The Late Third Millennium in the Levant: A Reappraisal of the North–South Divide

Seventy years ago, archaeologists perceived a general cultural homogeneity during the third millennium throughout the Levant, despite marked regional variations. Since that time, not only have there been changing conceptual models of archaeology, but there has been an intensification of regional studies and specialisations; the result, as well as a vastly increased quantity of data, has led to confusing diversity and fragmentation in the study of the region as a whole.