The Emergence of Early Phoenicia: A View from the Southern Levant Prof. Gunnar Lehmann Professor at the Department of Bible, Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Ben- Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel. Wednesday, July 7, 2021 5 pm - Rome, Paris, Berlin (CET / GMT 2) 6 pm - Istanbul, Damascus, Jerusalem (EET / GMT 3) 11 am - New York (ET / GMT-4) Organizer(s): Tara Steimer and Sebastiano Soldi The section discusses the emergence of early “Phoenicia” focusing on the archaeological and historical evidence from “South Phoenicia”. The paper discusses what constitutes “Phoenician” identity in the light of recent discussions and against the background of archaeological and historical data regarding “South Phoenicia”. Early “Phoenicia” is understood as the territorial region along the Levantine coast that was constituted by small communities, which shared a specific habitus and political economy. These communities are not understood as an ethnic phenom
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