Iron Age ship cargoes from the harbour of Dor (Israel)
Connectivity and trade dominate discussions of the Mediterranean Bronze and Iron Ages, where artefacts travelled increasing distances by land and sea. Much of the evidence for the means through which such networks operated is necessarily indirect, but shipwrecks offer direct insights into the movement of goods. Here, the authors explore three Iron Age cargoes recently excavated at Tel Dor on the Carmel Coast, the first from this period found in the context of an Iron Age port city in Israel. Spanning the eleventh–seventh centuries BC, these cargoes illuminate cycles of expansion and contraction in Iron Age Mediterranean connectivity and integration.
Authors
- Shirly Ben‐Dor Evian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7906-4327)
- Tzilla Eshel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0976-0877)
- Deborah Cvikel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4661-1603)
- Artemis Georgiou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4173-8514)
- Gunnar Lehmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9270-4678)
- Meir Edrey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9002-7383)
- Thomas E. Levy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8618-6672)
- Marko Runjajić
- Dafna Langgut (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4824-1044)
- Assaf Yasur‐Landau (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5692-5622)
- Kevin Johnson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2233-2538)
- David E. Friesem (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5541-6156)
- Rachel Rosen
- Harel Shochat
- Cassandra Donnely
- Evgeny Shegol
Institutions
- Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (IL)
- Tel Aviv University (IL)
- University of California System (US)
- University of Cyprus (CY)
- University of California San Diego (US)
- Qualcomm (United States) (US)
- Department of Archaeology (LK)
- University of Haifa (IL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Antiquity
- Published
- 2025-05-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2025.71
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 8.27