‘Atiqot is an open access, non-profit thematic journal dedicated to specific topics related to the archaeology of Israel. It is published by the Israel Antiquities Authority three times a year, online and in print. All content published in the journal is subject to double-blind peer-review and language editing. The printed volumes are available for purchase via the IAA website.
Current Volume: Volume 115 (2024) Rural Life in the Southern Levant
This volume focuses on the investigation of various aspects of rural life in the Southern Levant. It includes excavation reports presenting detailed analyses of finds from rural sites in various geographic regions and periods, alongside research papers that explore different aspects, such as social structure, rural complexity, economy and production, as reflected in the archaeological record. These studies place the ancient rural settlements and societies in the spotlight—a position usually reserved for city centers, which have often been the focus of archaeological research.
Front Matter & Editorial
The Editorial Board
Rural Complexity in the Intermediate Bronze Age: Settlement Patterns and Intra-Site Spatial Organization in Lower Galilee
Karen Covello-Paran
Economic Strategies of Two Early Bronze Age Villages in the Southern Levant: Explaining Coastal Abandonment Versus Inland Urban Development
Roey Nickelsberg, Anastasia Shapiro, Anat Cohen-Weinberger, Yitzhak Paz, Itai Elad, Assaf Yasur-Landau, and Ruth Shahack-Gross
A Late Byzantine–Early Islamic-Period Rural Settlement Along Nahal ‘Ashan, North of Be’er Sheva‘
Yana Tchekhanovets, Avinoam Lahavi, and Shahaf Shaked
Rural Ceramic Production Unveiled? A Petrographic Analysis of Early Islamic Mold-Decorated Buff Ware from the Be’er Sheva‘ Valley
Anat Cohen-Weinberger and Davida Eisenberg-Degen
Ramat Razim, near Ẓefat: A Middle Bronze Age Rural Site in the Tel Ḥaẓor Polity
Karen Covello-Paran, Anat Cohen-Weinberger, Barak Tzin, and Shlomit Bechar
A Hellenistic-Period Farmhouse at Aderet in the Judean Shephelah
Jon Seligman and Ora Yogev
Naṣr ed-Din (Bet Ma‘on), near Tiberias: Village and City in Roman-Period Galilee
Dina Avshalom-Gorni, Uzi Leibner, and Haya Ben Nahum
A Microscopic Examination of Fresh Breaks of Selected Roman-Period Potsherds from Naṣr ed-Din, near Tiberias
Anastasia Shapiro
The Glass Finds from Naṣr ed-Din, near Tiberias
Natalya Katsnelson
Ḥorbat Sahar on Giv‘at Ha-More: A Byzantine–Early Islamic Rural Samaritan(?) Settlement, Revisited in the Crusader–Mamluk Period
Yardenna Alexandre
The Coins from Ḥorbat Sahar
Helena Sokolov and Lior Sandberg
The Faunal Assemblage from Ḥorbat Sahar
Zohar Turgeman-Yaffe
