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Arslan Tash Palace: a reconsideration of the architecture, phases, chronology and use1 Levant Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Tareq Awwad, Mustapha Audeh
This study reconsiders the plan of Arslan Tash Palace as presented through the excavations carried out by F. Thureau-Dangin in the early part of the 20th century. The north-eastern part of the Pala...
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Ḥorvat Tevet, the Jezreel Valley: a village and an Israelite royal estate Levant Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Omer Sergi, Hannes Bezzel, Yoav Tsur, Karen Covello-Paran
Ḥorvat Tevet is a small site located in the north-eastern margins of the Jezreel Valley. During the late Iron IIA (9th century BCE) a large, public, pillared building was erected on the site’s summ...
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Discoid loom weights on Cyprus: new insights into textile tools and practical knowledge from the Aegean Levant Pub Date : 2024-01-10 Giulia Muti
Discoid loom weights are a distinctive type of weaving tool widely found at Bronze Age sites across the Aegean region. The identification of these artefacts in the Cypriot record sheds new light on...
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Pottery craft in the early urban world: two EB IVA traditions in focus in Tell Mishrifeh-Qatna, Hypogeum IV (Syria) Levant Pub Date : 2024-01-12 Mathilde Jean
Tell Mishrifeh, ancient Qatna, is a prominent Syrian site founded c. 2700–2600 BCE during the urbanization of inner Syria in the Early Bronze Age (EB). Hypogeum IV was one of the first EB IV (2500–...
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Illicit trafficking of cultural objects: the case of Cyprus Levant Pub Date : 2023-12-14 Despina Pilides
Rampant unregulated excavation, at a time when archaeological practice was still unknown, opened the way to massive exportation of cultural objects from Cyprus, in parallel with other countries und...
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The ethics of excavating: bioarchaeology and the case for rehabilitating legacy human skeletal collections in the Near East Levant Pub Date : 2023-12-14 Lesley A. Gregoricka
Excavation is considered by many to be an inextricable part of bioarchaeology, generating assemblages of human skeletons that bioarchaeologists rely on to reconstruct the past. However, in the Near...
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Academic ‘ethics’ and the Schøyen Collection Aramaic incantation bowls: a personal narrative Levant Pub Date : 2023-12-14 Neil Brodie
The Aramaic incantation bowls in the possession of the Schøyen Collection have been the subject of academic controversy and police search. This paper discusses the ethical dimensions of scholarly e...
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Towards a bottom-up approach for collaboration in cultural heritage: the case of the Council for British Research in the Levant (CBRL) Amman Institute and the JEA's Urban Heritage Preservation Committee Levant Pub Date : 2023-12-14 Shatha Mubaideen
Since the 19th century, Jordan, with its diverse and rich heritage, has been a thriving hub for international scholars and researchers. To further this pursuit, several international research insti...
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Setting the standard: the 1970 standard and ethical codes of archaeological organizations Levant Pub Date : 2023-12-14 Patty Gerstenblith
Many archaeological organizations have adopted policies that prohibit being the place of first publication, or announcement, of archaeological artefacts that do not comply with the 1970 standard. C...
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Illicit trafficking of cultural objects: the case of Cyprus Levant Pub Date : 2023-12-14 Despina Pilides
Rampant unregulated excavation, at a time when archaeological practice was still unknown, opened the way to massive exportation of cultural objects from Cyprus, in parallel with other countries und...
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Do the right thing Levant Pub Date : 2023-12-14 Morag M. Kersel
Published in Levant: The Journal of the Council for British Research in the Levant (Vol. 55, No. 3, 2023)
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Shattered glass of Beirut: collaboration between the Archaeological Museum (American University of Beirut) and international partners following the 2020 port explosion Levant Pub Date : 2023-12-14 Nadine Panayot, Aimée Bou Rizk, Duygu Çamurcuog˘lu, Claire Cuyaubère, Joanne Dyer, James Fraser, Ian Freestone, Zeina Klink-Hoppe, Andrew Meek
The Archaeological Museum at the American University of Beirut (AUB) lies approximately 3 km west of the main port of Beirut, the site of the massive explosion that sent a catastrophic shockwave th...
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Yavne and the industrial production of Gaza and Ashqelon wines Levant Pub Date : 2023-11-21 Jon Seligman, Elie Haddad, Liat Nadav-Ziv
Recent excavations at Yavne show the scale of the wine industry at the site, indicating the central place of its wineries in the viticulture, processing and trade of wines from Ashqelon and Gaza du...
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An Early Bronze Age stone tool assemblage from al-Badʿ Oasis in northern Arabia: a technological and functional analysis Levant Pub Date : 2023-10-04 Yamandú H. Hilbert, Guillaume Charloux, Samer Sahlah, Abdulaziz al-Oniri
Archaeological research on the 4th millennium BCE throughout the Levant has shown how craft specialization, extended trade and supply routes, as well as increased social stratification, established...
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Crisis in motion: the final days of Iron Age I Megiddo Levant Pub Date : 2023-09-04 Assaf Kleiman, Erin Hall, Rachel Kalisher, Zachary C. Dunseth, Lidar Sapir-Hen, Robert S. Homsher, Matthew J. Adams, Israel Finkelstein
The destruction of Iron I Megiddo in the early 10th century BCE was a momentous event in the history of the southern Levant. It marked an abrupt break in the long cultural development of the Middle and Late Bronze Ages. Despite extensive field research, essential questions related to this event remain unanswered, especially regarding the processes that took place in the city immediately before its
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Exploring chaîne opératoires of Hellenistic ceramic oil lamps from Nea Paphos, Cyprus Levant Pub Date : 2023-08-15 Małgorzata Kajzer, Edyta Marzec, Anno Hein
This paper presents the reconstruction of the chaîne opératoires of local Hellenistic lamps found at the Agora in Nea Paphos. The study is based on detailed macroscopic observations combined with the results of laboratory analyses. It aims at shedding light on the operational sequences of lamp manufacture, from clay processing, through forming, finishing and surface treatments, to firing. The results
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Beyond sealing: evidence of Middle Bronze Age stamps from the Kouris Valley, Cyprus Levant Pub Date : 2023-05-17 Luca Bombardieri
A focused analysis of provenanced and unprovenanced Middle Bronze Age stamps from the Kouris Valley in Cyprus is presented in this article. Stylistic aspects are investigated, along with possible external prototypes on which they may have been based, as well as their possible multiple uses and functions. Finally, the limited evidence from Middle Bronze Age contexts in Cyprus is discussed in relation
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Regionalism, social boundaries and cultural interaction in the Levantine Early Bronze Age Levant Pub Date : 2023-05-15 Mark Iserlis, Yael Rotem, Uri Davidovich
Published in Levant: The Journal of the Council for British Research in the Levant (Vol. 55, No. 1, 2023)
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Lajjun: forgotten provincial capital in Ottoman Palestine Levant Pub Date : 2023-05-09 Roy Marom, Yotam Tepper, Matthew J. Adams
During the 16th century CE, the town of al-Lajjun in the Marj ibn ‘Amir (the Jezreel Valley), served as one of Ottoman Palestine’s provincial capitals under the administration of the Turabay Dynasty (1517–1688 CE), and was an important centre on the imperial highway between Damascus and Cairo. However, the town of this period has never been the subject of historical investigation. This paper seeks
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The EB II ‘metallic ware’ from Tell el-Far‘ah North (West Bank): typology, technology and petrography of a ceramic industry of the central hill country Levant Pub Date : 2023-04-27 Maura Sala
The present work reports the results of the typological, technological and archaeometric study undertaken on Early Bronze Age ceramic fragments from the site of Tell el-Far‘ah North (West Bank), which macroscopic analysis has recognized as representative of ‘metallic ware’. The fragments belong to a distinctive class of medium-sized carinated bowls dating to the south Levantine EB II/ESL 4. Petrographic
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Ex-territorial rituals and inter-cultural encounters in the Early Bronze Age Levant: a reconsideration of the Mitzpe Shalem site cluster Levant Pub Date : 2023-04-11 Samuel Atkins, Uri Davidovich
The role of marginal areas in the dynamic relations between mobile and sedentary groups in Early Bronze Age Levant is examined through the site cluster of Mitzpe Shalem. This morphologically anomalous cluster was discovered and excavated more than 50 years ago, yet its function has not been subject to rigorous archaeological analysis. A holistic reconsideration of various aspects of the site cluster
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Avian depiction in the earliest Neolithic communities of the Near East Levant Pub Date : 2023-03-29 Yosef Garfinkel, Sarah Krulwich
From the Upper Palaeolithic to the present, birds constituted a marginal motif in the extensive corpus of human artistic expression. Only one episode of human history stands out as an exception: the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A of the Near East (c. 9800–8700 BC). During this time, numerous bird representations occur at many sites across the region: Gilgal, Jerf el Ahmar, Mureybet, Nemrik 9, Tell ‘Abr 3
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The role of highland regions in interregional connectivity: Upper Galilee in the Early Bronze Age Levant Pub Date : 2023-03-27 Ido Wachtel
The Early Bronze Age I–II transition in the southern Levant (c. 3000 BCE) is attested by significant changes in the organization of settlement systems, and economic modes of production and distribution. This study examined settlement patterns in the mountainous Upper Galilee and adjacent regions during the Early Bronze (EB) I–II. The regional settlement history was studied using a systematic survey
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To whom does the water flow? A new aqueduct branch of Ayn Braq in Petra, Jordan Levant Pub Date : 2023-03-21 Catreena Hamarneh
For any city to flourish it must be able to provide sufficient water for the daily needs of the population, as well as, in addition to water for religious needs, water for aesthetic needs, such as fountains, gardens and baths. Nabataeans were specifically keen to showcase their ingenuity and wealth, as they were situated in a dry and arid area. For this, an extensive network of channels, pipes and
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New evidence for long-distance trade in arsenical copper during the Early Bronze Age in the southern Levant: analysis of weapons from the Nesher-Ramla cemetery Levant Pub Date : 2023-03-20 Naama Yahalom-Mack, Vladimir Wolff Avrutis, Yigal Erel
The paper presents new data regarding trade in metals during Early Bronze IB. Using chemical and lead isotope analysis of weapons from Early Bronze Age IB burials from the Nesher Ramla Quarry, located in the Shephelah (piedmont) bordering the Judean foothills, it is shown that complex metals were likely procured from eastern Anatolia. These data join similar analytic results regarding several artefacts
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A unique lead ornament from Shivta: identification considerations Levant Pub Date : 2023-02-09 Emma Maayan-Fanar, Yotam Tepper, Yotam Asscher
An assemblage of lead fragments, discovered during recent excavations in the courtyard of a domestic structure (Building 86) near the southern reservoir at Shivta, appears to consist of several ornamental fragments. The largest and most recognizable fragment is decorated with an eagle with prostrated wings. A second smaller fragment is identifiable as part of a cross. In this paper a reconstruction
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Assembling columns: construction process through the masons’ marks from the Macellum of Gerasa (Jerash, Jordan) Levant Pub Date : 2023-02-08 Alexandra Uscatescu
The study of the so-called masons’ marks found on some architectural elements of the macellum of Gerasa (Jerash, Jordan) is presented; these unpublished archaeological data, recovered from excavations conducted in the 1983−90s at the site, shed light on the day-to-day construction process of the macellum Roman building, dated before mid−2nd century AD.
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Cattle drivers from the north? Animal economy of a diasporic Kura-Araxes community at Tel Bet Yerah Levant Pub Date : 2023-02-03 Gwendoline Maurer, Raphael Greenberg
Kura-Araxes animal management strategies in the core regions of the tradition and in areas of its 3rd millennium expansion have seen only sporadic study. Recently excavated contexts at Tel Bet Yerah were occupied in the first part of the Early Bronze Age III (c. 2850–2700 BCE) by people using Khirbet Kerak Ware and accompanying artifacts associated with a diasporic Kura-Araxes cultural tradition; they
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Site custody activism in Jordan: introducing Sela and Alraqeem Levant Pub Date : 2023-01-26 Øystein S. LaBianca, Elena Ronza
The article introduces Sela/Alraqeem, a Jordanian grass-roots organization dedicated to building capacity for local-level engagement with officialdom and professional archaeologists when planning for the protection and development of archaeological sites. The article is based on Øystein LaBianca’s embedding, during two weeks in October 2021, with the Sela/Alraqeem leadership team in the town of Madaba
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Beyond urbanization, regional settlement pattern in south-eastern Levant during the Early Bronze Age Levant Pub Date : 2023-01-17 Christophe Nicolle
In the southern Levant, urbanization is the prevailing model used when interpreting the settlement history and material culture changes observed during the Early Bronze (EB) II–III periods. Several scholars question the dominance of this interpretative model. They point out differences between settlement organization and site morphology data, and the situation depicted by the traditional urban model
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A numbers game: analyzing pottery usage patterns of 4th millennium BCE sites in the southern Levant Levant Pub Date : 2023-01-17 Yitzhak Paz, Itai Elad
Excavations of 4th millennium BCE sites conducted in the past two decades have provided a significant amount of quantitative data regarding the use of pottery. This accumulated data provides an opportunity to engage in a comparative analysis between sites of different regions in the southern Levant, as well as of the different periods comprising the 4th millennium, including the Late Chalcolithic,
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Early Bronze Age IA mortuary practices and difference on the south-eastern Dead Sea Plain, Jordan Levant Pub Date : 2023-01-17 Meredith S. Chesson
Early Bronze Age I mortuary practices present a fascinating opportunity to consider how archaeologists approach the question of regionalism, a task rooted fundamentally in the identification and assessment of difference. This paper discusses the intellectual scaffolding in archaeological approaches to assessing variation and homogeneity in our social, economic and political reconstructions of the EB
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Age and sex determination of fingerprints on ceramic objects from the Late Bronze Age palace at Tel Beth-Shemesh, Israel Levant Pub Date : 2023-01-16 Kent D. Fowler, Jon Ross, Christian Barritt-Cleary, Zvi Lederman, Shlomo Bunimovitz, Haskel J. Greenfield
Who made figurines for ritual feasting in the Late Bronze Age (LBA) palace at Tel Beth-Shemesh? This article attempts to answer this question by determining the age and sex of fingerprints on five zoomorphic figurines and a lamp from a unique room in the LBA IB–IIA palace that contains an assemblage normally associated with feasting. The age and sex determinations of 59 preserved epidermal print impressions
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William Lancaster: anthropologist and ethnographic mentor Levant Pub Date : 2022-12-16 Alison Betts
Published in Levant: The Journal of the Council for British Research in the Levant (Vol. 54, No. 3, 2022)
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Subsistence practices in Phoenicia and beyond: faunal investigations at Tell el-Burak, Lebanon (c. 725–350 BCE) Levant Pub Date : 2022-12-14 Shyama Vermeersch, Britt M. Starkovich, Adriano Orsingher, Jens Kamlah
Agricultural practices in Iron Age Phoenicia are an understudied field of research. The most recently excavated faunal evidence from Tell el-Burak, a coastal agricultural domain linked to either Sidon or Sarepta, will increase our understanding of this topic. This paper provides the first diachronic and detailed analysis of the Late Iron Age and Persian period faunal data from Tell el-Burak, and investigates
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Remembering Neil Faulkner Levant Pub Date : 2022-11-28 Professor Nicholas J. Saunders
Published in Levant: The Journal of the Council for British Research in the Levant (Vol. 54, No. 3, 2022)
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Building biographies of the Cypriot Chalcolithic Levant Pub Date : 2022-11-21 Victor Klinkenberg
Roundhouses from the Cypriot Chalcolithic display substantial size differences, as well as variety between use phases. This paper employs a biographical approach to map and interpret the diversity and similarities between these buildings. Buildings from two sites in the south-west of Cyprus are examined for evidence of changes throughout their use lives. In addition, the diachronic relationships between
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For god, king and country: cult and territoriality in the Iron Age Levant Levant Pub Date : 2022-10-28 Timothy Hogue
In the 9th century BC, Levantine polities performatively expressed territoriality by strategically utilizing the spatial discourse of royal monuments. Specifically, Levantine rulers erected complementary monuments in both their core cities and frontier cities to transmit a central praxis and perspective to the periphery. This practice drew on earlier Levantine traditions of using monuments to demarcate
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Cultural continuity and asymmetry through the Levantine Early Bronze Age: a view from the desert Levant Pub Date : 2022-10-28 Aaron D. Gidding
Over the past few years, a combination of new data and a revised interpretation of old data has led to a ‘new paradigm’ for the history of the southern arid periphery of the southern Levant during the 3rd millennium BCE. It has long been known that copper was fundamental to the local economy of the Faynan district of southern Jordan: the barrenness of the Faynan region created economic asymmetry that
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Wine Jars and Jar Makers of Cyprus: The Ethnoarchaeology of Pitharia Levant Pub Date : 2022-10-12 Michael Given
Published in Levant: The Journal of the Council for British Research in the Levant (Ahead of Print, 2022)
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Dan IV: The Iron Age I Settlement. The Avraham Biran Excavations (1966–1999) Levant Pub Date : 2022-10-10 Marina Pucci
Published in Levant: The Journal of the Council for British Research in the Levant (Vol. 54, No. 2, 2022)
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Ghazi Bisheh 1944–2022: an appreciation Levant Pub Date : 2022-10-05 Alan Walmsley
Published in Levant: The Journal of the Council for British Research in the Levant (Vol. 54, No. 2, 2022)
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The Ḥarrah’s epigraphic heritage: new safaitic inscriptions from the Black Desert in north-eastern Jordan and a Greek inscription referring to Zeus Kyrios Levant Pub Date : 2022-10-05 Ali Al-Manaser, Jérôme Norris
This paper publishes six new inscriptions discovered at three different sites within the Ḥarrah desert in north-eastern Jordan during the 2017 and 2018 seasons of the BES (Badia Epigraphic Survey). The first text is a five-line Greek inscription referring to the god Zeus Kyrios ‘Zeus the Lord’ a form of Zeus whose cult was popular in the Ḥawrān and whose name is recognized as masking that of Baalshamin
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The long 7th century BCE at Tel Shiqmona (Israel): a high resolution chronological tool for the Levant and the Mediterranean Levant Pub Date : 2022-09-29 Golan Shalvi, Ayelet Gilboa
The 7th century in the southern Levant is characterized by Assyrian rule and subsequent Egyptian domination. Despite the relatively violent nature of this century, and abundant historical documentation, occupations both in the southern Levant and Lebanon are dated with low resolution. This deficiency was mainly created by a lack of destruction layers within this century, resulting in a dearth of chronological
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Gerasa’s ‘Nymphaeum’: a reappraisal of its history and function Levant Pub Date : 2022-09-23 David D. Boyer
The Decapolis town of Gerasa became a sizeable urban centre in the province of Arabia in the 2nd century CE. The study of its monumental fountain, the so-called Nymphaeum, has been neglected despite its excellent state of preservation. This small but imposing late 2nd-century monument functioned as an aesthetic display and public water supply, although public access was restricted to the frontal spouts
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Shamanism at the transition from foraging to farming in Southwest Asia: sacra, ritual, and performance at Neolithic WF16 (southern Jordan) Levant Pub Date : 2022-09-16 Steven Mithen
Shamanism is a pervasive form of ritual practice documented within hunter-gathering and farming societies throughout the world, and continuing within some present-day urban communities. Despite exhibiting considerable variation, shamanism has several recurrent features, notably the role of the shaman as a mediator between the spirit and human worlds. Shamanism has been cited to explain aspects of the
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A late medieval synagogue at Ḥuqoq/Yaquq in Galilee? Levant Pub Date : 2022-08-16 Dennis Mizzi, Jodi Magness
Excavations at Ḥorvat Ḥuqoq (Yaquq) in Israel’s eastern Lower Galilee have brought to light a monumental public building that sheds new light on the history of the Jews in late medieval Palestine, about whom we know very little. We interpret this building as a late medieval synagogue — the first such synagogue to be unearthed in Israel — and argue that its construction was precipitated by the establishment
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All Things Cypriot. Studies on Ancient Environment, Technology, and Society in Honor of Stuart Swiny Levant Pub Date : 2022-07-21 Rafael Laoutari
Published in Levant: The Journal of the Council for British Research in the Levant (Vol. 54, No. 2, 2022)
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Assessing the MaDiH CKAN catalogue as an engagement tool for the Jordanian cultural heritage community Levant Pub Date : 2022-06-15 Shatha Mubaideen, Pascal Flohr, James Smithies, Fadi Bala’awi, Carol Palmer, Sahar Idwan, Alessandra Esposito
MaDiH (Mapping Digital Cultural Heritage in Jordan) was a two-year UK-Jordanian project that aimed to identify essential systems, datasets and standards to contribute to the long-term sustainable development of Jordan’s digital cultural heritage. The project launched an online catalogue and prototype repository using the Comprehensive Knowledge Archive Network (CKAN) platform to present the collected
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The Early Bronze IV — Middle Bronze I transition in the southern Levant: analysis and assessment Levant Pub Date : 2022-06-13 Susan L. Cohen
The transition between the Early Bronze Age IV and the Middle Bronze Age in the southern Levant remains poorly understood, stemming in part from traditional approaches to the problems that frame it in terms of exogenous cultural origins and disjuncture versus indigenous growth and continuity of development. However, the growing range of diversity of data relating to both eras increasingly mitigates
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A marble Sarcophagus of Gadara (Umm Qais), Jordan: insights on its provenance Levant Pub Date : 2022-05-19 Khaled Al-Bashaireh
This research investigates the archaeometric characteristics of the marble sarcophagus displayed in the Umm Qeis Museum of Antiquities, Gadara (Umm Qais), north Jordan. Marble sarcophagi are very rarely found at archaeological sites in Jordan; the Gadara marble sarcophagus is, therefore, unique. This sarcophagus, dated to the 3rd century AD, presents only the base and the lid; the lid shows remnants
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The disappearing walls of Jerusalem? Observations on the Bronze and Iron Age fortifications and waterworks on the east slope of the City of David Levant Pub Date : 2022-05-12 Greg J. Wightman
Though the fortifications and waterworks of Jerusalem’s south-east hill (aka City of David) in the Bronze and Iron Ages have received a great deal of attention over the years, debate continues concerning the nature and evolution of the fortifications and how these functioned in tandem with the complex elements of the Gihon water systems. The present paper evaluates some key issues in this regard, including
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Notes on the architecture and history of the fortifications of the island of Arwad in Syria Levant Pub Date : 2022-05-12 Tarek Galal Abdelhamid
Arwad is the only inhabited island off the Syrian coast, with a long history dating back to Phoenician times (c. 2000 BC). It is a pedestrian-only island with a medieval character and interesting military architecture, and includes not one, but two very well-preserved citadels and the remains of a maritime wall, a rare combination in medieval military architecture. Despite its unique medieval layout
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Raincheck: A new diachronic series of rainfall maps for Southwest Asia over the Holocene Levant Pub Date : 2022-05-09 Zarina Hewett, Michelle de Gruchy, Daniel Hill, Dan Lawrence
Fluctuations in climate have been associated with significant societal changes, both in the modern day and in the past. In dryland environments such as much of Southwest Asia, rainfall is often used as a proxy for soil moisture available for crop production, and in pre-industrial societies this is assumed to directly relate to food production capacity and security. However, rainfall values are commonly
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Gaming and divination in the Hellenistic Levant: the case study of the astragalus assemblage from Maresha, Israel Levant Pub Date : 2022-05-03 Lee Perry-Gal, Ian Stern, Adi Erlich
Astragali — knuckle bones, especially caprine or cattle — were widely used in ancient societies. They functioned as playthings and tokens for ritual activity and divination, along with other uses. This study examines the assemblage of over 600 astragali from the excavations at Maresha in southern Israel. Maresha was a main city in the region of Idumea. Excavations at the site revealed a prosperous
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Funerary dining or offerings for the dead? An archaeobotanical analysis of remains from shaft tombs in Petra, Jordan Levant Pub Date : 2022-04-23 Jennifer Ramsay, Megan Perry
Ancient literary sources from the Hellenistic and Roman world describe the wide-spread practices of funerary feasting and supplying offerings for the deceased. However, the funerary customs of the Nabataeans are still not clearly understood within this broader cultural sphere. Evidence for feasting in Nabataean mortuary contexts largely relies on ceramic and faunal remains but rarely are plant remains
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The Crusader Lordship of Transjordan (1100–1189): settlement forms, dynamics and significance Levant Pub Date : 2022-04-01 Micaela Sinibaldi
This paper presents the results of a study of the 12th-century Crusader Lordship of Transjordan and discusses the traditional view that the principal role of this region was that of frontier of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. The possibility of applying the concept of frontier to Transjordan is discussed in the context of a debate on the relationship between frontiers and castles, and of the conclusions
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The use of remote sensing and digital tools for cultural heritage management and archaeological research Levant Pub Date : 2022-03-30 Andrew Wilson
This conclusion to the Special Issue on Endangered Archaeology in the Middle East and North Africa: Mapping, Heritage Management and Research assesses developments in the use of satellite imagery for archaeological research in recent decades, and the potential to use the large EAMENA database, designed for cultural heritage management, for wider questions of archaeological research.
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Documenting heritage in the 21st century: the EAMENA project and its potential for ‘big data’ research in Levantine archaeology Levant Pub Date : 2022-03-23 Letty ten Harkel, Michael Fradley, Pascal Flohr, Azadeh Vafadari, Sayantani Neogi
(2021). Documenting heritage in the 21st century: the EAMENA project and its potential for ‘big data’ research in Levantine archaeology. Levant: Vol. 53, Endangered Archaeology in the Middle East and North Africa: Mapping, Heritage Management and Research, pp. 265-281.
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Using the EAMENA database to document modern heritage: the Amman Heritage Houses, Jordan, case study Levant Pub Date : 2022-03-21 Shatha Mubaideen, Dana Salameen, Rudaina Al Momani
This paper assesses and discusses the potential of using the EAMENA database for documenting tangible heritage in Jordan post-1750 CE, for example, Ottoman and 20th-century heritage sites and architecture. Representing an example of the important process of feedback and knowledge-exchange that has characterized the development of the EAMENA database, this research addresses how practical the EAMENA