Megiddo VI

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 Académie 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.

• VOLUME ISECTION ONE: INTRODUCTIONChapter 1 INTRODUCTION: THE 2010–2014 SEASONSIsrael Finkelstein, Mario A.S. Martin and Matthew J. AdamsSECTION TWO: STRATIGRAPHY AND ARCHITECTUREChapter 2.1 AREA K: LEVELS K-10, K-9 AND K-8Mario A.S. Martin, Matthew Schaeffer and Robert S. HomsherChapter 2.2 AREA K: SUMMARY OF ARCHITECTURE AND FUNCTION FROM THE MB III TO THE LATE IRON IMario A.S. MartinChapter 3 AREA H: LEVELS H-15 TO H-13Melissa S. CradicChapter 4 AREA H: LEVELS H-12 TO H-10Eran ArieChapter 5 AREA Q: LEVELS Q-6 TO Q-1Robert S. Homsher and Assaf KleimanChapter 6 AREA V: BUILDING 338Assaf Kleiman, Adam Kaplan and Israel FinkelsteinChapter 7 AREA W: SOUNDING IN THE NORTHEASTERN SECTOR OF THE MOUNDAssaf Kleiman and Zachary C. DunsethChapter 8 AREA-WIDE 3D MODELING FOR HIGH ACCURACY PHOTOREALISTIC DOCUMENTATIONAdam B. PrinsSECTION THREE: BURIALSChapter 9 THE MIDDLE BRONZE AGE BURIALS FROM AREA JMatthew J. Adams and Melissa S. CradicChapter 10 AREA K: INTRAMURAL PIT AND JAR BURIALS (LEVEL K-10)Mario A.S. Martin, Melissa S. Cradic and Rachel KalisherAPPENDIX: BURIAL TYPES COMPARANDA 294Chapter 11 AREA K: TOMB 100 (LEVEL K-10)Mario A.S. Martin and Melissa S. CradicAPPENDIX I: STONE MASONRY-CONSTRUCTED CHAMBER TOMBS IN THE MB–LB I LEVANTMario A.S. Martin and Melissa S. CradicAPPENDIX II: RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF THREE LAMPSDvory NamdarChapter 12 HUMAN SKELETAL REMAINS FROM CHAMBER-TOMB 100Marina Faerman and Patricia SmithChapter 13 HUMAN SKELETAL REMAINS OF THE INTRAMURAL PIT AND JAR BURIALS FROM AREA KMarina FaermanChapter 14 THE HUMAN REMAINS (1998, 2004 AND 2006)Galit Sameora and Matthew J. AdamsChapter 15 FOOD RITUALS AND THEIR SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE IN THE MIDSECOND MILLENNIUM BCE: A VIEW FROM MEGIDDOLidar Sapir-Hen, Mario A.S. Martin and Israel FinkelsteinAPPENDIX: DETAILS OF THE FAUNA IN THE PIT BURIALS, LEVEL K-10 461Chapter 16 A BIRD-HEADED KOHL STICK FROM AREA KJen ThumChapter 17 THE GEOMETRIC BONE INLAYS AND INLAID BOXES OF AREA KLiat NaehChapter 18 THREE STONE VESSELS FROM THE BURIALS IN AREA KJen ThumVOLUME IISECTION FOUR: POTTERYChapter 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. MartinAPPENDIX I: STORAGE JAR CAPACITIESCydrisse CateloyAPPENDIX II: RIM EVERSION ANGLES OF COOKING POTSYana Kirilov and Mario A.S. MartinAPPENDIX III: AN EGYPTIAN HANDLED CUP FROM UOC AREA BBMario A.S. MartinAPPENDIX IV: VESSEL AND RIM COUNTSMario A.S. MartinAPPENDIX V: RELIABLE LOCI AND SELECTED BURIALS OF UOC STRATA X–VIIIMario A.S. MartinChapter 20 THE CYPRIOT POTTERY FROM AREAS K AND HBrigid Clark and Assaf Yasur-LandauChapter 21 AEGEAN-TYPE POTTERY FROM MEGIDDO, AREAS H AND KPhilipp W. StockhammerChapter 22 THE LATE BRONZE III AND EARLY IRON I POTTERY FROM LEVELS H-12, H-11 AND H-10Eran ArieAPPENDIX I: THE COMPLETE VESSELS FROM LEVELS H-12 TO H-10 876APPENDIX II: CERAMIC CATALOG OF LEVELS H-12, H-11 AND H-10 878Chapter 23 THE IRON II POTTERY FROM AREA QAssaf KleimanAPPENDIX I: COMPLETE VESSELS AND SHERDS FROM LEVELS Q-6 TO Q-1APPENDIX II: CERAMIC CATALOG OF LEVELS Q-6 TO Q-1 1034Chapter 24 GREEK POTTERY FROM AREA QAlexander Fantalkin, Assaf Kleiman and Hans MommsenChapter 25 CYPRIOT POTTERY FROM AREA QAnna Georgiadou, Assaf Kleiman and Israel FinkelsteinAPPENDIX: A CYPRO-ARCHAIC I AMPHORA FROM LEVEL Q-2VOLUME IIISECTION FIVE: HOARDSChapter 26 JEWELRY HOARD FROM EARLY IRON AGE I (LEVEL H-11)Eran ArieAPPENDIX I: CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF SILVER ARTIFACTS FROM THE LEVEL H-11 HOARDNaama Yahalom-Mack, Tzilla Eshel, Ofir Tirosh and Yigal ErelAPPENDIX II: RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF THE HOARD’S JUGDvory NamdarAPPENDIX III: TEXTILES AND THREADS FROM THE LEVEL H-11 HOARDOrit ShamirChapter 27 AN EARLY IRON AGE HOARD FROM AREA QErin HallAPPENDIX I: THE AREA Q HOARD, ANALYSIS OF THE METAL OBJECTS AND THE BEADSAdi Eliyahu-Behar and Naama Yahalom-MackAPPENDIX II: THE AREA Q HOARD, TEXTILE ANALYSISOrit ShamirSECTION SIX: OTHER FINDSChapter 28 FLINT KNAPPING AND THE EARLY BRONZE AGE I TEMPLE: SOME ASPECTS OF THE ORGANIZATION OF LATE PREHISTORIC CULTRon Shimelmitz and Matthew J. AdamsChapter 29 THE LATE BRONZE AND IRON AGE FLINT ASSEMBLAGESTamar Rosenberg-YefetChapter 30 THE SMALL FINDSSivan Einhorn, Yana Kirilov and Benjamin SassChapter 31 GROUND STONE TOOLSYoav Weingarten and Yehonatan HershkovitzChapter 32 STONE VESSEL FRAGMENTS FROM SETTLEMENT CONTEXTSJen Thum and Zachary C. DunsethChapter 33 A JUG SHERD WITH AN EARLY ALPHABETIC INSCRIPTION FROM AN IRON IIA CONTEXT IN AREA QIsrael Finkelstein and Benjamin SassChapter 34 STAMP-SEAL AMULETSStefan Münger and Shirly Ben-Dor EvianChapter 35 MITANNIAN CYLINDER SEALSDanilo R. GiordanoChapter 36 CERAMIC FIGURINES FROM THE IRON IIA IN AREA QMargaret E. CohenChapter 37 THE EARLIEST KNOWN SIGN OF TANIT FROM LEVEL H-10Eran ArieChapter 38 BATTLEFIELD ARCHAEOLOGY AT ARMAGEDDON ONCE AGAIN: CARTRIDGE CASES AND THE 1948 BATTLE FOR MEGIDDOEric H. Cline, Anthony Sutter and Henry C. PelgriftSECTION SEVEN: CHRONOLOGYChapter 39 WIGGLE-MATCHED 14C CHRONOLOGY OF EARLY BRONZE MEGIDDO AND THE SYNCHRONIZATION OF EGYPTIAN AND LEVANTINE CHRONOLOGIESJohanna Regev, Israel Finkelstein, Matthew J. Adams and Elisabetta BoarettoChapter 40 THE ABSOLUTE CHRONOLOGY OF MEGIDDO IN THE LATE BRONZE AND IRON AGES: HIGH-RESOLUTION RADIOCARBON DATINGMichael B. Toffolo, Eran Arie, Mario A.S. Martin, Elisabetta Boaretto and Israel FinkelsteinChapter 41 RADIOCARBON DATINGElisabetta BoarettoChapter 42 OSL DATING IN A MULTI-STRATA TELL: MEGIDDO AS A CASE STUDYNaomi Porat, Geoff A.T. Duller, Helen M. Roberts, Eliezer Piasetzky and Israel FinkelsteinChapter 43 THE TEL MEGIDDO PALEOINTENSITY PROJECT: TOWARD A HIGH RESOLUTION REFERENCE CURVE FOR ARCHAEOMAGNETIC DATINGRon Shaar, Lisa Tauxe, Hagai Ron, Amotz Agnon, Yael Ebert and Israel FinkelsteinChapter 44 ARCHAEOMAGNETIC DIRECTIONS STUDIED FROM BURNT STRUCTURES AT TEL MEGIDDOErez Hassul, Ruth Shahack-Gross, Israel Finkelstein, Amotz Agnon, Norbert Nowaczyk and Ron ShaarSECTION EIGHT: THE ENVIRONMENTChapter 45 THE LATE BRONZE AGE ANIMAL ECONOMYLidar Sapir-HenAPPENDIX I: FREQUENCIES OF SKELETAL ELEMENTS (%MNE), FUSED (F) AND UNFUSED (UF), FOR CAPRINES AND CATTLE BY AREAAPPENDIX II: BUTCHERY MARKS 1498APPENDIX III: SKELETAL PARTS FREQUENCIES 1501APPENDIX IV: MEASUREMENTS 1505Chapter 46 SOCIAL STRATIFICATION IN THE LATE BRONZE AND EARLY IRON AGES: AN INTRA-SITE INVESTIGATIONLidar Sapir-Hen, Aharon Sasson, Assaf Kleiman and Israel FinkelsteinChapter 47 THE URBAN ECOLOGY OF IRON AGE TEL MEGIDDO: USING MICROVERTEBRATE REMAINS AS ANCIENT BIO-INDICATORSLior Weissbrod, Guy Bar-Oz, Thomas Cucchi, and Israel FinkelsteinChapter 48 CHARCOAL REMAINSMordechay Benzaquen and Dafna LanggutChapter 49 SEEDS FROM THE 2010 SEASONNili LiphschitzChapter 50 A PALYNOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF IRON AGE GRINDING STONESMina Weinstein-Evron, Sophia Aharonovitch and Danny RosenbergChapter 51 A LATRINE IN LEVEL H-14Dafna Langgut, Dvory Namdar, Ruth Shahack-Gross, Eran Arie and Israel FinkelsteinSECTION NINE: GEOARCHAEOLOGY, METALLURGY AND PETROGRAPHYChapter 52 GEOARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION IN AREA Q: A DOMESTIC IRON AGE QUARTERLior Regev, Dan Cabanes, Robert S. Homsher, Assaf Kleiman, Steve Weiner, Israel Finkelstein and Ruth Shahack-GrossChapter 53 HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO BURN DOWN AN ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN CITY? THE STUDY OF EXPERIMENTALLY HEATED MUDBRICKSMathilde C.L. Forget and Ruth Shahack-GrossChapter 54 OBSERVATIONS ON THE MIDDLE BRONZE AGE MUDBRICK FORTIFICATIONSRobert S. HomsherChapter 55 MEGIDDO OVENSShira Gur-AriehChapter 56 IN SITU IRON I BRONZEWORKING IN AREA K: LESSONS FROM AN “EMPTY” SQUARESteve Weiner, Naama Yahalom-Mack, Adi Eliyahu-Behar, Mario A.S. Martin and Israel FinkelsteinChapter 57 METALWORKING AT MEGIDDO DURING THE LATE BRONZE AND IRON AGESNaama Yahalom-Mack, Adi Eliyahu-Behar, Mario A.S. Martin, Assaf Kleiman, Ruth Shahak-Gross, Robert S. Homsher, Yuval Gadot and Israel FinkelsteinChapter 58 THE PROVENANCE OF PHILISTINE POTTERY IN NORTHERN CANAAN, WITH FOCUS ON THE JEZREEL VALLEYMario A.S. MartinAPPENDIX I: DESCRIPTION OF PETROGRAPHIC GROUPS 1717APPENDIX II: CATALOG 1728Chapter 59 NOTES ON LATE BRONZE III AND IRON I PHOENICIAN AND OTHER CONTAINERS AT MEGIDDO BASED ON PROVENANCE ANALYSISPaula Waiman-Barak and Ayelet GilboaSECTION TEN: SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONSChapter 60 THE EGYPTIANIZED POTTERY CACHE FROM AREA J: A FOUNDATION DEPOSIT FOR TEMPLE 4040Matthew J. AdamsChapter 61 CONCLUDING COMMENTS ON THE LATE BRONZE AND IRON AGESIsrael Finkelstein, Assaf Kleiman and Mario A.S. MartinChapter 61.1 THE LATE BRONZE AGEMario A.S. Martin and Israel FinkelsteinChapter 61.2 THE IRON AGEAssaf Kleiman and Israel FinkelsteinINDEX OF LOCIHadar Azrad