Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Styles and Periods Facet
3. Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)
4. [styles, periods, and cultures by region]
5. Early Western World
6. Near Eastern (Early Western World)
7. Levantine (culture or style)

Anotations

Scope note:

Culture that first appear in the early 12th century BCE in the Middle East. Their arrival is signaled by artifacts that are unlike those of other local populations at the time. Differences include pottery with close parallels to the ancient Greek world, the use of an Aegean instead of a Semitic script, and the consumption of pork. The style of art is characterized by a combination of Aegean, Canaanite, and Egyptian elements, seen particularly in cermaics and metalwork. They may have originated in Crete. It is generally agreed by modern scholars that the Philistines were the same as the "Peleset" of historical records. They may also be the "Sea Peoples," or at least one of the tribes so-called.