For discussions of the social changes indicated by the hill-country settlements, see Thomas L. Thompson, “Historical Notes on Israel’s Conquest of Palestine: A Peasants’ Rebellion?” JSOT 7 (1978), pp. 20–27; Keith W. Whitelam, “Recreating the History of Israel,” JSOT 35 (1896), pp. 45–70, especially pp. 60–62 and sources cited there.