Volume 121 (2026) Ancient Homes and Households
This volume examines domestic contexts, so often the context of archaeological excavations. The household served as the most basic unit in past societies, comprising domestic structures that served as the focal point of household activities, including food preparation, storage, production and cultic rituals. These seemingly simple, everyday activities shed light on the social fabric of past societies, extremely important for reconstructing family and kin dynamics.
The Rebirth of the Shephelah in Early Iron Age IIA:A Domestic Complex at Tel Burna
Katja Epelbaum, Aharon Tavger, Andrea Orendi, and Itzhaq Shai
The Importance of an ‘Unimportant’ Toy: Children in the Ancient Domestic Sphere
Rona S. Avissar Lewis
Gold Rings for Young Girls: Ritual Depositionof Children’s Jewelry in a Domestic Contextin Hellenistic-Period Jerusalem
Marion Sindel, Efrat Bocher, Rikki Zalut Har-Tuv, Yuval Gadot, and Yiftah Shalev
A Stone Stamp Featuring an Egg-and-Dart Pattern: Evidence of Domestic Interior Decoration in
Roman-Period Jerusalem
Lena Naama Sharabi
Chimneys in Twelfth-Century, Crusader-Period Residential Architecture in the Jerusalem Area
Michael Chernin, Zubair Adawi, and Yehiel Zelinger
The Buildings of Muslim Al-Majdal Asqalān (Ashqelon) in Their Historical-Geographic and Economic Context
Avraham (Avi) Sasson
A Roman and Early Byzantine Residential Quarter
at Oboda (‘Avedat)
Tali Erickson-Gini, Nir Shimshon Paran, and Larissa Shilov
Volume Editors
- Yardenna Alexandre
- Rachel Kudish-Vashdi
- Ezra Marcus
- Shelley Sadeh
- Inbal Samet
Cover Page
- The ancient domestic sphere: reconstruction of a child's toy comprising a disc-shaped object and a string (left; illustration: R.S. Avissar Lewis, using AI-based tools); and reconstruction of a warp-weighed loom (illustration: S. Cassuto)
- Cover Design: Ira Bendersky