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Tel Miqne-Ekron is one of the largest and most significant Iron Age
archaeological sites in Israel. Based on fourteen seasons of
excavations, this volume in the Tel Miqne series documents
remarkable finds from the late Iron Age II Philistine temple.
Immediately before its destruction at the hands of the
Neo-Babylonians, the biblical city of Ekron had reached its zenith
as a vassal of the Neo-Assyrian empire. The remains from Temple
Complex 650 mirror Ekron’s wealth and position at the crossroads
between Neo-Assyrian, Phoenician, and Philistine cultural
traditions. This archaeological report contains stratigraphic
analyses; a discussion of the temple’s architectural features;
analyses of small finds, including a remarkable trove of ivory
objects; comprehensive documentation, including quantification
analyses of the vast ceramic assemblage; and, importantly, a
discussion of the Ekron Royal Dedicatory Inscription, considered
one of Israel’s most noteworthy archaeological finds of the
twentieth century. Together with the evidence from the other fields
of excavation, Tel Miqne-Ekron 10/1 establishes the basis for
defining Ekron as the type-site for Philistia in the Iron Age II.
An essential resource for archaeologists, biblical scholars, and
historians specializing in the ancient Near East, Tel Miqne-Ekron
10/1 is of vital importance for reconstructing the history of the
Southern Levant in the Iron Age. In addition to the coauthors, the
contributors include Eleanor F. Beach, David Ben-Shlomo, Baruch
Brandl, Jeffrey R. Chadwick, Alexandra S. Drenka, Adi Erlich, Amir
Golani, Edward F. Maher, Ianir Milevski, Alla Rabinovich, Christa
Sch fer-Lichtenberger, and Anna de Vincenz.
In this fascinating book, Seymour (Sy) Gitin recounts his life’s
journey, from his childhood in 1940s Buffalo, New York, to a
storied career as an archaeologist working and living in Israel.
Over the course of his life, Sy served as a rabbi in Los Angeles
and as US Air Force Chaplain, starred in an Israeli movie, trained
as an archaeologist, and eventually became the Director of the W.
F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research in Jerusalem, an
institution he led for thirty-four years. As an archaeologist, Sy
encouraged American participation in the archaeology of ancient
Israel, fostered the development of the Palestinian archaeological
community, and conducted valuable field work at Tell Gezer and Tel
Miqne-Ekron. His tale is full of entertaining vignettes involving
the people that he encountered along the way, including many of the
pioneers in the field—W. F. Albright, Nelson Glueck, Yigael
Yadin, Benjamin Mazar, and Trude Dothan, as well as current
protagonists William G. Dever, Israel Finkelstein, and Amihai
Mazar. Readers will enjoy Sy’s humorous and engaging stories:
rationing out seder wine on a military base following the great
Alaskan earthquake only to learn that soldiers were threatening to
use it to brush their teeth, encounters with Senator Daniel Patrick
Moynihan and US Ambassador Thomas Pickering, and the many colorful
experiences he had with fellow scholars through the years. An
engaging and entertaining recounting of a remarkably lived life,
The Road Taken is a revealing look at being Jewish in America and
Israel from the 1940s through today and an eye-opening look at the
often controversial development of biblical archaeology.
This well-illustrated volume presents the evidence from Stratum
Pre-IC of the end of the 8th century, from Strata IC and IB of the
7th century, when Ekron achieved the zenith of its physical growth
and prosperity, and from Stratum IA, the final Iron Age IIC phase
of the early 6th century BCE. It offers a detailed discussion of
the Iron Age IIC occupational history; a comprehensive analysis of
the ceramic assemblages; a quantitative analysis of the pottery
from the main Stratum IB buildings; and studies on vessel capacity,
ceramic, lithic, ivory, and metal objects, jewelry, scarabs, faunal
remains, and fish bones. Published under the auspices of the
Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, this volume concludes the
publication of the results of the nine seasons of excavation
conducted in Field IV Lower between 1985 and 1995, directed by
Trude Dothan and Seymour Gitin and sponsored by the W. F. Albright
Institute of Archaeological Research and the Hebrew University of
Jerusalem. Companion volumes published in 2016: —Field IV
Lower—The Elite Zone, Part 1: The Iron Age I Early Philistine
City by Trude Dothan, Yosef Garfinkel and Seymour Gitin; —Part
3A: The Iron Age I and IIC Early and Late Philistine Cities
Database (see links tab); —Part 3B: The Iron Age I and IIC Early
and Late Philistine Cities Plans and Sections The final reports on
the two large Iron Age I and IIC Philistines cities in Field IV
Lower offer a comprehensive view of the history of Ekron from its
initial establishment and development in the Iron Age I until its
destruction in the late Iron Age II. The searchable database and
print version of the sections and plans provide a unique
opportunity for readers to access and evaluate the excavators’
observations and conclusions.
Tel Miqne-Ekron Field IV Lower—The Elite Zone, The Iron Age I and
IIC, The Early and Late Philistine Cities, Parts 9/1-9/3B present
the evidence of two large Philistines cites, one in Iron I, the
period of its initial development, and the other in Iron IIC, its
final stage when it achieved its zenith of physical growth and
prosperity. They also offer a unique opportunity to check and
evaluate the excavators' observations and conclusions based on
their comprehensive database. Published under the auspices of the
Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, they comprise the final
reports of the nine seasons of excavations during the years
1985-1995, directed by Trude Dothan and Seymour Gitin and sponsored
by the W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research and the
Hebrew University. Volume 9/1, The Iron Age I Early Philistine City
covers Strata VII-IV, the 12th-early 10th centuries BCE. It
includes a detailed discussion of the occupational history of the
period with a comprehensive analysis of the ceramic assemblages and
a selection of ceramic, lithic, clay, and metal objects with
detailed discussions of jewelry, scarabs and ivory objects, as well
as the faunal evidence. Volume 9/2, The Iron Age IIC Late
Philistine City, which presents the evidence from Stratum I of the
7th and early 6th century BCE, is in press. Volume 9/3B The Iron
Age I and IIC Late and Early Philistine Cities Plans and Sections
includes every plan and section of each excavated Area in Field IV
Lower.
In 1912, R. A. S. Macalister published reports on his PEF
excavations at Tell Gezer in central Israel, including notice of
having traced more than 1,400 meters (almost a full mile) of
defense walls around the site. Now, a century later, a detailed
reassessment of these fortifications is provided in the publication
of Gezer VII: The Middle Bronze and Later Fortifications in Fields
II, IV, and VIII, edited by Joe D. Seger and James W. Hardin. This
volume features work at Gezer sponsored by Hebrew Union College and
Harvard University between 1968 and 1974, reporting on excavations
at Macalister’s “Southern Gate” (Field IV) and along his
“Inner” and “Outer” wall systems both on the southern
(Field II) and northern (Field VIII) flanks of the site. These
excavations produced much new data, enabling a confident dating of
the Southern Gate complex and the Inner Wall system to the latter
part of the Middle Bronze period (1700–1500 B.C.E.) and of the
Outer Wall to the Late Bronze II and subsequent Hellenistic eras.
Among a rich array of cultural remains, intramural occupation of
the Middle Bronze Age yielded a gold jewelry hoard and early
evidence of alphabetic writing.
Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Albright Institute of
Archaeological Research, this collection of erudite essays
concentrates on the archaeology of ancient Israel, Canaan, and
neighboring nations.
Twelve essays, written by various scholars and originally published
in Spanish, explore the ways in which Phoenician colonization of
the Iberian Peninsula was a function of Assyrian westward
expansion. Selected articles include: The Phoenician Settlement of
the 8th Century B.C. in Morro de Mezquitilla (Algarrobo, Malaga) by
H. Schubart, Phoenician Trade in the West: Balance and Perspectives
by M.E. Aubet Semmler, and The Ancient Colonization of Ibiza:
Mechanisms and Process by J. Ramon.
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