Re Latest finds at Tell el Daba

Previously I wrote:

Sabine

Thanks for the Web referance. The Shimitar is beautiful. I was curious
what type of Eqid they found (Ass or Horse)and the date of the grave.
They didn't say, so I emailed the author. Let you know if she replies.

Brent

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She just replied as follow:

Dear Brent,
I am glad you liked the article, the burial can be dated to the
transitional MBIIA to MBIIB periods which means 13th dynasty in
Egyptian terms and 1710-1680 B.C. in absolute chronology ( according to
the low chronology which is used here). The pottery is a combination of
Egyptian and Canaanite ware a fact which does not represent something
new but is well known for this period. The warrior is very likely an
Asiatic. We assume a settlement of Asiatics in Tell el-Dab'a in
pre-hyksos time . The equid we found is a donkey > Irene

Me:

Donkey burials is common place in Syria and Canaan, about this time.
The copper belt was also commonly Asiatic, especially the Levant (I
don't know if it was also typical of Indo-Aryan). So there is nothing
here to suggest any Proto-Indic influence. The interesting line to me
is "We assume a settlement of Asiatics in Tell el-Dab'a ((Avaris)) in
PRE-HYKSOS time". Especially that it is 13th dynasty. A foreign
presence in the 14th dynasty is already known. But this is the first I
have heard about a Asiatic WARRIOR residing in the 13th dynasty. What
I have read previously was that the chaos in the 13th dynasty enticed
the invasion by the foreigners in the 14th dynasty (the first wave of
Hyksos, or the pre-Hyksos depending on how you define Hyksos). This
suggests that foreign invasion itself was part of the reason for the
chaos. Interesting.

Brent