Around the 18th century BC (the Middle Bronze Age), the inhabitants of Tel Hazor expanded their settlement, and founded the lower city. The upper and lower cities were occupied until the 13
th century BC, when both were violently destroyed. Subsequently, Tel Hazor was rebuilt, though it was no longer the great city it once was. For instance, many of the constructions from this period were of a semi-nomadic character, whilst during the 11th century BC, the site was an unfortified Israelite settlement. Hazor regained some of its former splendor from the time of King Solomon onwards. During his reign, the upper city was rebuilt and fortified.
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Ancient DNA Reveals Origin of First Bronze Age Civilizations in Europe
Skeleton of one of the two individuals who lived in the middle of the Bronze Age and whose complete genome was reconstructed and sequenced by the Lausanne team. It comes from the archaeological site of Elati-Logkas, in northern Greece.
Credit: Ephorate of Antiquities of Kozani, Hellenic Ministry of Culture, Greece. Courtesy of Dr Georgia Karamitrou-Mentessidi.
The first civilisations to build monumental palaces and urban centres in Europe are more genetically homogenous than expected, according to the first study to sequence whole genomes gathered from ancient archaeological sites around the Aegean Sea. The study, which is first-coauthored by Olga Dolgova, from the Centro Nacional de Análisis Genómico (CNAG-CRG), part of the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), has been published in the journal Cell.
In the past, it was believed these overlaps were a consequence of mass immigrations from the east, specifically from Anatolia (modern-day Turkey). Migrants would have introduced some of these concepts and innovations to each civilization or culture they encountered, as they made their way westward centuries before the Bronze Age began. Eventually, migratory movements would have included intermixing between representatives of the Minoan, Cycladic, and Helladic civilizations, as trade networks developed that connected these various powers more closely. This would have further accelerated the adoption of certain cultural practices by all three civilizations in roughly the same time period.
But the latest genetic analysis suggests an alternative explanation. If the Aegean civilizations were more closely related than previously thought, it means they would have shared a common culture reaching far back into antiquity. They became more diverse as time passed, which would explain
Genomic studies uncover the tale of the first Bronze Age civilizations in Europe
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Although they were set apart in cultural customs, architectural preference, and art, the earliest bronze-using civilizations from Europe were quite similar from a genetic standpoint, a new paper reports.
Reenactors living as a bronze-age family. Image credits Hans Splinter.
The exact details of the Early Bronze Age civilizations across the world aren’t always clear and the peoples living around the Aegean Sea are no exception to this. One theory regarding this period is that these groups mainly the Minoan, Helladic, and Cycladic civilizations were introduced to new technology and ideas by groups migrating from the east of the Aegean, with whom they intermingled.
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