Louise A. Hitchcock

Bio: Louise A. Hitchcock is an academic researcher from University of Melbourne. The author has contributed to research in topics: Bronze Age & Sea Peoples. The author has an hindex of 13, co-authored 51 publications receiving 563 citations. Previous affiliations of Louise A. Hitchcock include University of California, Los Angeles.

On the constitution and transformation of philistine identity

Abstract: Summary. Recent discussion of the formation and alteration of Philistine identity in the Levantine Iron Age continues to reference primarily pottery styles and dietary practices. Such traditional narratives propose that the Philistines comprised one group of the ‘Sea Peoples’ and that the cultural boundary markers that distinguished their society in the Iron Age I (twelfth– eleventh century BC) diminished in importance and disappeared suddenly in the early Iron Age IIA (tenth century BC), with the ascendancy of the Judahite kingdom. Based on data from the Levant (especially Philistia), the Aegean and Cyprus, we argue for a more complex understanding of the Philistines who came to the region with an identity that drew on, and continued to engage with, a broad range of foreign artefact styles and cultural practices with nonLevantine connections. Concurrently they incorporated local cultural attributes, at least until the late ninth century BC, a feature that we argue was unrelated to the supposed tenth century expansion of the Judahite kingdom.

Yo-ho, yo-ho, a seren’s life for me!

Abstract: Historical accounts indicate pirates were able to create culturally mixed tribal entities and identities by incorporating new followers from different cultures into their social structure. This article suggests that upheavals at the end of the Bronze Age inter alia led to the formation of pirate bands of ‘Sea Peoples’ composed of non-elites, including sailors, disenfranchised warriors, mercenaries, workers, craft workers and peasants from the Mediterranean social network. We discuss how historical accounts of piracy may enable us to model the Sea Peoples’ phenomenon through the identification of patterns in pirate culture including social organization and geography and we suggest that piracy was a mechanism for limited migration and transmission of foreign cultural traits. One tribe of these blended cultures, the Peleset, settled among the indigenous Canaanites, forming a new entity, the Philistines. We propose that their leaders assumed the Luwian title tarwanis (seren) or military leader, indica...

Aegean Art and Architecture

Abstract: 1. Introduction: Aegean Art and Architecture The environment Discovering the Aegean World Art and art history Objectives Organization. 2. The Neolithic Period and the Prepalatial Early Bronze Age Settlements Burial practices. 3. The First Palace Period Middle Bronze Age palaces and villas The vernacular tradition in Greece and Crete Ritual practices Summary. 4. The Second Palace Period Public art, private art, and the palatial architectural style The Second Palaces: Knossos, Phaistos, Gournia, and Kato Zakro Minoan villas: function and design The terminology and typology of Minoan palatial buildings The Minoan and Mycenaean spheres of influence Religious practices Burial practices. 5. Mycenaean Domination and the Minoan Tradition The Mycenaean palace at Pylos The Mycenaean palace at Knossos Haghia Triadha and Kommos The continuation of Minoan building techniques in the Third Palace Period Burial practices The Mycenaean shrine at Phylakopi The circuit walls at Mycenae and Tiryns. 6. Conclusion: Disruptions, (Dis)Continuities, and the Bronze Age The eastward migration of Aegean traditions The international style Cyprus, Palestine, and the Peoples of the Sea Tradition and transformation What goes around comes around: Daedalus returns to Crete. Notes List of Illustrations Bibliographic Essay Timeline Index

シナゴ-グ〔Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations in the Holy Land 4,1978より〕 (シナゴ-グ考古学ノ-ト-1-)

Abstract: This revised and updated edition of the classic in its field is an essential reference tool for all students of Christianity. Listing archaeological sites vital to an accurate understanding of the origins and developments of the great western religions, it also contains app. 100 pages on ancient Churches and Monasteries. Organised alphabetically and in four volumes this comprehensive work contains over 400 articles prepared by more than 150 scholars around the world. Lavishly illustrated with more than 2000 maps, plans, charts and drawings.

Digital Imaging for Cultural Heritage Preservation: Analysis, Restoration, and Reconstruction of Ancient Artworks

Abstract: This edition presents the most prominent topics and applications of digital image processing, analysis, and computer graphics in the field of cultural heritage preservation. The text assumes prior knowledge of digital image processing and computer graphics fundamentals. Each chapter contains a table of contents, illustrations, and figures that elucidate the presented concepts in detail, as well as a chapter summary and a bibliography for further reading. Well-known experts cover a wide range of topics and related applications, including spectral imaging, automated restoration, computational reconstruction, digital reproduction, and 3D models.

A companion to women in the ancient world

Abstract: A Companion to Women in the Ancient World is the first interdisciplinary, methodologically based collection of readings to address the study of women in the ancient world while weaving textual, visual, and archaeological evidence into its approach. Prominent scholars tackle the myriad problems inherent in the interpretation of the evidence, and consider the biases and interpretive categories inherited from centuries of scholarship. Essays and case studies cover an unprecedented breadth of chronological and geographical range, genres, and themes.

Crisis in Context: The End of the Late Bronze Age in the Eastern Mediterranean

Abstract: Explanations for the Late Bronze Age crisis and collapse in the eastern Mediterranean are legion: migrations, predations by external forces, political struggles within dominant polities or system collapse among them, inequalities between centers and peripheries, climatic change and natural disasters, disease/plague. There has never been any overarching explanation to account for all the changes within and beyond the eastern Mediterranean, some of which occurred at different times from the mid to late 13th throughout the 12th centuries B.C.E. The ambiguity of the evidence—material, textual, climatic, chronological—and the differing contexts involved across the central-eastern Mediterranean make it difficult to disentangle background noise from boundary conditions and to distinguish cause from effect. Can we identify the protagonists of the crisis and related events? How useful are recent explanations that focus on climate and/or chronology in providing a better understanding of the crisis? This article reviews the current state of the archaeological and historical evidence and considers the coherence of climatic explanations and overprecise chronologies in attempting to place the “crisis” in context. There is no final solution: the human-induced Late Bronze Age “collapse” presents multiple material, social, and cultural realities that demand continuing, and collaborative, archaeological, historical, and scientific attention and interpretation. This article is available as open access on (AJA Online).