The impact the Philistines and other Sea Peoples had on Iron I northern Canaan is an intricate issue that has been debated for decades. Past theories on a sizable Sea Peoples presence and military control have today largely been replaced by more moderate views of a diminutive presence of foreign population elements or, merely, mercantile relations between Philistia and the north. In this study, this topic is addressed by provenance analysis (petrography). The previously published dataset is tripled, for a grand total of 155 vessels and sherds. Circa two-thirds of the assemblage was imported from the Philistine heartland. The exporters of this pottery were mainly the coastal centres of Philistia—probably Gaza, Ashkelon and Ashdod—while Shephelah cities (Ekron, Gath) played a subordinate role in these wares bound for the north. The Jezreel Valley stands out among all other northern regions for its large quantities of genuine Philistine imports. Rather than pointing to foreign presence, the data suggest tight commercial and cultural contacts with Philistia. Moreover, this study revises the previously formulated ‘northern skyphoi’ phenomenon, which was dissociated from the discussion of Philistine pottery.

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迦南北部非利士陶器的起源，重点是耶斯列山谷

非利士人和其他海洋民族对迦南北部的 Iron I 的影响是一个复杂的问题，已经争论了几十年。过去关于大量海人存在和军事控制的理论今天在很大程度上被更温和的观点所取代，即外来人口较少，或者仅仅是非利士与北方之间的商业关系。在本研究中，该主题通过来源分析（岩相学）来解决。先前发布的数据集增加了两倍，总共有 155 艘船和船棚。大约三分之二的组合是从非利士人的中心地带进口的。这种陶器的出口商主要是非利士的沿海中心——可能是加沙、亚实基伦和亚实突——而示非拉的城市（以革伦、迦特）在这些运往北方的陶器中起着次要的作用。耶斯列谷因其大量真正的非利士人进口而在所有其他北部地区中脱颖而出。数据表明与非利士人有密切的商业和文化联系，而不是指向外国存在。此外，这项研究修正了先前表述的“北方天花”现象，该现象与非利士陶器的讨论无关。