ECONOMIC DECAY AND URBAN REBIRTH IN THE AMUQ THE HITTITE CONQUEST OF HATAY AND THE END OF THE LATE BRONZE AGE (MID-14th TO THE 12th CENTURY BC)

(end of the 14th century BC) and the emergence of Wa/Palistin in the 11th This article faces both themes from the regional perspective of the Amuq plain and presents mainly those archaeological contexts in the Amuq which can be dated to the period between the Hittite conquest of the area (end of the 14th century BC)century BC, focusing on the archaeological evidence related to these 250 years, the Hittite impact on the material culture during the 13th century, its legacy and the Mediterranean impact on the same region a century later. Aim of this contribution is to contextualize the archaeological evidence in its political and historical background.