Abbreviations
Contributors
Editor’s Preface
Foreword
Part One: Historical Setting, Architecture, and Stratigraphy
1. Introduction Lawrence E. Stager
2. Biblical Philistines: A Hellenistic Literary Creation? Lawrence E. Stager
3. Grid 38 Adam J. Aja
Phase 20B
Phase 20A
Phase 19B
Phase 19A
Phase 18B
Phase 18A
Phase 17B
Phase 17A
4. Grid 50 Adam J. Aja
Phase 9B
Phase 9A
5. Philistine Architectural Conventions at Ashkelon Adam J. Aja
Part Two: Pottery
6. Early Philistine Coastal Pottery
Daniel M. Master, Joshua T. Walton, and Assaf Yasur-Landau
7. The Twelfth Century B.C. Aegean-Style Pottery at Ashkelon
Penelope A. Mountjoy
8. Decoration in Philistine Bichrome Pottery
Meghan Wylie
9. A Pictorial Krater from Philistine Ashkelon
Lawrence E. Stager and Penelope A. Mountjoy
10. Funerary Iconography on an Infant Burial Jar
Kathleen J. Birney and Brian R. Doak
11. Lamp-and-Bowl Deposits
Dana DePietro
12. Petrographic Analysis
Daniel M. Master
Part Three: Other Artifacts
13. Glyptic Finds (1999–2013 Excavation Seasons)
Baruch Brandl
14. Glyptic Finds (1985–2000 Excavation Seasons) Othmar Keel
15. Egyptian Amulets Christian Herrmann
16. Chariot Fittings from Philistine Ashkelon Lawrence E. Stager
17. Jewelry
Abigail S. Limmer
18. Metal Artifacts and Metallurgical Waste
Adam J. Aja
19. Weaving Implements
Joshua T. Walton and Adam J. Aja
20. Ground Stone
Sara L. Hoffman
21. Lithic Assemblage
Francesca Manclossi and Steven A. Rosen
22. Two Bundles of Hacksilber
Christine M. Thompson
23. Catalogue of Weights
Daniel M. Master
24. Cylinder Seals
Joanna S. Smith
25. Stamp Seals and an Impression
Laura Wright
26. Egyptianized Statuette
Dana DePietro
27. Catalogue of Zoomorphic Vessels
Daniel M. Master
28. Catalogue of Faience and Alabaster Vessels
Daniel M. Master
29. Catalogue of Ivory and Worked Bone
Paula Hesse
Part Four: Inscriptions
30. Hieratic Ostracon Stefan
Jakob Wimmer
31. A Seal with Three Signs
P. Kyle McCarter
32. Cypro-Minoan Handles
Daniel M. Master
Part Five: Faunal, Botanical, and Human Remains
33. Infants
Marina Faerman, Netta Lev-Tov Chattah, and Patricia Smith
34. Faunal Remains
Paula Hesse and Deirdre N. Fulton
35. Plant Remains
Mordechai E. Kislev, Orit Simchoni, and Yoel Melamed
36. Fish Bones
Omri Lernau
Part Six: Archaeometric Analyses
37. Flotation Analysis
Egon H. E. Lass
38. An Early Iron Age Assemblage of Faience Beads
Michael B. Toffolo,Eugenia Klein, Rivka Elbaum, Adam J. Aja, Daniel M. Master, and Elisabetta Boaretto
Part Seven: Spatial Analysis and Conclusion
39. Spatial Analysis
Elise Jakoby Laugier and George A. Pierce
40. Conclusion: Uncovering Philistines
Daniel M. Master and Adam J. Aja
Bibliography
Concordance of Stratigraphic Contexts
Index
Lawrence E. Stager (1943–2017) was the inaugural Dorot Professor of the Archaeology of Israel at Harvard University and director of the Harvard Semitic Museum (1986–2012). He directed excavations at Idalion (Cyprus) and Carthage (Tunisia). From 1985–2016 he directed the Leon Levy Expedition to Ashkelon. Among his books are the award-winning Life in Biblical Israel (with P.J. King) and Ashkelon Discovered: From Canaanites and Philistines to Romans and Moslems. In 2016 he received the Percia Schimmel Prize from the Israel Museum for his contributions to archaeology in Israel, and in 2018 the Israel Exploration Society published a volume of Eretz-Israel in his honor.
Daniel M. Master is Professor of Archaeology at Wheaton College and co-directed the work of the Leon Levy Expedition to Ashkelon from 2007 to 2016. He currently oversees the publication of the Ashkelon final report series and is co-director of excavations at the site of Tel Shimron (Israel). His publications also include the first final report on the 1953–1964 excavations at Tel Dothan and (as general editor) The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Archaeology.
Adam J. Aja is Curator of Collections at the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East formerly the Harvard Semitic Museum) and chief stratigrapher at Tel Shimron Excavations. He served as grid supervisor and later as assistant director for the Leon Levy Expedition to Ashkelon. He also worked for several seasons at the Tel Miqne-Ekron excavation and at Tel Tayinat in Turkey.
“This volume is well-edited, well-organized, and descriptive. It is an important contribution to studies on Philistine material culture during the Iron Age I. It will ultimately serve as an integral reference point for further discussions on Philistia during this period.”—Erin Hall Review of Biblical Literature
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