Volume 111 (2023) The Science of Ancient Warfare and Defense
Wars and defense systems are a cross-cultural human phenomenon and as such, warriors, soldiers and knights are portrayed as heroic figures that represent either an ideal of righteousness battling for the greater good, or the incarnation of brute force and evil. The high status of warriors evolved from the battlefield to the public sphere, such as entertainment and ceremonial processions. In all these instances, the equipment carried by warriors served as symbols of war, battle and defense, of power and authority. This volume presents excavation reports and research articles that touch upon a variety of aspects concerning war and warfare over a period of seven millennia.
Front Matter & Editorial
The Editorial Board
Up in Arms: Slingstone Assemblages from the Late Prehistoric Sites of ‘En Ẓippori and ‘En Esur
Gil Haklay, Hendrik (Enno) Bron, Dina Shalem, Ianir Milevski, and Nimrod Getzov
Weapons, Warrior Burials and Agency in the Intermediate Bronze Age Southern Levant: Some Theoretical Observations
Naama Walzer and Yitzhak Paz
The Fortifications of Tel Burna: A Reappraisal after Twelve Seasons of Excavations (2010–2022)
Aharon Tavger, Chris McKinny, Deborah Cassuto, Jane Gaastra, Steven Ortiz, and Itzhaq Shai
Evidence of the Roman Attack on the Third Wall of Jerusalem at the End of the Second Temple Period
Kfir Arbiv
Were There Jewish Gladiators? A Re-Evaluation of the Available Archaeological and Textual Evidence
Haggai Olshanetsky
The Principia of the Sixth Legion at Legio/Caparcotani: Ground Penetrating Radar and Excavations in a Legionary Base
Yotam Tepper, Matthew J. Adams, and Eileen Ernenwein
Power and Control in Crusader Acre (‘Akko): The Fortifications of the Genoese Quarter
Edna J. Stern, Eliezer Stern, and Fabrizio Benente
The Old Sword and the Sea: A Medieval European Sword Off the Coast of Newe-Yam
Joppe Gosker, Jacob Sharvit, Izhak Hershko, Dan Braitman, and Yotam Asscher
A Methodological Framework for the Archaeology of Conflicts in the Southern Levant, and the Battle of Hattin (July 3–4, 1187)
Rafael Y. Lewis
Trebuchets Were Not Siege Guns, So Why Use Them?
Michael S. Fulton
The Late Bronze Age III (Iron Age IA) Gal’on Fortress in the Shephelah
Saar Ganor and Itamar Weissbein
The Iron Age Inner City Gate and Gate Shrine at Tel Lakhish (Lachish)
Saar Ganor and Igor Kreimerman
A Hellenistic Scale Weight from ‘Akko
Gerald Finkielsztejn
