ABSTRACT
UNTIL the last twenty years little was known of the ancient culture of Palestine, but its main outlines have now been determined by archaeological excavation. Like most other countries, Palestine passed through the usual 'ages' when first stone, then copper and bronze, and finally iron were the materials of the chief implements and weapons. But even the assignment of the earliest Bronze Age in Palestine to about 3000 B.C. 'is tentative, and depends on comparisons with better dated cultures in Egypt and Mesopotamia. Moreover, principal stages overlap, and all regions do not develop at the same rate.
