Megiddo VI
The 2010-2014 Seasons
Published on 15. March 2022
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1924 pages
978-1-64602-165-9 (ISBN)
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Megiddo, a key site for the study of the Bronze and Iron Ages, is unique among the sites of the ancient Near East. Featuring remains from over 30 settlements, Megiddo is strategically located on the main highway of the Old World, leading from Egypt to Mesopotamia. It is mentioned in important verses in the Bible and in Egyptian and Assyrian texts. Beyond archaeology, it is of great significance to the fields of the history of ancient Israel and biblical studies. The Tel Aviv University excavations at the site aim, through the implementation of modern methods, to achieve a full stratigraphic-chronological sequence, while placing special emphasis on studies related to the exact and life sciences. The three volumes of Megiddo VI: The 2010-2014 Seasons display a rich set of finds, spanning about 1,000 years of history from the Middle Bronze Age to the Iron Age IIB. They include a large number of studies in archaeology and the exact and life sciences, including topics such as radiocarbon dating, geoarchaeology, paleomagnetism, and metallurgy.
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Pennsylvania State University Press
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Israel Finkelstein is Professor Emeritus of Archaeology at Tel Aviv University, a member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, and a foreign member of the French Academie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Notable among his many published books are The Archaeology of the Israelite Settlement, Living on the Fringe, The Bible Unearthed, David and Solomon, The Forgotten Kingdom, and Hasmonean Realities Behind Ezra, Nehemiah, and Chronicles. Mario A. S. Martin is a research fellow at the Sonia & Marco Nadler Institute of Archaeology at Tel Aviv University and a codirector of the Megiddo excavations. He is the author of Egyptian-Type Pottery in the Late Bronze Age Southern Levant and coauthor of Megiddo V: The 2004-2008 Seasons, also published by Eisenbrauns.
Content
VOLUME I
SECTION ONE: INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION: THE 2010-2014 SEASONS
Israel Finkelstein, Mario A.S. Martin and Matthew J. Adams
SECTION TWO: STRATIGRAPHY AND ARCHITECTURE
Chapter 2.1 AREA K: LEVELS K-10, K-9 AND K-8
Mario A.S. Martin, Matthew Schaeffer and Robert S. Homsher
Chapter 2.2 AREA K: SUMMARY OF ARCHITECTURE AND FUNCTION FROM THE MB III TO THE LATE IRON I
Mario A.S. Martin
Chapter 3 AREA H: LEVELS H-15 TO H-13
Melissa S. Cradic
Chapter 4 AREA H: LEVELS H-12 TO H-10
Eran Arie
Chapter 5 AREA Q: LEVELS Q-6 TO Q-1
Robert S. Homsher and Assaf Kleiman
Chapter 6 AREA V: BUILDING 338
Assaf Kleiman, Adam Kaplan and Israel Finkelstein
Chapter 7 AREA W: SOUNDING IN THE NORTHEASTERN SECTOR OF THE MOUND
Assaf Kleiman and Zachary C. Dunseth
Chapter 8 AREA-WIDE 3D MODELING FOR HIGH ACCURACY PHOTOREALISTIC DOCUMENTATION
Adam B. Prins
SECTION THREE: BURIALS
Chapter 9 THE MIDDLE BRONZE AGE BURIALS FROM AREA J
Matthew J. Adams and Melissa S. Cradic
Chapter 10 AREA K: INTRAMURAL PIT AND JAR BURIALS (LEVEL K-10)
Mario A.S. Martin, Melissa S. Cradic and Rachel Kalisher
APPENDIX: BURIAL TYPES COMPARANDA 294
Chapter 11 AREA K: TOMB 100 (LEVEL K-10)
Mario A.S. Martin and Melissa S. Cradic
APPENDIX I: STONE MASONRY-CONSTRUCTED CHAMBER TOMBS IN THE MB-LB I LEVANT
Mario A.S. Martin and Melissa S. Cradic
APPENDIX II: RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF THREE LAMPS
Dvory Namdar
Chapter 12 HUMAN SKELETAL REMAINS FROM CHAMBER-TOMB 100
Marina Faerman and Patricia Smith
Chapter 13 HUMAN SKELETAL REMAINS OF THE INTRAMURAL PIT AND JAR BURIALS FROM AREA K
Marina Faerman
Chapter 14 THE HUMAN REMAINS (1998, 2004 AND 2006)
Galit Sameora and Matthew J. Adams
Chapter 15 FOOD RITUALS AND THEIR SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE IN THE MIDSECOND MILLENNIUM BCE: A VIEW FROM MEGIDDO
Lidar Sapir-Hen, Mario A.S. Martin and Israel Finkelstein
APPENDIX: DETAILS OF THE FAUNA IN THE PIT BURIALS, LEVEL K-10 461
Chapter 16 A BIRD-HEADED KOHL STICK FROM AREA K
Jen Thum
Chapter 17 THE GEOMETRIC BONE INLAYS AND INLAID BOXES OF AREA K
Liat Naeh
Chapter 18 THREE STONE VESSELS FROM THE BURIALS IN AREA K
Jen Thum
VOLUME II
SECTION FOUR: POTTERY
Chapter 19 THE MB III-LB IIB POTTERY FROM AREAS K (LEVELS K-10 TO K-8) AND H (LEVELS H-15 TO H-13)
Mario A.S. Martin
APPENDIX I: STORAGE JAR CAPACITIES
Cydrisse Cateloy
APPENDIX II: RIM EVERSION ANGLES OF COOKING POTS
Yana Kirilov and Mario A.S. Martin
APPENDIX III: AN EGYPTIAN HANDLED CUP FROM UOC AREA BB
Mario A.S. Martin
APPENDIX IV: VESSEL AND RIM COUNTS
Mario A.S. Martin
APPENDIX V: RELIABLE LOCI AND SELECTED BURIALS OF UOC STRATA X-VIII
Mario A.S. Martin
Chapter 20 THE CYPRIOT POTTERY FROM AREAS K AND H
Brigid Clark and Assaf Yasur-Landau
Chapter 21 AEGEAN-TYPE POTTERY FROM MEGIDDO, AREAS H AND K
Philipp W. Stockhammer
Chapter 22 THE LATE BRONZE III AND EARLY IRON I POTTERY FROM LEVELS H-12, H-11 AND H-10
Eran Arie
APPENDIX I: THE COMPLETE VESSELS FROM LEVELS H-12 TO H-10 876
APPENDIX II: CERAMIC CATALOG OF LEVELS H-12, H-11 AND H-10 878
Chapter 23 THE IRON II POTTERY FROM AREA Q
Assaf Kleiman
APPENDIX I: COMPLETE VESSELS AND SHERDS FROM LEVELS Q-6 TO Q-1
APPENDIX II: CERAMIC CATALOG OF LEVELS Q-6 TO Q-1 1034
Chapter 24 GREEK POTTERY FROM AREA Q
Alexander Fantalkin, Assaf Kleiman and Hans Mommsen
Chapter 25 CYPRIOT POTTERY FROM AREA Q
Anna Georgiadou, Assaf Kleiman and Israel Finkelstein
APPENDIX: A CYPRO-ARCHAIC I AMPHORA FROM LEVEL Q-2
VOLUME III
SECTION FIVE: HOARDS
Chapter 26 JEWELRY HOARD FROM EARLY IRON AGE I (LEVEL H-11)
Eran Arie
APPENDIX I: CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF SILVER ARTIFACTS FROM THE LEVEL H-11 HOARD
Naama Yahalom-Mack, Tzilla Eshel, Ofir Tirosh and Yigal Erel
APPENDIX II: RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF THE HOARD'S JUG
Dvory Namdar
APPENDIX III: TEXTILES AND THREADS FROM THE LEVEL H-11 HOARD
Orit Shamir
Chapter 27 AN EARLY IRON AGE HOARD FROM AREA Q
Erin Hall
APPENDIX I: THE AREA Q HOARD, ANALYSIS OF THE METAL OBJECTS AND THE BEADS
Adi Eliyahu-Behar and Naama Yahalom-Mack
APPENDIX II: THE AREA Q HOARD, TEXTILE ANALYSIS
Orit Shamir
SECTION SIX: OTHER FINDS
Chapter 28 FLINT KNAPPING AND THE EARLY BRONZE AGE I TEMPLE: SOME ASPECTS OF THE ORGANIZATION OF LATE PREHISTORIC CULT
Ron Shimelmitz and Matthew J. Adams
Chapter 29 THE LATE BRONZE AND IRON AGE FLINT ASSEMBLAGES
Tamar Rosenberg-Yefet
Chapter 30 THE SMALL FINDS
Sivan Einhorn, Yana Kirilov and Benjamin Sass
Chapter 31 GROUND STONE TOOLS
Yoav Weingarten and Yehonatan Hershkovitz
Chapter 32 STONE VESSEL FRAGMENTS FROM SETTLEMENT CONTEXTS
Jen Thum and Zachary C. Dunseth
Chapter 33 A JUG SHERD WITH AN EARLY ALPHABETIC INSCRIPTION FROM AN IRON IIA CONTEXT IN AREA Q
Israel Finkelstein and Benjamin Sass
Chapter 34 STAMP-SEAL AMULETS
Stefan Mu?nger and Shirly Ben-Dor Evian
Chapter 35 MITANNIAN CYLINDER SEALS
Danilo R. Giordano
Chapter 36 CERAMIC FIGURINES FROM THE IRON IIA IN AREA Q
Margaret E. Cohen
Chapter 37 THE EARLIEST KNOWN SIGN OF TANIT FROM LEVEL H-10
Eran Arie
Chapter 38 BATTLEFIELD ARCHAEOLOGY AT ARMAGEDDON ONCE AGAIN: CARTRIDGE CASES AND THE 1948 BATTLE FOR MEGIDDO
Eric H. Cline, Anthony Sutter and Henry C. Pelgrift
SECTION SEVEN: CHRONOLOGY
Chapter 39 WIGGLE-MATCHED 14C CHRONOLOGY OF EARLY BRONZE MEGIDDO AND THE SYNCHRONIZATION OF EGYPTIAN AND LEVANTINE CHRONOLOGIES
Johanna Regev, Israel Finkelstein, Matthew J. Adams and Elisabetta Boaretto
Chapter 40 THE ABSOLUTE CHRONOLOGY OF MEGIDDO IN THE LATE BRONZE AND IRON AGES: HIGH-RESOLUTION RADIOCARBON DATING
Michael B. Toffolo, Eran Arie, Mario A.S. Martin, Elisabetta Boaretto and Israel Finkelstein
Chapter 41 RADIOCARBON DATING
Elisabetta Boaretto
Chapter 42 OSL DATING IN A MULTI-STRATA TELL: MEGIDDO AS A CASE STUDY
Naomi Porat, Geoff A.T. Duller, Helen M. Roberts, Eliezer Piasetzky and Israel Finkelstein
Chapter 43 THE TEL MEGIDDO PALEOINTENSITY PROJECT: TOWARD A HIGH RESOLUTION REFERENCE CURVE FOR ARCHAEOMAGNETIC DATING
Ron Shaar, Lisa Tauxe, Hagai Ron, Amotz Agnon, Yael Ebert and Israel Finkelstein
Chapter 44 ARCHAEOMAGNETIC DIRECTIONS STUDIED FROM BURNT STRUCTURES AT TEL MEGIDDO
Erez Hassul, Ruth Shahack-Gross, Israel Finkelstein, Amotz Agnon, Norbert Nowaczyk and Ron Shaar
SECTION EIGHT: THE ENVIRONMENT
Chapter 45 THE LATE BRONZE AGE ANIMAL ECONOMY
Lidar Sapir-Hen
APPENDIX I: FREQUENCIES OF SKELETAL ELEMENTS (%MNE), FUSED (F) AND UNFUSED (UF), FOR CAPRINES AND CATTLE BY AREA
APPENDIX II: BUTCHERY MARKS 1498
APPENDIX III: SKELETAL PARTS FREQUENCIES 1501
APPENDIX IV: MEASUREMENTS 1505
Chapter 46 SOCIAL STRATIFICATION IN THE LATE BRONZE AND EARLY IRON AGES: AN INTRA-SITE INVESTIGATION
Lidar Sapir-Hen, Aharon Sasson, Assaf Kleiman and Israel Finkelstein
Chapter 47 THE URBAN ECOLOGY OF IRON AGE TEL MEGIDDO: USING MICROVERTEBRATE REMAINS AS ANCIENT BIO-INDICATORS
Lior Weissbrod, Guy Bar-Oz, Thomas Cucchi, and Israel Finkelstein
Chapter 48 CHARCOAL REMAINS
Mordechay Benzaquen and Dafna Langgut
Chapter 49 SEEDS FROM THE 2010 SEASON
Nili Liphschitz
Chapter 50 A PALYNOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF IRON AGE GRINDING STONES
Mina Weinstein-Evron, Sophia Aharonovitch and Danny Rosenberg
Chapter 51 A LATRINE IN LEVEL H-14
Dafna Langgut, Dvory Namdar, Ruth Shahack-Gross, Eran Arie and Israel Finkelstein
SECTION NINE: GEOARCHAEOLOGY, METALLURGY AND PETROGRAPHY
Chapter 52 GEOARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION IN AREA Q: A DOMESTIC IRON AGE QUARTER
Lior Regev, Dan Cabanes, Robert S. Homsher, Assaf Kleiman, Steve Weiner, Israel Finkelstein and Ruth Shahack-Gross
Chapter 53 HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO BURN DOWN AN ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN CITY? THE STUDY OF EXPERIMENTALLY HEATED MUDBRICKS
Mathilde C.L. Forget and Ruth Shahack-Gross
Chapter 54 OBSERVATIONS ON THE MIDDLE BRONZE AGE MUDBRICK FORTIFICATIONS
Robert S. Homsher
Chapter 55 MEGIDDO OVENS
Shira Gur-Arieh
Chapter 56 IN SITU IRON I BRONZEWORKING IN AREA K: LESSONS FROM AN "EMPTY" SQUARE
Steve Weiner, Naama Yahalom-Mack, Adi Eliyahu-Behar, Mario A.S. Martin and Israel Finkelstein
Chapter 57 METALWORKING AT MEGIDDO DURING THE LATE BRONZE AND IRON AGES
Naama Yahalom-Mack, Adi Eliyahu-Behar, Mario A.S. Martin, Assaf Kleiman, Ruth Shahak-Gross, Robert S. Homsher, Yuval Gadot and Israel Finkelstein
Chapter 58 THE PROVENANCE OF PHILISTINE POTTERY IN NORTHERN CANAAN, WITH FOCUS ON THE JEZREEL VALLEY
Mario A.S. Martin
APPENDIX I: DESCRIPTION OF PETROGRAPHIC GROUPS 1717
APPENDIX II: CATALOG 1728
Chapter 59 NOTES ON LATE BRONZE III AND IRON I PHOENICIAN AND OTHER CONTAINERS AT MEGIDDO BASED ON PROVENANCE ANALYSIS
Paula Waiman-Barak and Ayelet Gilboa
SECTION TEN: SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
Chapter 60 THE EGYPTIANIZED POTTERY CACHE FROM AREA J: A FOUNDATION DEPOSIT FOR TEMPLE 4040
Matthew J. Adams
Chapter 61 CONCLUDING COMMENTS ON THE LATE BRONZE AND IRON AGES
Israel Finkelstein, Assaf Kleiman and Mario A.S. Martin
Chapter 61.1 THE LATE BRONZE AGE
Mario A.S. Martin and Israel Finkelstein
Chapter 61.2 THE IRON AGE
Assaf Kleiman and Israel Finkelstein
INDEX OF LOCI
Hadar Azrad
SECTION ONE: INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION: THE 2010-2014 SEASONS
Israel Finkelstein, Mario A.S. Martin and Matthew J. Adams
SECTION TWO: STRATIGRAPHY AND ARCHITECTURE
Chapter 2.1 AREA K: LEVELS K-10, K-9 AND K-8
Mario A.S. Martin, Matthew Schaeffer and Robert S. Homsher
Chapter 2.2 AREA K: SUMMARY OF ARCHITECTURE AND FUNCTION FROM THE MB III TO THE LATE IRON I
Mario A.S. Martin
Chapter 3 AREA H: LEVELS H-15 TO H-13
Melissa S. Cradic
Chapter 4 AREA H: LEVELS H-12 TO H-10
Eran Arie
Chapter 5 AREA Q: LEVELS Q-6 TO Q-1
Robert S. Homsher and Assaf Kleiman
Chapter 6 AREA V: BUILDING 338
Assaf Kleiman, Adam Kaplan and Israel Finkelstein
Chapter 7 AREA W: SOUNDING IN THE NORTHEASTERN SECTOR OF THE MOUND
Assaf Kleiman and Zachary C. Dunseth
Chapter 8 AREA-WIDE 3D MODELING FOR HIGH ACCURACY PHOTOREALISTIC DOCUMENTATION
Adam B. Prins
SECTION THREE: BURIALS
Chapter 9 THE MIDDLE BRONZE AGE BURIALS FROM AREA J
Matthew J. Adams and Melissa S. Cradic
Chapter 10 AREA K: INTRAMURAL PIT AND JAR BURIALS (LEVEL K-10)
Mario A.S. Martin, Melissa S. Cradic and Rachel Kalisher
APPENDIX: BURIAL TYPES COMPARANDA 294
Chapter 11 AREA K: TOMB 100 (LEVEL K-10)
Mario A.S. Martin and Melissa S. Cradic
APPENDIX I: STONE MASONRY-CONSTRUCTED CHAMBER TOMBS IN THE MB-LB I LEVANT
Mario A.S. Martin and Melissa S. Cradic
APPENDIX II: RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF THREE LAMPS
Dvory Namdar
Chapter 12 HUMAN SKELETAL REMAINS FROM CHAMBER-TOMB 100
Marina Faerman and Patricia Smith
Chapter 13 HUMAN SKELETAL REMAINS OF THE INTRAMURAL PIT AND JAR BURIALS FROM AREA K
Marina Faerman
Chapter 14 THE HUMAN REMAINS (1998, 2004 AND 2006)
Galit Sameora and Matthew J. Adams
Chapter 15 FOOD RITUALS AND THEIR SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE IN THE MIDSECOND MILLENNIUM BCE: A VIEW FROM MEGIDDO
Lidar Sapir-Hen, Mario A.S. Martin and Israel Finkelstein
APPENDIX: DETAILS OF THE FAUNA IN THE PIT BURIALS, LEVEL K-10 461
Chapter 16 A BIRD-HEADED KOHL STICK FROM AREA K
Jen Thum
Chapter 17 THE GEOMETRIC BONE INLAYS AND INLAID BOXES OF AREA K
Liat Naeh
Chapter 18 THREE STONE VESSELS FROM THE BURIALS IN AREA K
Jen Thum
VOLUME II
SECTION FOUR: POTTERY
Chapter 19 THE MB III-LB IIB POTTERY FROM AREAS K (LEVELS K-10 TO K-8) AND H (LEVELS H-15 TO H-13)
Mario A.S. Martin
APPENDIX I: STORAGE JAR CAPACITIES
Cydrisse Cateloy
APPENDIX II: RIM EVERSION ANGLES OF COOKING POTS
Yana Kirilov and Mario A.S. Martin
APPENDIX III: AN EGYPTIAN HANDLED CUP FROM UOC AREA BB
Mario A.S. Martin
APPENDIX IV: VESSEL AND RIM COUNTS
Mario A.S. Martin
APPENDIX V: RELIABLE LOCI AND SELECTED BURIALS OF UOC STRATA X-VIII
Mario A.S. Martin
Chapter 20 THE CYPRIOT POTTERY FROM AREAS K AND H
Brigid Clark and Assaf Yasur-Landau
Chapter 21 AEGEAN-TYPE POTTERY FROM MEGIDDO, AREAS H AND K
Philipp W. Stockhammer
Chapter 22 THE LATE BRONZE III AND EARLY IRON I POTTERY FROM LEVELS H-12, H-11 AND H-10
Eran Arie
APPENDIX I: THE COMPLETE VESSELS FROM LEVELS H-12 TO H-10 876
APPENDIX II: CERAMIC CATALOG OF LEVELS H-12, H-11 AND H-10 878
Chapter 23 THE IRON II POTTERY FROM AREA Q
Assaf Kleiman
APPENDIX I: COMPLETE VESSELS AND SHERDS FROM LEVELS Q-6 TO Q-1
APPENDIX II: CERAMIC CATALOG OF LEVELS Q-6 TO Q-1 1034
Chapter 24 GREEK POTTERY FROM AREA Q
Alexander Fantalkin, Assaf Kleiman and Hans Mommsen
Chapter 25 CYPRIOT POTTERY FROM AREA Q
Anna Georgiadou, Assaf Kleiman and Israel Finkelstein
APPENDIX: A CYPRO-ARCHAIC I AMPHORA FROM LEVEL Q-2
VOLUME III
SECTION FIVE: HOARDS
Chapter 26 JEWELRY HOARD FROM EARLY IRON AGE I (LEVEL H-11)
Eran Arie
APPENDIX I: CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF SILVER ARTIFACTS FROM THE LEVEL H-11 HOARD
Naama Yahalom-Mack, Tzilla Eshel, Ofir Tirosh and Yigal Erel
APPENDIX II: RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF THE HOARD'S JUG
Dvory Namdar
APPENDIX III: TEXTILES AND THREADS FROM THE LEVEL H-11 HOARD
Orit Shamir
Chapter 27 AN EARLY IRON AGE HOARD FROM AREA Q
Erin Hall
APPENDIX I: THE AREA Q HOARD, ANALYSIS OF THE METAL OBJECTS AND THE BEADS
Adi Eliyahu-Behar and Naama Yahalom-Mack
APPENDIX II: THE AREA Q HOARD, TEXTILE ANALYSIS
Orit Shamir
SECTION SIX: OTHER FINDS
Chapter 28 FLINT KNAPPING AND THE EARLY BRONZE AGE I TEMPLE: SOME ASPECTS OF THE ORGANIZATION OF LATE PREHISTORIC CULT
Ron Shimelmitz and Matthew J. Adams
Chapter 29 THE LATE BRONZE AND IRON AGE FLINT ASSEMBLAGES
Tamar Rosenberg-Yefet
Chapter 30 THE SMALL FINDS
Sivan Einhorn, Yana Kirilov and Benjamin Sass
Chapter 31 GROUND STONE TOOLS
Yoav Weingarten and Yehonatan Hershkovitz
Chapter 32 STONE VESSEL FRAGMENTS FROM SETTLEMENT CONTEXTS
Jen Thum and Zachary C. Dunseth
Chapter 33 A JUG SHERD WITH AN EARLY ALPHABETIC INSCRIPTION FROM AN IRON IIA CONTEXT IN AREA Q
Israel Finkelstein and Benjamin Sass
Chapter 34 STAMP-SEAL AMULETS
Stefan Mu?nger and Shirly Ben-Dor Evian
Chapter 35 MITANNIAN CYLINDER SEALS
Danilo R. Giordano
Chapter 36 CERAMIC FIGURINES FROM THE IRON IIA IN AREA Q
Margaret E. Cohen
Chapter 37 THE EARLIEST KNOWN SIGN OF TANIT FROM LEVEL H-10
Eran Arie
Chapter 38 BATTLEFIELD ARCHAEOLOGY AT ARMAGEDDON ONCE AGAIN: CARTRIDGE CASES AND THE 1948 BATTLE FOR MEGIDDO
Eric H. Cline, Anthony Sutter and Henry C. Pelgrift
SECTION SEVEN: CHRONOLOGY
Chapter 39 WIGGLE-MATCHED 14C CHRONOLOGY OF EARLY BRONZE MEGIDDO AND THE SYNCHRONIZATION OF EGYPTIAN AND LEVANTINE CHRONOLOGIES
Johanna Regev, Israel Finkelstein, Matthew J. Adams and Elisabetta Boaretto
Chapter 40 THE ABSOLUTE CHRONOLOGY OF MEGIDDO IN THE LATE BRONZE AND IRON AGES: HIGH-RESOLUTION RADIOCARBON DATING
Michael B. Toffolo, Eran Arie, Mario A.S. Martin, Elisabetta Boaretto and Israel Finkelstein
Chapter 41 RADIOCARBON DATING
Elisabetta Boaretto
Chapter 42 OSL DATING IN A MULTI-STRATA TELL: MEGIDDO AS A CASE STUDY
Naomi Porat, Geoff A.T. Duller, Helen M. Roberts, Eliezer Piasetzky and Israel Finkelstein
Chapter 43 THE TEL MEGIDDO PALEOINTENSITY PROJECT: TOWARD A HIGH RESOLUTION REFERENCE CURVE FOR ARCHAEOMAGNETIC DATING
Ron Shaar, Lisa Tauxe, Hagai Ron, Amotz Agnon, Yael Ebert and Israel Finkelstein
Chapter 44 ARCHAEOMAGNETIC DIRECTIONS STUDIED FROM BURNT STRUCTURES AT TEL MEGIDDO
Erez Hassul, Ruth Shahack-Gross, Israel Finkelstein, Amotz Agnon, Norbert Nowaczyk and Ron Shaar
SECTION EIGHT: THE ENVIRONMENT
Chapter 45 THE LATE BRONZE AGE ANIMAL ECONOMY
Lidar Sapir-Hen
APPENDIX I: FREQUENCIES OF SKELETAL ELEMENTS (%MNE), FUSED (F) AND UNFUSED (UF), FOR CAPRINES AND CATTLE BY AREA
APPENDIX II: BUTCHERY MARKS 1498
APPENDIX III: SKELETAL PARTS FREQUENCIES 1501
APPENDIX IV: MEASUREMENTS 1505
Chapter 46 SOCIAL STRATIFICATION IN THE LATE BRONZE AND EARLY IRON AGES: AN INTRA-SITE INVESTIGATION
Lidar Sapir-Hen, Aharon Sasson, Assaf Kleiman and Israel Finkelstein
Chapter 47 THE URBAN ECOLOGY OF IRON AGE TEL MEGIDDO: USING MICROVERTEBRATE REMAINS AS ANCIENT BIO-INDICATORS
Lior Weissbrod, Guy Bar-Oz, Thomas Cucchi, and Israel Finkelstein
Chapter 48 CHARCOAL REMAINS
Mordechay Benzaquen and Dafna Langgut
Chapter 49 SEEDS FROM THE 2010 SEASON
Nili Liphschitz
Chapter 50 A PALYNOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF IRON AGE GRINDING STONES
Mina Weinstein-Evron, Sophia Aharonovitch and Danny Rosenberg
Chapter 51 A LATRINE IN LEVEL H-14
Dafna Langgut, Dvory Namdar, Ruth Shahack-Gross, Eran Arie and Israel Finkelstein
SECTION NINE: GEOARCHAEOLOGY, METALLURGY AND PETROGRAPHY
Chapter 52 GEOARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION IN AREA Q: A DOMESTIC IRON AGE QUARTER
Lior Regev, Dan Cabanes, Robert S. Homsher, Assaf Kleiman, Steve Weiner, Israel Finkelstein and Ruth Shahack-Gross
Chapter 53 HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO BURN DOWN AN ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN CITY? THE STUDY OF EXPERIMENTALLY HEATED MUDBRICKS
Mathilde C.L. Forget and Ruth Shahack-Gross
Chapter 54 OBSERVATIONS ON THE MIDDLE BRONZE AGE MUDBRICK FORTIFICATIONS
Robert S. Homsher
Chapter 55 MEGIDDO OVENS
Shira Gur-Arieh
Chapter 56 IN SITU IRON I BRONZEWORKING IN AREA K: LESSONS FROM AN "EMPTY" SQUARE
Steve Weiner, Naama Yahalom-Mack, Adi Eliyahu-Behar, Mario A.S. Martin and Israel Finkelstein
Chapter 57 METALWORKING AT MEGIDDO DURING THE LATE BRONZE AND IRON AGES
Naama Yahalom-Mack, Adi Eliyahu-Behar, Mario A.S. Martin, Assaf Kleiman, Ruth Shahak-Gross, Robert S. Homsher, Yuval Gadot and Israel Finkelstein
Chapter 58 THE PROVENANCE OF PHILISTINE POTTERY IN NORTHERN CANAAN, WITH FOCUS ON THE JEZREEL VALLEY
Mario A.S. Martin
APPENDIX I: DESCRIPTION OF PETROGRAPHIC GROUPS 1717
APPENDIX II: CATALOG 1728
Chapter 59 NOTES ON LATE BRONZE III AND IRON I PHOENICIAN AND OTHER CONTAINERS AT MEGIDDO BASED ON PROVENANCE ANALYSIS
Paula Waiman-Barak and Ayelet Gilboa
SECTION TEN: SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
Chapter 60 THE EGYPTIANIZED POTTERY CACHE FROM AREA J: A FOUNDATION DEPOSIT FOR TEMPLE 4040
Matthew J. Adams
Chapter 61 CONCLUDING COMMENTS ON THE LATE BRONZE AND IRON AGES
Israel Finkelstein, Assaf Kleiman and Mario A.S. Martin
Chapter 61.1 THE LATE BRONZE AGE
Mario A.S. Martin and Israel Finkelstein
Chapter 61.2 THE IRON AGE
Assaf Kleiman and Israel Finkelstein
INDEX OF LOCI
Hadar Azrad