Original sentence: , however, have claimed that lack of evidence for a systematic conquest or the abrupt appearance of a new culture indicates that the Israelites simply arose as a subculture within Canaanite society.Israel Finkelstein et al
Edited sentence: However, due to a continuation of many archaeological elements of Canaanite culture in the Israelite era, lack of evidence for a systematic conquest, and lack of any abrupt appearance of new culture, an increasing majority of archaeologists believe that the Israelites simply arose as a subculture within Canaanite society