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{"title":"Life at the Dead Sea: Proceedings of the International Conference held at the State Museum of Archaeology Chemnitz (smac), February 21–24, 2018, Chemnitz","authors":"Nir Arielli","doi":"10.1080/00310328.2021.1987711","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00310328.2021.1987711","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44359,"journal":{"name":"Palestine Exploration Quarterly","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2021-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42502693","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Walking Palestine: 25 Journeys into the West Bank","authors":"Stephen D. Sutton","doi":"10.1080/00310328.2021.1987713","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00310328.2021.1987713","url":null,"abstract":"Ben-Tor, A., 2009. Back to Masada, Jerusalem: IES. Ben-Yehuda, N., 1995. The Masada Myth: Collective Memory and Mythmaking in Israel, Madison: University of Wisconsin Press. Cline, E. H., 2017. Three Stones Make a Wall: The Story of Archaeology, Princeton: Princeton University Press. Cohen, S. J. D., 1982. ‘Masada: Literary Tradition, Archaeological Remains, and the Credibility of Josephus’, JJS 33, 385–405. Dahari, U., 2004. ‘The WAC Accusation of Israeli Destruction of Archaeological Sites’, The Bible and Interpetation, January 2004 <https://bibleinterp.arizona.edu/articles/Dahari_letter> [accessed 21 June 2021]. Eshel, H., 2009. Masada: An Epic Story: A Carta Field Guide, Jerusalem: Carta. Finley, M. I., 1966. ‘Josephus and the Bandits’, New Statesman, 2 December 1966, 832–33. Goodman, M., 2019. Josephus’s The Jewish War: A Biography, Princeton / Oxford: Princeton University Press. Kletter, R., 2014. Just Past? The Making of Israeli Archaeology, London and New York: Routledge. Ladouceur, D. J., 1980. ‘Masada: A Consideration of the Literary Evidence’, GRBS 21, 245–60. Magness, J., 2011. ‘A Reconsideration of Josephus’ Testimony about Masada’, in M. Popović (ed.), The Jewish Revolt against Rome: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism 154, Leiden / Boston: Brill, 343–59. Magness, J., 2012. The Archaeology of the Holy Land: From the Destruction of Solomon’s Temple to the Muslim Conquest, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Monastersky, R., 2002. ‘Israeli Icon Under Fire’, The Chronicle of Higher Education, 6 December 2002 <https://www.chronicle.com/article/israeli-icon-under-fire/> [accessed 18 May 2021]. Rosen, S., 2005. ‘Coming of Age: The Decline of Archaeology in Israeli Identity’, BGU Review, Spring 2005 <https://in.bgu.ac.il/en/heksherim/2005/Coming-of-Age.pdf> [accessed 21 June 2021]. Silberman, N. A., 1993. A Prophet from Amongst You: The Life of Yigael Yadin: Soldier, Scholar, and Mythmaker of Modern Israel, Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley. Yadin, Y., 1966. Masada: Herod’s Fortress and the Zealots’ Last Stand, transl. M. Pearlman. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson.","PeriodicalId":44359,"journal":{"name":"Palestine Exploration Quarterly","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2021-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44721488","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Mameluke-period terracotta juglet from Umm Zweitineh, Jordan","authors":"H. Khries, Taher al-Gonmeen","doi":"10.1080/00310328.2021.1981591","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00310328.2021.1981591","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This paper provides a preliminary but a comprehensive examination of a terracotta juglet retrieved from the Islamic site of Umm Zweitineh, in central Jordan. This article attempts to pinpoint a fresh addition to our knowledge of the Mameluke period pottery assembly known elsewhere in the Levant. Since neither coherent architectural remains were exposed nor stratigraphic sequence was discerned, however, the unearthed archaeological objects, including the juglet being studied, have not been attributed to specific contexts (e.g., rooms), or loci or strata. Due to budget constraints, there was no possibility to conduct a petrographic analysis. Instead, the authors set out to explore the fabric and decorative scheme of the juglet by the naked eye and to describe the fabric and decoration colours according to the Munsell Chart. We presented it typologically and dated it based on parallels from well-dated sites, especially Hesban, since its decorative scheme, production technique and shape were commonplace in the region of Syria–Palestine from the 12th through the 14th centuries.","PeriodicalId":44359,"journal":{"name":"Palestine Exploration Quarterly","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2021-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48901576","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Urban Renovation of Samaria–Sebaste of the 2nd and 3rd centuries ce: Observations on some architectural artefacts","authors":"Antonio Dell’Acqua","doi":"10.1080/00310328.2021.1980310","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00310328.2021.1980310","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Samaria, renamed Sebaste after the annexation to Herod’s kingdom, was mostly excavated in the first half of the 20th century. Despite its relevant archaeological heritage, the history of the city is scarcely known. During the Middle Imperial period, Samaria–Sebaste flourished, as is suggested by the renovation of several buildings. Under Septimius Severus the city was granted the status of colonia from which is benefited greatly. This paper intends to reappraise data from old excavations, with the aim to frame the local urban renovation of the 2nd and the 3rd centuries ce in a broader regional context. With regard to this objective, marble/stone trade and architectural decoration will be analysed.","PeriodicalId":44359,"journal":{"name":"Palestine Exploration Quarterly","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2021-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47762752","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Temporal change in traditional knowledge and use of wild plants in Artas, Palestine","authors":"Emily Mourad Hanna, Katrine Gro Friborg, M. Qumsiyeh","doi":"10.1080/00310328.2021.1975069","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00310328.2021.1975069","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Traditional communities have wide knowledge and experience of wild plants as natural resources that have historically been important for food, medicine, spiritual and hygienic uses. These communities have over generations developed knowledge, skills, beliefs and practices related to the natural environment that they are a part of. This type of knowledge is defined as Traditional Ecological Knowledge and is critical in the understanding of cultural heritage. Palestine encompasses a unique cultural heritage regarding wild plant use. The village of Artas, south of Bethlehem, has been researched by ethnobotanists and anthropologists as early as the 1930s, where studies illustrate the profound rooted connection Palestinian villagers held with their natural surroundings, and how social coherence around the outdoor life was entrenched in the local culture. The results of this study indicate that foraging wild plants was traditionally a social activity, and the villagers attach a lot of meaning to these plants due to their medicinal and nutritional value, but also as a part of their surrounding environment around which their lives revolved. The Israeli occupation since 1967 progressively caused a shift from a centuries-old common-pool resource to a restricted area, which eliminated the access to ancestral land and will possibly diminish future levels of Traditional Ecological Knowledge.","PeriodicalId":44359,"journal":{"name":"Palestine Exploration Quarterly","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2021-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48683694","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"‘I am sorry for troubling you with the bother of replying! But I really want to know’: An unpublished letter by T. E. Lawrence to Max van Berchem about a Mameluke inscription from Naqb (Sinai/Negev)","authors":"M. Munzi, Corinne Sandoz","doi":"10.1080/00310328.2021.1975072","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00310328.2021.1975072","url":null,"abstract":"Exactly one month before the outbreak of the Great War, on 28 June 1914, Thomas Edward Lawrence hastily wrote a note to the great specialist in Arabic epigraphy, the Swiss scholar Max van Berchem. At that time Lawrence, together with Charles Leonard Woolley, was preparing the publication of The Wilderness of Zin, regarding the archaeological survey of the southern Negev conducted shortly before on behalf of the Palestine Exploration Fund. Discussing the problems of archaeological research at a time when the European powers were seeking to consolidate their strategic positions in the Middle East in view of the impending war, this article touches on the birth of Arabic epigraphy through the epigraphic evidence left by the penultimate Mameluke Sultan, Qansuh al-Ghuri. In particular, the paper provides an update on the inscription from Naqb (Sinai/ Negev) referring to the Muslim pilgrimage from Cairo to Mecca, the subject of Lawrence’s letter to van Berchem.","PeriodicalId":44359,"journal":{"name":"Palestine Exploration Quarterly","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2021-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42742394","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Building 101 at Tel ‘Eton, the Low Chronology, and the Perils of a Bias-Perpetuating Methodology: A Response and a Proposal for the Study of All the Phases in the History of Buildings","authors":"A. Faust, Y. Sapir","doi":"10.1080/00310328.2021.1975071","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00310328.2021.1975071","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Building 101 at Tel ‘Eton was a large longitudinal four-spaces (‘four-room’) house, that was destroyed by fire in the late 8th century bce, during an Assyrian military campaign. Its size, location, quality of construction and the finds unearthed in it suggest that it was an elite dwelling, that perhaps served as a governor’s residency. In 2018 we published several radiocarbon dates, taken from the floor make-up in two separate rooms, as well as from a foundation deposit, and from the earlier material into which the foundation deposit was embedded. These, along with other considerations, suggested that the building was built in the 10th century bce, and existed for some 250 years, prompting us to draw attention to the potential longevity of houses, and to what we called the ‘old house effect’. We also noted the significance of the finds for understanding social or political complexity in the region of Judah already during the 10th century bce. In a recent issue of this journal, Israel Finkelstein criticized our dating of the house, raising arguments from ‘traditional archaeology’ perspective and concerning ‘radiocarbon dating’. It is the aim of the present article to (1) properly present the relevant finds, to (2) refute Finkelstein’s argument, expose the weaknesses of his claims and the issues he failed to address, and, more importantly, to (3) elaborate on his methodological argument, which exposes a biased methodology that instead of improving our ability to study the past, only perpetuates an already existing shortcoming in addressing site histories. Finally, we (4) briefly suggest a method of dating the construction of buildings.","PeriodicalId":44359,"journal":{"name":"Palestine Exploration Quarterly","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2021-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41638890","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Iron Age IIA ‘Benyaw Inscription’ on a Jar from Tel Abel Beth Maacah","authors":"N. Yahalom-Mack, N. Panitz-Cohen, C. Rollston, A. Cohen-Weinberger, R. Mullins","doi":"10.1080/00310328.2021.1975070","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00310328.2021.1975070","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT During the seventh excavation season in 2019 at Tel Abel Beth Maacah, located in northern Israel, part of a well-constructed building was revealed just below topsoil in Area K. One partially excavated room in this building was found to contain at least five smashed storage jars in situ. Restoration showed that the jars are all of the same type and mode of manufacture, and one of them, with a marked handle, bears a one-word ink inscription. The standardization of the jars, the marked handle, and the inscription, indicate the existence of a local, centralized administrative system. The typology and surface treatment of the jars point to a date in the 9th century or at the latest, the beginning of the 8th century bce, a date corroborated by the palaeography of the inscription and by other pottery in the building. The inscription itself consists of a Hebrew personal name (as it has a Yahwistic theophoric ending) written in the Old Hebrew script. The name and its archaeological and regional context add information concerning the possible cultural and political affiliation of the site at this time, a debated issue in light of its location in the border region between the kingdoms of Israel and Aram Damascus, and within the sphere of the Phoenician polities of Tyre and Sidon to the west.","PeriodicalId":44359,"journal":{"name":"Palestine Exploration Quarterly","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2021-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46326779","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Unique Specialised Economy of Judah under Assyrian Rule and its Impact on the Material Culture of the Kingdom","authors":"I. Finkelstein, Y. Gadot, D. Langgut","doi":"10.1080/00310328.2021.1949531","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00310328.2021.1949531","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The geography of Judah is unique among the territorial kingdoms of the southern Levant, featuring four distinct regions with the potential for exploitation in different economic strategies. In the Iron IIB the vassal kingdom experienced a dramatic economic transformation directed by the Assyrian empire, from traditional Mediterranean subsistence to specialised economy based on its four zones: viticulture in the highlands, oleo-culture in the Shephelah, services to the Arabian trade in the Beersheba Valley and date and exotic plant groves in the Dead Sea Valley oases. This high-risk/high-gain system may clarify the development of advanced administration, which, in turn, explains the unique features in the material culture of Judah compared to neighbouring kingdoms: The system of stamped handles and weights and the proliferation of scribal activity. The division of the kingdom into districts, as portrayed in Josh 15, is connected to this reality, and hence probably originated slightly earlier than conventionally argued.","PeriodicalId":44359,"journal":{"name":"Palestine Exploration Quarterly","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2021-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/00310328.2021.1949531","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43213206","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The cultural biography of two volute capitals at Iron Age Hazor","authors":"A. Kleiman","doi":"10.1080/00310328.2021.1951987","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00310328.2021.1951987","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This article deals with two volute capitals discovered in secondary use at Hazor in the late 1950s and with their significance to the study of the conflicts between Israel and Aram-Damascus during the 9th and 8th centuries bce. A fresh look at the ‘cultural biography’ of these monumental artworks in light of the architectural and cultural development of the Iron Age city challenges the conventional explanation of their unique findspot as the result of squatter activity. It is suggested that the two capitals were removed from their original location and placed nearby in a highly visible context as part of an attempt to contest their previously intended meaning and to demonstrate the power of a new political entity.","PeriodicalId":44359,"journal":{"name":"Palestine Exploration Quarterly","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2021-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/00310328.2021.1951987","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41626307","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}