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POTTERY WITH PIZZAZZ. Canaanites in the Late Bronze Age—just before the emergence of the Israelites—filled their houses and tombs with elaborately decorated pottery and imported wares. This collection of painted vessels was recovered from a Late Bronze Age family tomb in Canaanite Shechem and provides a sharp contrast with simple undecorated Israelite pottery. By such means the emerging Israelites sought to distinguish themselves from their neighbors, ultimately defining themselves as a distinct ethnic group.