Ongoing study of the pottery assemblage and its surrounding context in Area 4 at the site of Alalakh has again brought to light a phenomenon that is considered typical for the Iron Age I Levant: the construction of pits/silo installations in open areas. This phenomenon has been interpreted as a sign of ruralisation or insecure economic conditions, a possible marker for the political instability in the area during the 13th-12th centuries BCE. This article examines the similarities and differences between the examples from the Iron Age I in the ‘Amuq and contemporary sites in the Levant, and also considers later similar installations from the Iron Age II. Keeping in mind the functions usually ascribed to these structures, this study also analyses the so-called ‘Anatolian’ tradition of grain storage in the Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age in order to address the role of these installations in understanding possible food control strategies and their possible impact in the Levant.
University of Florence, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0001-6553-1679
Titolo del capitolo
Storage and Food Control in the ‘Amuq from the Late Bronze to the Iron Age: The Archaeological Evidence
Autori
Marina Pucci
Lingua
English
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0042-4.10
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Anno di pubblicazione
2023
Copyright
© 2023 Author(s)
Licenza d'uso
Licenza dei metadati
Titolo del libro
Administrative Practices and Political Control in Anatolian and Syro-Anatolian Polities in the 2nd and 1st Millennium BCE
Curatori
Clelia Mora, Giulia Torri
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Numero di pagine
216
Anno di pubblicazione
2023
Copyright
© 2023 Author(s)
Licenza d'uso
Licenza dei metadati
Editore
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0042-4
ISBN Print
979-12-215-0041-7
eISBN (pdf)
979-12-215-0042-4
Collana
Studia Asiana
ISSN della collana
1974-7837
e-ISSN della collana
2612-808X