The Book of Judges also tells the stories of Samson, which are set in the Sorek Valley but do not even mention Ekron. This is an appropriate time for such a question, since Ekron is currently part of an ongoing interregional study of the settlement pattern in the Shephelah and on the coastal plain of Canaan during the Iron Age. The archaeologists of the sites that have been discussed thus far are constantly consulting with one another about the finds of their respective sites. This reassessment also demands that the archaeological evidence on Cyprus be reexamined, since this island seems to have been the staging area for Philistine migrations to Canaan.
Most archaeologists agree that by the first half of the twelfth century B.C .
At Ekron striking discoveries from the end of the thirteenth century B.C . have been made at a couple of places in the Late Bronze layer of the tell. A few dark brown krater sherds bearing wavy incised decorations with heavy burnishing have also been recovered. This type of pottery is commonly called Trojan ware or Anatolian grey polished ware. These few sherds do not necessarily indicate that Trojans or Anatolians had migrated to Ekron. They may simply indicate the movements of pots as objects of trade.