Objects (2013 and 2016), the Phoenician Origins of Eastern Sigillata Ware A (2014), and The Power of the Written Evidence: a Hellenistic Burial Cave at Marisa (2019).

Painting the Mediterranean Phoenician focuses on the Canaanite-Phoenician economic systems that predominated in and determined Mediterranean history. Phoenician trade networks were sophisticated and elaborate operations that required a highly developed society and institutions in order to spread and be maintained. By tracking the manufacture, use, and shipment routes of Phoenician products, primarily those traded in amphorae and bottles but also fine-ware and their associated assemblages, a new map of Mediterranean connectivity and interrelations emerges, whose routes, operations and cultural affiliation lasted a long time. The Phoenician trade-nets are presented geographically, with special attention paid to the traceable product networks involving wine, salted fish, or perfumed oils.

Series: Worlds of the Ancient Near East and Mediterranean

Preliminaries

List of Maps [+–] ix

This book focuses on the Canaanite-Phoenician economic systems that predominated in and determined Mediterranean history. Phoenician trade networks were sophisticated and elaborate operations that required a highly developed society and institutions in order to spread and be maintained. By tracking the manufacture, use, and shipment routes of Phoenician products, primarily those traded in amphorae and bottles but also fine-ware and their associated assemblages, a new map of Mediterranean connectivity and interrelations emerges, whose routes, operations and cultural affiliation lasted a long time. The Phoenician trade-nets are presented geographically, with special attention paid to the traceable product networks involving wine, salted fish, or perfumed oils.

Abbreviations [+–] x-xi

Preface [+–] xiii

Introduction [+–] 1-4

Chapter 1

The Canaanite-Phoenician Continuum [+–] 5-18

The Names and Territory of the Phoenician People Canaan and Phoenicia Literary Evidence for the Canaanite-Phoenician Continuum Cultural Evidence for the Continuity from Canaanite to Phoenician People

Chapter 2

Trade and Diaspora Networks [+–] 19-40

Trade Networks Diaspora Networks

Chapter 3

The Early Networks and the Canaanite-Phoenician International Style [+–] 41-57

The Egypto-Phoenician Network The Hittite Canaanite-Phoenician Network The International Style of the Late Bronze Age The Phoenician Koine of the 8th-7th Centuries BCE The Phoenician Koine of the Hellenistic Period

Chapter 4

Canaanite-Phoenician Style and Corpus [+–] 58-84

The Syrian and Aramean Styles Egypto-Phoenician Corpora Other Elements in the Phoenician Corpora

Chapter 5

Phoenician Networks: Geographical Zones and Central Nodes [+–] 85-137

The Eastern Mediterranean Basin The Central Mediterranean Islands, Italy and North Africa The Western Mediterranean and the Atlantic Phoenicians and the East: Arabia, the Persian Gulf and India

Chapter 6

Phoenician Industrial Networks [+–] 138-176

Pottery Wine Perfumed Oils and Medicines Salted Fish and Fish Sauce

Chapter 7

Conclusions [+–] 177-181

End Matter

Endnotes [+–] 182

Bibliography [+–] 183-223

Index [+–] 224-231

Reviews

...Great achievement and contribution of this work. It appears when the study of the Phoenicians is blossoming with new fresh approaches, research questions, and syntheses. Regev must be applauded for her efforts to produce such a extensive study and overview that is made up of numerous local case studies and interactions.
Review of Biblical Literature

Dalit Regev’s book on Canaanite-Phoenician trade-nets offers a thought-provoking new interpretation of maritime trade in antiquity, which according to the author was dominated by the Phoenicians. It addresses a large and complex topic that incorporates many different types of finds: pottery, metal, agricultural products and various kinds of luxury items.
Regev’s book—with its broad scope and, in part, provocative theories—will inspire important and certainly lively discussions in the years to come. Not all theories put forth in it will find consent, I believe, but I am looking forward to the debates.
Journal of Near Eastern Studies

Stimulating volume ... an interesting portrait of the Mediterranean from the perspective of Phoenician networks.
Bibliotheca Orientalis

Regev’s book serves as an exceptional resource for Phoenician presence in commercial activities across the Mediterranean basin and beyond. It is a commendable compilation of archaeological, epigraphic, and historical evidence on the Phoenicians covering a vast scope that has rarely been explored to such an extent. Her longue durée approach, spanning the Bronze Age through the Roman and Byzantine periods, aligns well with the Phoenician civilization, which is characterized by remarkable continuity throughout the ages.
Both of her recent studies significantly contribute to our knowledge of this remarkable Levantine culture that extensively influenced and shaped the early Mediterranean world. Her research sheds light on the Phoenicians’ far-reaching impact and enriches our understanding of their historical significance.
Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies

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