The Sea Peoples and the Conquest of Canaan: Aspects of Early Iron Age Mediterranean Migration

The text presents issues related to the migration of the people originating from the Aegean region, at the end of the Mycenaean period, to the Near East at the turn of the Bronze and Iron Ages. Groups which undertook migrations from the Mycenaean world to Canaan are discussed. The ancient sources refer to several groups, including Sherdan, Danun, Peleshet, Tjeker. The text indi- cates the probable routes by which these migrations took place. Issues concerning sources – both ancient texts and archaeological data, including aDNA – allowing reconstruction of the routes and range of these migrations are also analysed.