Hellenistic Nysa-Scythopolis I

Achim Lichtenberger is Professor of Classical Archaeology at the University of Münster and Director of the university’s Archaeological Museum, specializing in the archaeology of the Hellenistic and Roman Near East. He has been codirector of the German-Israeli Tell Iẓṭabba Excavation Project since 2019 and has codirected archaeological excavations in Jordan (Gerasa, 2011–2017) and Armenia (Artaxata, since 2018).Oren Tal is Professor of Classical Archaeology at Tel Aviv University, specializing in the archaeology of the classical and medieval Near East. He has been codirector of the German-Israeli Tell Iẓṭabba Excavation Project since 2019 and director of the Apollonia-Arsuf Excavation Project since 2007 and has excavated many other sites in Israel.

• PREFACE  CHAPTER 1 IntroductionACHIM LICHTENBERGER AND OREN TALPART I: THE SITECHAPTER 2 A GIS Framework for the Historical and Modern Post-OccupationalActivities at Tell IẓṭabbaMANUEL J.H. PETERSCHAPTER 3 The Correlation between Magnetic Prospection Data and ExcavationResults at Nysa-ScythopolisCORNELIUS MEYERCHAPTER 4 Archival Archaeology: Beth-Shean in Philadelphia as a Test CasePHILIP EBELINGPART II: STRATIGRAPHY AND ARCHITECTURECHAPTER 5 Introductory RemarksACHIM LICHTENBERGER AND OREN TALCHAPTER 6 Area AMEIR EDREY, TAMAR HARPAK, ACHIM LICHTENBERGER AND OREN TALCHAPTER 7 Area BPHILIP EBELING, TAMAR HARPAK, ACHIM LICHTENBERGER AND OREN TALCHAPTER 8 Area CMEIR EDREY, TAMAR HARPAK, ACHIM LICHTENBERGER AND OREN TALCHAPTER 9 Area D with Appendix: SpoliaMEIR EDREY, TAMAR HARPAK, ACHIM LICHTENBERGER AND OREN TALPART III: ARTIFACTSCHAPTER 10 Pottery from the Persian and Hellenistic PeriodsACHIM LICHTENBERGER AND OREN TALCHAPTER 11 Lamps from the Hellenistic and Later PeriodsACHIM LICHTENBERGER AND OREN TALCHAPTER 12 Early Bronze Age Pottery and Flint ItemsYITZHAK PAZCHAPTER 13 Vitreous Finds: Faience and GlassRUTH E. JACKSON-TALCHAPTER 14 Metal FindsACHIM LICHTENBERGER AND OREN TALCHAPTER 15 Stone FindsACHIM LICHTENBERGER AND OREN TALCHAPTER 16 Terracotta Figurines with Appendix: A Handmade Ship-Like ObjectACHIM LICHTENBERGER AND OREN TALCHAPTER 17 Stucco Fragments and Their Chemical AnalysisDANA ASHKENAZI, ROMI SHNABEL, ACHIM LICHTENBERGER AND OREN TALCHAPTER 18 Textile Remains and Loom WeightsORIT SHAMIR, ACHIM LICHTENBERGER AND OREN TALCHAPTER 19 Hellenistic Stamped Amphorae and Amphora HandlesDONALD T. ARIELCHAPTER 20 Inscribed Artifacts and GraffitiACHIM LICHTENBERGER AND OREN TALCHAPTER 21 CoinsACHIM LICHTENBERGER AND OREN TALPART IV: ECOFACTSCHAPTER 22 Faunal RemainsMIRIAM PINESCHAPTER 23 ShellsHENK K. MIENIS AND OZ RITTNERCHAPTER 24 Archaeobotanical RemainsANDREA ORENDICHAPTER 25 Earthen Construction PracticesMARTA LORENZON AND BENJAMÍN CUTILLAS-VICTORIACHAPTER 26 Organic Residue Analysis: Preliminary ResultsSILVIA POLLA, ANDREAS SPRINGER AND SHAILESHKUMAR VAGHASIYAPART V: SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONSCHAPTER 27 The 2019–2020 German-Israeli Excavations at Tell Iẓṭabba: NewInsights into the History and Archaeology of a Seleucid Site in the Beth-Shean ValleyACHIM LICHTENBERGER AND OREN TALLIST OF LOCI LIST OF WALLS LIST OF LOCITO SQUARES