BAR 16:02, Mar/Apr 1990 Ekron of the Philistines, Part II:
Olive-Oil Suppliers to the World In Ekron of the Philistines,
BAR 16:01, Trude Dothan and Seymour Gitin introduced us to the
rich history of ancient Ekron (modern-day Tel Miqne)the
Philistine city described in Joshua 13:23 as part of the land
that yet remains to be taken by the Israelites. The city, one of
the largest Iron Age sites in Israel, lay at a strategic point
on the western edge of the Inner Coastal Plainon the frontier
between Philistia and Judah. Dothan guided us through the early
history of Ekron, from the Late Bronze Age (15th14th centuries
B.C.E.) to the end of Iron Age I (about 1000 B.C.E.). She
described the various nations who lived in Ekron in those
centuries: First, the local Canaanites, then one of the Sea
Peoples (who had migrated from the Aegean) whom we know as the
Philistines. Now Seymour Gitin takes up the tale and unfolds the
ever-changing drama of Ekron from the beginning to the end of
Iron Age II (about 1000 to 600 B.C.E.).