The Main Archaeological Periods
Relating to the Hebrew Bible
| Name |
Abbreviation |
Dates BCE |
| Neolithic |
None |
8500-4300 |
| Chalcolithic |
None |
4300-3300 |
| Early Bronze I |
EB1 |
3300-3050 |
| Early Bronze II |
EB2 |
3050-2700 |
| Early Bronze III |
EB3 |
2700-2300 |
| Middle Bronze I |
MB1 |
2300-2000 |
| (Early Bronze 4) |
(EB4) |
... |
| Middle Bronze IIA |
MB2A |
2000-1800 |
| Middle Bronze IIB-C |
MB2B-C |
1800-1550 |
| Late Bronze |
LB |
1550-1200 |
| Iron Age I |
I1 |
1200-1000 |
| Iron Age IIA |
I2A |
1000-925 |
| Iron Age IIB-C |
I2B-C |
925-586 |
| Exile |
None |
586-537 |
| Persian |
Per |
537-332 |
| Hellenistic |
Hell |
332/3- |
(After A. Mazar, Archaeology of the Land of the Bible,[1990]) 7.
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