The Early Bronze Age in Tyre

MARÍA EUGENIA AUBET was professor and Chair Emerita in prehistory at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona, Spain. With a scholarly background in Mediterranean archaeology and Near Eastern archaeology, she pursued studies in Barcelona, Rome, and Tübingen. Noteworthy are her directorial roles in significant excavations, including the Tartessian site of Setefilla in Seville, Spain, and the Phoenician enclaves of Las Chorreras and Cerro del Villar in Málaga. Furthermore, she led the Archaeological Project in Tyre, focusing on the Iron Age cemetery of al-Bass and the Acropolis. Professor Aubet was a prolific author, having contributed notable publications such as The Phoenicians and the West: Politics, Colonies and Trade (1993; 2nd ed., 2001) and Commerce and Colonization in the Ancient Near East (2013), both published by Cambridge University Press.