IAA Reports is a monograph series dedicated to the final publication of excavation reports of major sites, as well as monographs devoted to a specific topic, such as a specific research devoted to material under the IAA’s jurisdiction.
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'Akko III. The 1991–1998 Excavations: The Late Periods. Part I: The Hospitaller Compound
Eliezer Stern and Danny Syon
‘Akko III: The Late Periods (two parts: IAA Reports 72–73) comprises the third in a series of volumes publishing the results of four excavations that took place in ‘Akko between 1991 and 1998. While these two volumes deal primarily with the Crusader period, they also present finds from the Early Islamic and Ottoman periods, both elusive chapters in the history and archaeology of ‘Akko. Akko III: The Late Periods, Part 1: the Hospitaller Compound (IAA Reports 72) comprises the final report of the 1991–1998 excavations in the Hospitaller Compound, the largest, longest and most complex of the four excavations. The introduction presents a brief survey of the history of ‘Akko from the Early Islamic to the Ottoman periods, based on documents, maps, engravings and photographs, and a short summary of the archaeological research to date, with a reference map of most of the excavations of the Crusader period in the city. This is followed by descriptions of the above-ground architecture and related analyses, the stratigraphy and excavation results, the small finds and a summarizing chapter that integrates all these studies––history, architecture and archaeology.
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The Naḥal Tanninim Dam and Its Vicinity: Final Report of the 2000–2005 Excavation Seasons
Yosef Porath, Uzi ‘Ad, and ‘Abed al-Salam Sa‘id
This volume describes the results of the IAA excavations at the Naḥal Tanninim Dam and the adjacent flour mills and water channels, conducted over 10 excavation seasons (2000–2005). This massive, sophisticated hydraulic facility was constructed in the early Byzantine period to convey water from the lower course of Naḥal Tanninim to the city of Caesarea Maritima to the south. To this end, the shared outlet of Naḥal Tanninim and Naḥal Ada through the coastal kurkar ridge was blocked by a massive gravity dam to create an immense reservoir, and a sluice diverted water to the Low-Level Aqueduct to Caesarea; the surplus water in the reservoir was used to operate a cluster of flour mills hewn in the bedrock to the west of the dam. As revealed in the present excavations, an apparent error in the calculation of the slope of the aqueduct prevented the delivery of the planned amount of water to Caesarea; thus, the portion of water diverted to the flour mills increased over the Byzantine period. The facility fell into disuse following the Muslim conquest, but the dam continued to block the outlet of the two streams and provide water to operate flour mills during the Ottoman period, until the early twentieth century. The water facilities and many finds uncovered in the archaeological excavations are now on display in the Naḥal Tanninim National Park.
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Ashqelon Barne‘a: The Early Bronze Age Site : Volume II : The Finds
Amir Golani
Ashqelon Barne'a the Early Bronze Age Site, Volume II, the Finds (IAA reports 70), is the second of two volumes comprising the complete and final report of the three excavation seasons at the Early Bronze Age I site of Ashqelon Barne‘a that took place in 2004 and 2005. Volume I (IAA Reports 65) includes an introduction to the excavations, the geographical and geomorphological setting, the stratigraphy, architecture and settlement planning, radiocarbon (14C) dating and an appendix concerning Byzantine remains. Volume II , the finds, is comprised of thirteen chapters and includes a full presentation of the ceramic assemblage, its petrographic analysis, the flint and groundstone assemblages, the metal objects, the bone tool industry, small finds of ceramic and stone, human skeletal remains and mortuary practices, the faunal, fish, mollusc and archaeobotanical remains as well as a full summary and discussion of the excavation and its finds.
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The Kathisma Church and Monastery of Mary Theotokos on the Jerusalem–Bethlehem Road Final Report of the 1992, 1997, 1999 and 2000 Excavation Seasons
Rina Avner
This volume documents the excavations of the Kathisma church and monastery located on the ancient road from Jerusalem to Bethlehem. Kathisma is mentioned in Byzantine sources and pilgrimage itineraries, and identified as the holy place where Mary sat down to rest in her final stage of pregnancy before giving birth to Jesus. It played a role in the initial stages of Mary’s worship and its influence is still felt today. The octagonal church, built in the fifth century CE, is one of the most important discoveries of Early Christian architecture in the Holy Land in recent decades. The size of the church and its architectural plan, based on three concentric octagons, attest to it being designed as a pilgrimage church that could accommodate large audiences. In the Umayyad period, the church served both Muslim and Christian worshippers, as indicated by a miḥrab installed in the southern part, and the cancelation of the main apse by an Umayyad building. The splendid mosaics from this period in the southern rooms testify to artistic and iconographic influences of the wall mosaics in the Dome of the Rock. The evidence for the existence of a mosque in the Kathisma church constitutes the only archaeological evidence known to date for the ‘Covenants of ‘Umar’, which obliged Christians to relinquish areas in churches to Muslims.
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‘En Esur (‘Ein Asawir) III Excavations in the Bronze Age Cemetery
Yehuda Dagan and Shelley Sadeh
This volume is the third in a series of reports documenting excavations at the large protohistoric site of ‘En Esur and its extensive burial grounds, located in the northern Sharon plain along a major ancient trade route. The four relatively intact and undisturbed Early Bronze Age burial caves presented in the current volume, excavated in the framework of the Cross Israel Highway Project, revealed over 2000 complete ceramic vessels representing an uninterrupted sequence over several hundred years. These four burial caves comprise an invaluable contribution to our knowledge of the society, trade relations and burial customs in the region during the Early Bronze Age.
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Jerusalem: Western Wall Plaza Excavations Volume III The Roman and Byzantine Periods: Small Finds from the Roman Refuse Dump and Other Contexts
Shlomit Weksler-Bdolah and Alexander Onn
This volume is the third in a series describing the results of salvage excavations conducted in the northwestern part of the Western Wall Plaza. This third volume presents the small finds of the Early Roman to Byzantine periods, most of which originated in the ‘Roman refuse dump’, a fill deposited into an abandoned quarry during infrastructure work, and then sealed by the paving stones of the Eastern Cardo. The well-preserved and securely dated finds (70–130 CE) can be clearly attributed to the Roman army. The volume describes the numerous quarries at the site that shaped the surface topography, and the rich variety of small finds from the refuse dump and other contexts. The coins and pottery vessels were published in the previous two volumes.
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Jerusalem: Excavations in the Tyropoeon Valley (Givati Parking Lot) Volume II The Byzantine and Early Islamic Periods Part 1: Stratum V: The Byzantine Period
Doron Ben-Ami and Yana Tchekhanovets
This volume is the second in a series of final reports presenting the results of the excavations conducted in the Givati Parking Lot, located on the eastern slope of the Tyropoeon Valley in Jerusalem. The site covers an area of c. 0.5 hectares, making it one of the largest excavations in the City of David. This second volume is comprised of three parts, and presents the remains of the Byzantine and Early Islamic periods. The exposure of Byzantine and Early Islamic remains over an extensive area has enabled a reassessment of the nature of the transition between these two periods, and has shed light on numerous aspects of settlement patterns and city planning in both periods, as well as the question of the city’s southern limits in the Early Islamic period. The current Part 1 is devoted to the stratigraphy and finds of the Byzantine period.
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Jerusalem: Excavations in the Tyropoeon Valley (Givati Parking Lot) Volume II The Byzantine and Early Islamic Periods Part 2: Strata IV–I:The Early Islamic Period
Doron Ben-Ami and Yana Tchekhanovets
This volume is the second in a series of final reports presenting the results of the excavations conducted in the Givati Parking Lot, located on the eastern slope of the Tyropoeon Valley in Jerusalem. The site covers an area of c. 0.5 hectares, making it one of the largest excavations in the City of David. This second volume is comprised of three parts, and presents the remains of the Byzantine and Early Islamic periods. The exposure of Byzantine and Early Islamic remains over an extensive area has enabled a reassessment of the nature of the transition between these two periods, and has shed light on numerous aspects of settlement patterns and city planning in both periods, as well as the question of the city’s southern limits in the Early Islamic period. The current Part 2 is devoted to the stratigraphy and finds of the Early Islamic period.
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Jerusalem: Excavations in the Tyropoeon Valley (Givati Parking Lot) Volume II The Byzantine and Early Islamic Periods Part 3: Complementary Studies of Various Finds
Doron Ben-Ami and Yana Tchekhanovets
This volume is the second in a series of final reports presenting the results of the excavations conducted in the Givati Parking Lot, located on the eastern slope of the Tyropoeon Valley in Jerusalem. The site covers an area of c. 0.5 hectares, making it one of the largest excavations in the City of David. This second volume is comprised of three parts, and presents the remains of the Byzantine and Early Islamic periods. The exposure of Byzantine and Early Islamic remains over an extensive area has enabled a reassessment of the nature of the transition between these two periods, and has shed light on numerous aspects of settlement patterns and city planning in both periods, as well as the question of the city’s southern limits in the Early Islamic period. The current Part 3 presents analyses of finds from both the Byzantine and Early Islamic periods.
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Ashqelon Barne‘a: The Early Bronze Age Site Volume I The Excavat ions
Amir Golani
This is the first of two volumes that comprise the final report of the three excavation seasons at the site. It focuses primarily on the stratigraphy and architecture. Chapter 1 briefly describes the siteʼs physical characteristics, paleoenvironment and subsistence strategies, previous research at the site, excavation strategy and methodology; Chapter 2 presents the geomorphology of the site and its environs, and a sedimentological analysis of the various strata; Chapter 3 details the siteʼs stratigraphy; Chapter 4 is a synthesis and comprehensive discussion of the stratigraphy, architecture and elements of settlement planning.
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Jerusalem: Western Wall Plaza Excavations Volume II The Pottery from the Eastern Cardo
Renate Rosenthal-Heginbottom
This volume is the second in a series describing the results of salvage excavations conducted in the northwestern part of the Western Wall Plaza. This volume presents the Roman pottery from the Eastern Cardo, most of which originated in the ‘Roman refuse dump’, a fill deposited into an abandoned quarry during infrastructure work, and then sealed by the paving stones of the Eastern Cardo. The well-preserved and securely dated finds (70–130 CE) can be clearly attributed to the Roman army.
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Jerusalem: Western Wall Plaza Excavations Volume I The Roman and Byzantine Remains: Architecture and Stratigraphy
Shlomit Weksler-Bdolah and Alexander Onn
This is the first volume in a series describing the results of salvage excavations conducted in the northwestern part of the Western Wall Plaza. Despite the fact that the Old City of Jerusalem has been continuously investigated during the last 150 years, it is the first time that this area, located c. 100 m west of the Temple Mount, has been excavated and thus, the results are of great significance. This volume describes our excavations that descended to bedrock, exposing 15 strata that span 2700–2800 years, from the Late Iron Age quarries to the Roman and Byzantine Eastern Cardo, its architecture and finds.
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BET SHE’AN IV: Hellenistic Nysa-Scythopolis The Amphora Stamps and Sealings from Tel Iztabba
Gaby Mazor, Walid Atrash, and Gerald Finkielsztejn
This volume of the Bet She’an Archaeological Project Publications of the Israel Antiquities Authority presents the Hellenistic amphora stamps and sealings from the excavations at Tel Iztabba. The authors place these finds in their archaeological and historical contexts. Topics:Tel Iztabba, Tell el-Mastaba, Hellenistic Nysa-Scythopolis, amphora stamps, sealings (bullae)
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Bet Yerah: Volume III: Hellenistic Philoteria and Islamic al-Sinnabra The 1933–1986 and 2007–2013 Excavations
Raphael Greenberg, Oren Tal, and Tawfiq Da‘adli
This, the third and final volume of reports dedicated to the publication of the 1933–1986 excavations at Khirbat al-Karak (Kh. Kerak)/Tel Bet Yeraḥ, describes the remains belonging to the Hellenistic town of Philoteria and the Early Islamic palace of al-Sinnabra, excavated in the northern and southern parts of the site.
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‘Akko II: The 1991–1998 Excavations: The Early Periods
Moshe Hartal, Danny Syon, Eliezer Stern, and Ayelet Tatcher
chapter 1. `Akko-Ptolemais - a maritime city at the crossroads of ancient civilizitions until Roman times / Nadav Kashtan -- part I. Excavations at the courthouse site. chapter 2. The courthouse site: architecture and stratigraphy of areas TB and TC / Moshe Hartal -- chapter 3. The courthouse site: the glass from areas TB and TC / Natalya Katsnelson -- chapter 4. The courthouse site: loomweights and whorls / Orit Shamir -- part II. Excavations in the Hospitaller compound. chapter 5. The Hospitaller compound: Hellenistic and early Roman remains / Eliezer Stern -- chapter 6. The Hospitaller compound: Hellenistic and early Roman glass vessels / Yael Gorin-Rosen -- chapter 7. The Hospitaller compound: terracotta figurines / Natalie Messika -- chapter 8. The Hospitaller compound: ballista balls / Ayelet Tatcher -- part III. Finds and studies. chapter 9. The Hellenistic and early Roman pottery / Andrea M. Berlin and Peter J. Stone -- chapter 10. The Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine coins / Danny Syon -- chapter 11. The geography of Hellenistic `Akko-Ptolemais / Eliezer Stern
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Gamla III: The Shmarya Gutmann Excavations 1976–1989: Finds and Studies: Part 2
Danny Syon
This volume is Part 2 of the publication of the many finds assemblages from Gamla, including the glass, stone, metal, jewelry finds and many others, as well as a number of analytical studies. Finds related to the Jewish War and the coins were published in IAA Reports 56.
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Bet She’an III: Nysa-Scythopolis: The Southern and Severan Theaters, Part 1: The Stratigraphy and Finds
Gabriel Mazor and Walid Atrash
Bet She'an III Nysa - Scythopolis: The Southern And Severan Theaters. part 1: The stratigraphy and finds. chapter 1. Introduction / Gabriel Mazor and Walid Atrash -- chapter 2. The southern theater / Gabriel Mazor and Walid Atrash -- chapter 3. The Severan theater / Gabriel Mazor and Walid Atrash -- chapter 4. The pottery / Débora Sandhaus and Marc Balouka -- chapter 5. The glass finds / Tamar Winter -- chapter 6. The coins / Ariel Berman
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Bet She’an III: Nysa-Scythopolis: The Southern and Severan Theaters: Part 2: The Architecture
Gabriel Mazor and Walid Atrash
Bet She'an III Nysa-Scythopolis: The Southern and Severan Theaters. Part 2: The Architecture provides an architectural analysis and a proposed reconstruction of the Southern and Severan Theaters in Nysa-Scythopolis based on the stratigraphy and the finds revealed in the excavations conducted by Applebaum in 1960–1962 and the IAA, in 1986–2002. It further presents the development of Roman theaters and their integration into the civic centers of the poleis of the Roman East as an on-going process of construction and renovation that corresponded with the urban development and prosperity of the cities, from the late first century BCE to the mid-third century CE.
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Caesarea Maritima, Volume I: Herod’s Circus and Related Buildings, Part 2: The Finds
Yosef Porath
This is Part 2 of Volume I in a series of final reports of the IAA Excavation Project at Caesarea (1992–1998), the renowned ancient city built by King Herod. Volume 1: Part 2 presents the pottery, coins and glass finds from excavations in Herod’s Circus.
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Gamla III: The Shmarya Gutmann Excavations 1976–1989: Finds and Studies, Part 1
Danny Syon
This volume is Part 1 of the publication of the finds from Gamla. Chapter 1 presents an overview of the history of Gamla and a background for the many rich finds. This first volume presents the finds related to the Jewish War and the coins, a prime chronological indicator. Part 2 (IAA Reports 59) presents the many other finds.
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Bet Yerah: The Early Bronze Age Mound, Volume II: Urban Structure and Material Culture, 1933–1986 Excavations
Raphael Greenberg
This is the second volume in the series describing the results of 11 excavation campaigns at Tel Bet Yeraḥ over some 50 years (1933–1986). The first volume (IAA Reports 30) presented the stratigraphic framework and the Early Bronze Age pottery. This second volume comprises a companion to Volume I, presenting synthetic discussions of the excavations and finds, and the publication of further Early Bronze Age artifact assemblages, including flint, stone and other small finds.
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Bet Dagan: Intermediate Bronze Age and Mamluk-Period Cemeteries, 2004–2005 Excavations
Eli Yannai and Yossi Nagar
This volume describes the IAA excavation of two cemeteries of different periods on the coastal plain near Tel Aviv. The excavation uncovered one of the largest Intermediate Bronze Age shaft-tomb cemeteries with burial assemblages and anthropological remains known to date. The Muslim cemetery is unique in having no tombs or grave goods.
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Jerusalem: Excavations in the Tyropoeon Valley (Giv‘ati Parking Lot), Volume I
Doron Ben-Ami
This is first volume of a series publishing the results of the excavations at the Giv‘ati Parking Lot in the northwestern corner of the City of David. This volume presents the results of the 2007 excavation season in Area M1, which was excavated down to bedrock to establish the stratigraphic sequence, and is designed as a stratigraphic key for the entire site. The pottery, coins, glass, metal and stone finds, military equipment, human and faunal remains and other artifacts, from the Iron Age through the Islamic period, are presented.
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Caesarea Maritima, Volume I: Herod’s Circus and related Buildings Part 1: Architecture and stratigraphy
Yosef Porath
This is Part 1 of Volume 1 in a series of final reports of the IAA Excavation Project at Caesarea (1992–1998), the renowned ancient city built by King Herod. Volume 1 focuses on Herod’s Circus, the facility Herod designed for chariot races. Volume 1: Part 1 presents the background, architecture and stratigraphy of the complex. Part 2 (IAA Reports 57) describes the find from this complex.
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Mary’s Well, Nazareth: The Late Hellenistic to the Ottoman Periods
Yardenna Alexandre
The ancient spring of Nazareth is associated with Mary, Mother of Jesus, and has been a site of pilgrimage for centuries. Excavations in its vicinity revealed remains from two millennia of Nazareth’s history, mainly from the Crusader period when an elaborate fountain house was erected, and the Mamluk period, when significant alterations were made to it.
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The Azor Cemetery Moshe Dothan’s Excavations, 1958 and 1960
David Ben-Shlomo
This volume publishes the results of excavations undertaken in 1958 and 1960 by the Dept. of Antiquities and Museums of the State of Israel. It describes the graves and the finds, in particular the Iron Age pottery, as well as scarabs, seals, glass finds, coins and other small finds, accompanied by a discussion of burial customs at Azor during Iron Age IB–IIA.
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‘Akko I :The 1991–1998 Excavations: The Crusader-Period Pottery, Part 1: Text
Edna J. Stern
This volume, which comprises two parts: text and plates, is the first of the series documenting the results of the large-scale IAA excavations at ‘Akko during the years 1991–1998. It presents the Crusader-period pottery (12th–13th centuries CE), the largest pottery assemblage of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem to be studied from a site in the Levant to date. An important component of this assemblage is the wide variety of imported ceramic wares from regions throughout the western and eastern Mediterranean, some not previously identified in Crusader-period contexts in the Levant. This assemblage is important for the study of trade and the distribution of Crusader pottery in the Mediterranean, and reveals the centrality of ‘Akko (Acre) during the Frankish occupation of the East.
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‘Akko I The 1991–1998 Excavati ons The Crusader-Period Pott ery Part 2: Plat es
Edna J. Stern
This volume, which comprises two parts: text and plates, is the first of the series documenting the results of the large-scale IAA excavations at ‘Akko during the years 1991–1998. It presents the Crusader-period pottery (12th–13th centuries CE), the largest pottery assemblage of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem to be studied from a site in the Levant to date. An important component of this assemblage is the wide variety of imported ceramic wares from regions throughout the western and eastern Mediterranean, some not previously identified in Crusader-period contexts in the Levant. This assemblage is important for the study of trade and the distribution of Crusader pottery in the Mediterranean, and reveals the centrality of ‘Akko (Acre) during the Frankish occupation of the East.
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Bet She’an II: Baysān the Theater Pottery Workshop
Rachel Bar-Nathan and Walid Atrash
This is the second volume of publications of the Bet She’an Archaeological Project, the large-scale IAA excavations at the site of Bet She’an – ancient Nysa-Scythopolis. In the Umayyad period, the southern part of the Roman-Byzantine city, now known as Baysān, was converted to industrial use. This volume describes the excavation of the pottery workshop in the Severan theater, one of the largest in Umayyad Baysān, as well as the pottery and glass finds, and discusses traditional pottery workshops and production processes of the period.
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The Ramat Bet Shemesh Regional Project: Landscapes of Settlement from The Paleolithic to the Ottoman Periods
Yehuda Dagan
The Ramat Bet Shemesh Project was a high-resolution regional study of an area in the Judean Shephelah designated for urban developments, which aimed at recording the ancient remains as well as the natural environment that were to be completely destroyed. The first volume, the Gazetteer (IAA Reports 46), described all the sites surveyed during the project, as well as the results of 100 small-scale excavations. This second volume presents the methodology and field techniques of the project, the ecological and environmental studies, the use of GIS technology, and discussions of the settlement patterns and agricultural activity of each period, as revealed by the accumulated data.
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The Ramat Bet Shemesh Regional Project: The Gazetteer
Yehuda Dagan
The Ramat Bet Shemesh Project was initiated by the IAA following plans to transform a large undeveloped area of the Judean Shephelah into a densely-built urban center. The aim of the project was to conduct a high-resolution regional study in the designated area, including archaeological and prehistoric, as well as ecological and environmental surveys, in order to record the ancient remains and the natural environment that were to be completely destroyed. This first volume presents all the sites surveyed during the project, as well as the results of 100 small-scale excavations and some preliminary interpretations by the excavators.
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Maresha Excavations Final Report III: Epigraphic Finds from the 1989–2000 Seasons
Amos Kloner,; Esther Eshel; Hava B. Korzakova; and Gerald Finkielsztejn
This is the third volume in the series of final reports on the extensive IAA excavations in the Lower City of Maresha during 1989–2000. A short report is given of the excavation of the complexes in which the epigraphic material was found. The epigraphic material includes Semitic ostraca, vessel and ostraca graffiti, and Greek-inscribed altars. Also described here are lead weights, their production, standards and historical implications. The processes of urbanization – economy, sociology and town planning – are explored based on the epigraphic finds, and finally, the ethnic, cultural and historical implications are presented.
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Nahal Haggit: A Roman and Mamluk Farmstead in the Southern Carmel
Jon Seligman
This volume presents the results of three seasons of IAA salvage excavations during 1992–1993 at this farmstead site in the Ramot Menashe region. It was occupied in three phases during the Early and Middle Roman and Mamluk periods. Its first occupants included Jews or Samaritans, as evidenced by miqva’ot. It was abandoned after the First or Second Jewish Revolt, then resettled, possibly by Roman veterans. In the 13th century a small village was established here within the Mamluk-controlled region and abandoned sometime later. The finds include pottery and glass vessels, coins and other small finds.
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Gamla II: The Architecture The Shmarya Gutmann Excavations, 1976–1989
Danny Syon and Zvi Yavor
This is second of a series of volumes publishing the results of the excavations of the late Shmarya Gutmann at Gamla. Gamla is the best preserved, and most extensively excavated Jewish site of the late Second Temple period in northern Israel. This second volume describes the stratigraphy and architecture of the various quarters, the building techniques and decoration, as well as the synagogue and the miqva’ot. The finds are published in later volumes.
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Horbat ‘Uza: The 1991 Excavations Volume II: The Late Periods
Nimrod Getzov, Dina Avshalom-Gorni, Yael Gorin-Rosen, Edna J. Stern, Danny Syon, and Ayelet Tatcher
This is the second of two volumes documenting the IAA excavations at this site in the ‘Akko Plain. This volume deals with the late periods, spanning the time from the Roman to the Mamluk periods, and presents the pottery and glass assemblages, the coins and other small finds. The history of settlement at the site, from the earliest to the latest occupations is summarized.
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Horbat ‘Uza: The 1991 Excavations Volume I: The Early Periods
Nimrod Getzov, Ronny Lieberman-Wander, Howard Smithline, and Danny Syon
This is the first of two volumes documenting the IAA excavations at this site in the ‘Akko Plain. This volume presents the early periods, including occupation during the Pre-Pottery Neolithic to the Chalcolithic periods, with significant pottery and flint finds, then a substantial EB IA settlement, an Intermediate Bronze Age settlement and an ephemeral presence in the Late Bronze Age, as evidenced by the pottery finds. The site lay in ruins throughout the Iron Age until an extensive resettlement in the Persian period and a small Hellenistic-period presence.
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Salvage Excavations at Tel Moza: The Bronze and Iron Age Settlements and Later Occupations
Zvi Greenhut and Alon De Groot
The IAA excavations at Tel Moẓa, just outside Jerusalem, were initiated due to the relocation of the Jerusalem–Tel Aviv Highway, which stood to destroy all the antiquities along the new route. During three excavation seasons (1993, 2002–2003), 16 strata were defined, spanning the Pre-Pottery Neolithic period to the Ottoman period (the extensive Prehistoric finds are published elsewhere). This volume describes the finds from the Early Bronze Age onward, describing the pottery, glyptics and inscriptions, groundstone assemblages and other small finds. An outstanding discovery was a large silo complex of Iron IIB, leading the excavators to the interpretation that during this period, the site of Moẓa was a royal administrative center containing a large grain-storage facility to supply the capital Jerusalem.
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Paneas: Volume IV: The Aqueduct and the Northern Suburbs
Moshe Hartal
This volume continues the publication of the IAA excavations at the site of Paneas. While Volumes I and II (IAA Reports 37, 38) and the upcoming Volume III, describe the excavations in the Roman–Byzantine city’s civic center, this volume extends our knowledge to the city’s aqueduct system, cemeteries and northern suburbs, and describes the pottery, coin and glass finds from these excavations.
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The Necropolis of Bet Guvrin–Eleutheropolisi
Gideon Avni, Talila Michaeli, and Tamar Winter
This large cemetery is associated with the city of Bet Guvrin–Eleutheropolis in the Judean Shephelah, which began as a Jewish village, then transforming into a central Roma–Byzantine polis and administrative center. The cemeteries comprise varying types of burial caves hewn into the soft-limestone bedrock in dense clusters over a prolonged period of some 500 years. The architecture, symbols and artifacts, including pottery, ceramic oil lamps, glass and other small finds, enabled a chronological typology of the caves, reflecting the socioeconomic and ethno-religious standing of the mixed pagan, Jewish and Christian population of the city.
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Maresha Excavations Final Report II: Hellenistic Terracotta Figurines from the 1989–1996 Seasons
Adi Erlich and Amos Kloner
This is the second volume in a series of final reports documenting the large-scale excavations at the site of Maresha, mainly in the Lower City, during the 1980s and 1990s. In the Hellenistic period, Maresha was an important and multi-cultural city. Hellenistic terracottas are a varied and widespread medium of Hellenistic art of a religious and cultic nature. The extensive repertoire presented here, mostly found in residential contexts during the excavations of the mid-1980s to 1996, opens a window onto the city’s culture, religion and daily life. It describes their typology as well as the production methods and techniques.
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Paneas Volume II: Small Finds and Other Studies
Vassilios Tzaferis and Shoshana Israeli
This is the second volume of a series documenting the large-scale IAA excavations in the central area of the site during 1988–2000. The first volume (IAA Reports 37) described the stratigraphy, architecture, pottery and glass finds, while this second volume presents additional small finds, including coins, Arabic inscriptions, Ottoman tobacco pipes and others, along with several analytic studies related to the finds and the site as a whole.
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Paneas Volume I: The Roman to Early Islamic Periods Excavations in Areas A, B, E, F, G andH
Vassilios Tzaferis and Shoshana Israeli
Occupation at the site of Paneas, also known as Caesarea Philippi and Baniyas, spanned some 2300 years, from the establishment of a small sanctuary devoted to the cult of Pan in the Hellenistic period, to the prosperous Roman capital and polis Caesarea Philippi, and becoming a Christian pilgrimage site known as Paneas in the Byzantine period; following the Muslim conquest, a formidable fortress stood here during the Middle Ages, when the site was known as Baniyas, and finally a poor Ottoman village abandoned in modern times.
This is the first volume of a series documenting the large-scale IAA excavations at Paneas. The present volume concentrates on the results of excavations in the city’s civic center during 1988–2000, presenting the stratigraphy and architecture of the Roman to Early Islamic periods, as well as mosaics, pottery and glass finds. Further small finds are presented in the second volume (IAA Reports 38).
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Tel Mor: The Moshe Dothan Excavations, 1959–1960
Tristan J. Barako
This is the final report of the excavations carried out by Moshe Dothan in 1959 at Tel Mor, a small tell in the coastal plain. Finds from the Middle Bronze Age to the Hellenistic period were uncovered, and some Roman-period and later finds as well. The principal remains date to the Late Bronze Age and early Iron Age, represented by a series of large buildings on the summit of the tell. Two of these buildings appear to be forts, and as they were accompanied by significant quantities of Egyptianized pottery, they may have functioned as Egyptian garrisons in Canaan. The rich finds include Canaanite, Philistine Egyptian and Egyptianized, Cypriot and Mycenean pottery, as well as flint, metal and groundstone assemblages and glyptics.
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Excavations at Kadesh Barnea (Tell el-Qudeirat) 1976–1982, Part 1: Text
Rudolph Cohen and Hannah Bernick-Greenberg
This volume, comprised of two parts: text and plates, presents the results of the excavations at Tell el-Qudeirat, located in an oasis in the northern Sinai desert and identified as biblical Kadesh Barnea. The excavations, which took place over ten seasons (1976–1982), revealed a stratigraphic sequence of three superimposed Iron Age fortresses. The plans and architecture of the fortresses, as well as the pottery, including the family of ‘Negebite Ware’, are described.
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Excavations at Kadesh Barnea (Tell el-Qudeirat) 1976–1982, Part 2: Plates, Plans and Sections
Rudolph Cohen and Hannah Bernick-Greenberg
This volume, comprised of two parts: text and plates, presents the results of the excavations at Tell el-Qudeirat, located in an oasis in the northern Sinai desert and identified as biblical Kadesh Barnea. The excavations, which took place over ten seasons (1976–1982), revealed a stratigraphic sequence of three superimposed Iron Age fortresses. The plans and architecture of the fortresses, as well as the pottery, including the family of ‘Negebite Ware’, are described.
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NYSA-Scythopolis: The Caesareum and the Odeum
Gabriel Mazor and Arfan Najjar
This is the first volume of publications of the Bet She’an Archaeological Project, describing the large-scale IAA excavations at the site of Bet She’an, ancient Nysa-Scythopolis, during 1986–2002. The excavations were followed by vast preservation and development works. This first volume describes the stratigraphy and architecture of the Caesareum and Odeum, erected within the monumental Roman–Byzantine civic center of the city, as well as the Hellenistic-Roman pottery and architectural elements.
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Gamla I: The Pottery of the Second Temple Period, The Shmarya Guttman Excavations, 1976–1989
Andrea M. Berlin
This is the first of a series of volumes publishing the results of the excavations of the late Shmarya Gutmann at Gamla. Gamla is located on a high, precipitous rocky spur in the southern Golan Heights. It is the best preserved and most extensively excavated Jewish site of the late Second Temple period in northern Israel. Settlement came to an end in 67 CE, and the site was never resettled. This first volume presents an in-depth study of the pottery assemblages from the Hellenistic and Roman periods, which reflect all the many and varied aspects of every-day life at the site.
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The Tel Bet Yeraḥ Excavations, 1994–1995
Nimrod Getzov
This is the final report of the IAA salvage excavations at the tell during 1994–1995, which revealed occupation strata from EB I–EB III and the Hellenistic period. The finds from each period are presented separately, along with observations on the settlement history of the Early Bronze Age in northern Israel.
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Bet Yeraḥ: The Early Bronze Age Mound Volume I: Excavation Reports, 1933–1986
Raphael Greenberg, Emanuel Eisenberg, Sarit Paz, and Yitzhak Paz
This is the first volume of a series describing the results of 11 excavation campaigns at Tel Bet Yeraḥ, a large mound situated at the exit of the Jordan River from the Sea of Galilee, which took place over some 50 years (1933–1986). This first volume presents the stratigraphic framework and the Early Bronze Age pottery. The second volume (IAA Reports 54) presents the Early Bronze Age artifact assemblages and a synthetic treatment of the results. The third volume (IAA Reports 61) describes the Hellenistic and Islamic finds.
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‘En Esur (‘Ein Asawir) I: Excavatios at a Protohistoric Site in the Coastal Plain of Israel
Eli Yannai
‘En Esur is a large, multi-level protohistoric site with a sequence of settlements from the Neolithic, Early Chalcolithic, Late Chalcolithic periods and Early Bronze Age I. It grew up in an area of copious springs and rich alluvial fields in the northern Sharon Plain. A large-scale salvage excavation in 1993, and further excavations in 1999 and 2004, revealed exceptional architectural and material-cultural finds, including rich pottery, flint and groundstone assemblages.
