Rethinking Canaanite Palaces? The Palatial Economy of Tel Kabri during the Middle Bronze Age

摘要: Here we explore aspects of Canaanite palatial economy through an analysis finds from the Middle Bronze Age palace at Tel Kabri, a 34 ha site located in western Galilee modern day Israel. The was founded middle part MBA I period, and continued without interruption until advanced II period. Despite fact that Kabri vast (perhaps up to 6000 sq m), functioned as center polity, could commission wall floor paintings Aegean style, there are no signs literate administration, or even administrative use sealings. Patterns animal husbandry, textile production, pottery manufacture consumption, storage within all provide evidence behaved economically much more like estate than redistributive center. Our hypothesis is had Oikos economy, i.e., it large household—richer populous other households but with ...