Aren M. Maeir List of Publications Books (as author) 1) Maeir, A. M. 2004. Bronze and Iron Age Tombs at Tel Gezer, Israel: Finds from RaymondCharles Weill’s Excavations in 1914 and 1921 (with contributions by N. Panitz-Cohen, O. Keel, D. Barag, and N. and Y. Applbaum). British Archaeological Reports, International Series 1206. Oxford: Archaeopress. 2) Maeir, A. M. 2010. In the Midst of the Jordan: The Jordan Valley during the Middle Bronze Age (ca. 2000–1500 BCE) - Archaeological and Historical Correlates. Contributions to the Chronology of the Eastern Mediterranean. Vienna: Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 3) Maeir, A. M. In press. Excavations at Mamilla, Stage I, 1989 (with contributions by D. Z. Ariel, U. Baruch, J. Cahill, L. K. Horwitz, J. Magness, M. J. Ponting, and Y. Strauss). Israel Antiquities Authority. Books (as editor) 4) Faust, A. & Maeir, A. M. (eds.). 1999. Material Culture, Society and Ideology: New Directions in the Archaeology of the Land of Israel. Conference Proceedings. Ramat Gan: Bar Ilan University (In Hebrew). 5) Maeir, A.M. & Baruch, E. (eds.). 2001. Settlement, Civilization and Culture: Proceedings of the Conference in Memory of David Alon. Ramat Gan: Bar Ilan University (In Hebrew). 6) Maeir, A. M., S. Dar and Z. Safrai (eds.). 2003. The Rural Landscape of Ancient Israel. British Archaeological Reports, International Series 1121. Oxford: Archaeopress. 7) Ackermann, O., Faust, A., and Maeir, A. M. (eds.). 2005. Archaeology and Environment: Conference Proceedings (In Hebrew). Ramat-Gan: Bar-Ilan University. 8) Maeir, A. M., and de-Miroschedji, P. (eds.). 2006. “I Will Speak the Riddles of Ancient Times": Archaeological and Historical Studies in Honor of Amihai Mazar on the Occasion of his Sixtieth Birthday. Eisenbrauns: Winona Lake. 9) Maeir, A. M., Magness, J., and Schiffman, L. H. (eds.). 2012. ‘Go Out and Study the Land’ (Judges 18:2): Archaeological, Historical and Textual Studies in Honor of Hanan Eshel. Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism. Leiden: Brill. 10) Maeir, A. M. (ed.). 2012. Tell es-Safi/Gath I: Report on the 1996-2005 Seasons. Ägypten und Altes Testament 69. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. 11) Galil, G., Gilboa, A., Maeir, A. M., and Kahn, D., (eds.). 2012. The Ancient Near East in the 12th-10th Centuries BCE: Culture and History. Proceedings of the International Conference held at the University of Haifa, 2–5 May, 2010. Alter Orient und Altes Testament 392. Münster: Ugarit-Verlag. 12) Maeir, A. M., and Uziel, J. (eds.). In press. Tell es-Safi/Gath II: Excavation Reports and Studies. Ägypten und Altes Testament. Münster: Ugarit-verlag. Articles/Chapters in Books 13) Maeir, A. M. 1994. “The Excavations at Mamilla, Jerusalem, Phase I (1989)”. In Ancient Jerusalem Revealed (ed. H. Geva). Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society, pp. 299-305. -2- 14) Bahat, D. and Maeir, A. M. 1993. "The Archaeological Excavations." In Hebrew. In The Making of City Hall Complex, Jerusalem, Kroyanker, D., pp. 323-26, 330-32. Jerusalem: Ariel. 15) Maeir, A. M. 1997. "T.1181: A Multiple-Interment Burial Cave of the Middle Bronze age IIa-b." In Hazor V: An Account of the Fifth Season of Excavation, 1968, ed. Ben-Tor, A., pp. 295-340. Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society. 16) Boas, A. & Maeir, A. M. 1998. “The Renewed excavations at Tell e-Safi/Gath”, in The Judean Shephelah: Man, Nature and Landscape. Proceedings of the Eighteenth Annual Conference of the Martin (Szusz) Department of Land of Israel Studies, ed. O. Ackermann, pp. 33-39. Ramat Gan: Bar Ilan University (in Hebrew). 17) Faust, A. & Maeir, A. M. 1999. "Material Culture, Society and Ideology in the Archaeology of the Land of Israel". In Material Culture, Society and Ideology: New Directions in the Archaeology of the Land of Israel. Conference Proceedings. Eds. Faust, A. & Maeir, A., pp. 5-10. Ramat Gan: Bar Ilan University (in Hebrew). 18) Maeir, A. M. 2000. "Jerusalem before David - an Archaeological Review" In Hebrew. In Sefer Yerushalayim I, eds. Ahituv, S. and Mazar, A., pp. 33-65. Jerusalem: Yad Yitzhaq Ben Zvi. 19) Maeir, A. M. 2001. The Philistine Culture in Transformation: A Current Perspective based on the Results of the First Seasons of Excavations at Tell es-Safi/Gath", in Maeir, A.M. & Baruch, E. (eds.), Settlement, Civilization and Culture: Proceedings of the Conference in Memory of David Alon, 111-131. Ramat Gan: Bar Ilan University 20) Maeir, A. M. 2002. Red, White and Blue Ware: A little-known group of painted pottery of the Middle Bronze II Period". In Studies in Memory of Aharon Kempinski (Beer-Sheva Series), eds. S. Ahituv & E.D. Oren, pp. 228-240. Beer-Sheva: Ben Gurion University. 21) Maeir, A. M. 2002. "Perspectives on the Early MBII Period in the Jordan Valley". In The Middle Bronze Age Culture in the Levant. Proceedings of an International Conference on MB IIA Ceramics, Vienna, 24th-28th of January 2001, ed. M. Bietak, pp. 261-267. Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences. 22) Maeir, A. M., S. Dar and Z. Safrai. 2003. “The Rural Landscape of Ancient Israel: An Introduction”. In A.M. Maeir, S. Dar and Z. Safrai (eds.), The Rural Landscape of Ancient Israel, pp. ii-vi. BAR International Series 1121. Oxford: Hadrian Books. 23) Maeir, A. M. 2003. "Does Size Count? Urban and Cultic Perspectives on the Rural Landscape during the Middle Bronze II Period". In A. M. Maeir, S. Dar and Z. Safrai (eds.), The Rural Landscape of Ancient Israel, pp. 61-69. BAR International Series. Oxford: Hadrian Books. 24) Maeir, A. M. 2003. “A Late Bronze Age, Syrian-Style Figurine from Tell es-Safi/Gath”. In R. Deutsch (ed.) Shlomo: Studies in Epigraphy, Iconography, History and Archaeology in Honor of Shlomo Moussaieff, pp. 197-206. Tel Aviv/Jaffa: Archaeological Center. 25) Maeir, A. M. 2006. “A Philistine ‘Head Cup’ (Rhyton) from Tell es-Sâfi/Gath.” Pp. 335-345 in A.M. Maeir and P. de-Miroschedji (eds.) I will speak the riddles of ancient times: Archaeological and Historical Studies in Honor of Amihai Mazar on the Occasion of his Sixtieth Birthday. Eisenbrauns: Winona Lake. -3- 26) Maeir, A. M. 2007. The Middle Bronze Age II Pottery. Pp. 242–389 in Excavations at Tel Beth-Shean 1989–1996, Volume II: The Middle and Late Bronze Age Strata in Area R, eds. A. Mazar and R. Mullins. Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society. 27) Maeir, A. M. 2004. What’s Between Gath of the Philistines and Biblical Jerusalem: Choice Perspectives and Implications for the Study of the History of the Land of Israel in the Iron Age IIA (In Hebrew with English abstract). Pp. 51–62, 46* in New Studies on Jerusalem, Vol. 10, eds. E. Baruch and A. Faust. Ramat-Gan: Ingeborg Rennert Center for Jerusalem. 28) Ackermann, O., Maeir, A. M., and Bruins, H. 2005. Evidence of the Ancient Landscape around Archaeological Sites - A “Stage” for Ancient Human Activity: A Case Study from Tell es-Safi/Gath (In Hebrew). Pp. 309–30 in Archaeology and Environment: Conference Proceedings, ed. O. Ackermann, A. Faust and A.M. Maeir. Ramat-Gan: Bar-Ilan University. 29) Maeir, A. M. 2005. Pilgerflasche (Pilgrims’ flask). Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Archaeologie 10, 7/8: 563-64. Berlin: W. de Gruyter. 30) Maeir, A. M. 2005. Philister-Keramik. In Reallexikon der Assyriologie und vorderasiatischen Archaeologie Band 10, 7/8: 528-36. Berlin: W. de Gruyter. 31) Maeir, A. M., and Shai, I. 2006. Iron Age IIA Chalices from Tell es-Safi/Gath. Pp. 357–66 in Timelines. Studies in Honour of Manfred Bietak, Vol. II, eds. E. Czerny, I. Hein, H. Hunger, D. Melman and A. Schwab. Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 149. Leuven: Peeters. 32) Maeir, A. M., Ackermann, O., and Bruins, H. 2006. The Ecological Consequences of a Siege: A Marginal Note on Deuteronomy 20: 19–20. Pp. 239–43 in Confronting the Past: Archaeological and Historical Essays on Ancient Israel in Honor of W.G. Dever, eds. S. Gitin, J. Wright and J.P. Dessel. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns. 33) Maeir, A. M., and Yellin, J. 2007. Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis of Selected Pottery from Tel Beth Shean and the Central Jordan Valley. Pp. 554-71 in Tell Beth Shean I: The Middle and Late Bronze Age Levels in Area R, eds. A. Mazar and R. Mullins. Qedem. Jerusalem: Institute of Archaeology. 34) Maeir, A. M. 2007. Chapter 9: The Bone Beverage Strainers. Pp. 119–23 in The Middle Bronze IIA Cemetery at Gesher: Final Report, eds. Y. Garfinkel and S. Cohen. Annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research 62. Boston: American Schools of Oriental Research. 35) Avissar, R., Uziel, J., and Maeir, A. M. 2007. Tell es-Safi/Gath During the Persian Period. Pp. 65-115 in A Time of Change: Judah and Its Neighbors in the Persian and Early Hellenistic Periods, ed. Y. Levin. London: T&T Clark International. 36) Maeir, A. M., and Dayagi-Mendels, M. 2007. An Elaborately Decorated Clay Model Shrine from the Moussaieff Collection. Pp. 111–23 in Bilder als Quellen/Images as Sources: Studies on Ancient Near Eastern Artefacts and the Bible Inspired by the Work of Othmar Keel, eds. S. Bickel, S. Schroer, R. Schurte and C. Uehlinger. Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis, Sonderbar I. Fribourg: Fribourg Academic Press. 37) Maeir, A. M., and Uziel, J. 2007. A Tale of Two Tells: A Comparative Perspective on Tel Miqne-Ekron and Tell es-Sâfi/Gath in Light of Recent Archaeological Research. Pp. 29–42 in ”Up to the Gates of Ekron”: Essays on the Archaeology and History of the Eastern Mediterranean in Honor of Seymour Gitin, eds. S.W. Crawford, A. Ben-Tor, J.P. Dessel, W.G. Dever, A. Mazar and J. Aviram. Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society. -4- 38) Maeir, A. M. 2008. Hazael, Birhadad, and the Hrz. Pp. 273–77 in Exploring the Longue Durée: Essays in Honor of Lawrence E. Stager, ed. D. Schloen. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns. 39) Shai, I., Ben-Shlomo, D., and Maeir, A. M. 2008. The Philistine Material Culture in Process: The Late Philistine Decorated Ware (“Ashdod Ware”) as a Case Study of Cultural Transformation. Pp. 235–44 in The Proceedings of the 4th International Congress of the Archaeology of the Ancient Near, 29 March – 3 April 2004, Freie Universität Berlin, Volume II. East Social and Cultural Transformation: The Archaeology of Transitional Periods and Dark Ages. Excavation Reports, eds. H. Kuehne, R.M. Czichon and F.J. Kreppner. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. 40) Shai, I., and Maeir, A. M. 2008. The Iron Age IIA Pottery Assemblage at Tell es-Safi/Gath. Pp. 419–28 in The Proceedings of the 4th International Congress of the Archaeology of the Ancient Near, 29 March – 3 April 2004, Freie Universität Berlin, Volume II. East Social and Cultural Transformation. The Archaeology of Transitional Periods and Dark Ages. Excavation Reports, eds. H. Kuehne, R.M. Czichon and F.J. Kreppner. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. 41) Maeir, A. M. 2008. Zafit, Tel. Pp. 2079–81 in The New Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations in the Holy Land 5: Supplementary Volume, ed. E. Stern. Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society. 42) Maeir, A. M. 2008. Aegean Feasting and Other Indo-European Elements in the Philistine Household. Pp. 347–52 in Dais - the Aegean Feast: Proceedings of the 12th Annual International Aegean Conference, Melbourne 25–29 March, 2008, eds. R. Laffineur and L. Hitchcock. Aegeaum 29. Liege: University of Liege. 43) Maeir, A. M. 2008. A Seated Figurine from Tell es-Safi/Gath: A Philistine Image of El? Pp. 627–35 in Birkat Shalom: Studies in the Bible, Ancient Near Eastern Literature, and Postbiblical Judaism Presented to Shalom M. Paul on the Occasion of His Seventieth Birthday, eds. C. Cohen, V. Hurowitz, A. Hurvitz, Y. Muffs, B. Schwartz and J. Tigay. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns. 44) Maeir, A. M., Greenfield, H., Lev-Tov, J., and Horwitz, L. K. 2009. Macro- and Microscopic Aspects of Bone Tool Manufacture and Technology in the Levantine Iron Age: A 9th Century BCE Workshop from Tell es-Safi/Gath, Israel. Pp. 41–68 in Techniques and People: Anthropological Perspectives on Technology in the Archaeology of the Proto-Historic and Early Historic Periods in the Southern Levant, eds. S. A. Rosen and V. Roux. Memoires et travaux du Centre de recherche français de Jérusalem: Archéologie et Sciences de l’Antiquité et du Moyen-Âge 9. Paris: De Boccard. 45) Maeir, A. M., and Mullins, R. 2011. The Tell el-Yuhudiyeh Ware from Beth Shean and The Central Jordan Valley. In Tell el-Yahudiyeh Ware, eds. M. Beitak and R. Czerny. Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences. 46) Maeir, A. M. 2010. Stones, Bones, Texts and Relevance: Or How I Lost My Fear of Biblical Archaeology and Started Enjoying It. Pp. 295-303 in The New Biblical Archaeology - From Text to Turf, ed. T. Levy. London: Equinox. 47) Maeir, A. M. In press. “Canaanites and Philistines: Recent Excavations at Tell es-Sâfi/Gath, Israel (1996-2001)”. In J.-Cl. Margueron, P. de-Miroschedji, and J.P. Thalmann (eds.). Proceedings of the 3rd ICAANE Conference, Paris, May 2002. Eisenbrauns: Winona Lake. -5- 48) Maeir, A. M. 2013. “Philistia transforming: fresh evidence from Tell es-Safi/Gath on the transformational trajectory of the Philistine culture”. Pp. 191-242 in A. Killebrew and G. Lehmann (eds.), The Philistines and other Sea Peoples. Leiden: Brill. 49) Maeir, A. M. 2012. The Archaeology of Earliest Jerusalem: From the Late Proto-Historic Periods (ca. 5th Millennium BCE) to the End of the Bronze Age (Ca. 1200 BCE). Pp. 171187 in Unearthing Jerusalem: 150 Years of Archaeological Research in the Holy City, eds. K. Galor and G. Avni. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns. 50) Shai, I., Maeir, A. M., Uziel, J., and Gadot, Y. 2011. Differentiating Public Buildings from Residencies: The Late Bronze Age II Building at Tell es-Safi/Gath. Pp. 107-131 in Household Archaeology in the Bronze and Iron Age Levant, eds. A. Yasur-Landau, J. Ebeling, and L. Mazow. Leiden: Brill. 51) Maeir, A. M. and Gur-Arie, S. 2011. Comparative Aspects of the Aramean Siege System at Tell es-Safi/Gath. Pp. 227-244 in The Fire Signals of Lachish: Studies in the Archaeology and History of Israel in the Late Bronze Age, Iron Age and Persian Period in honor of David Ussishkin, eds. I. Finkelstein and N. Na’aman. Eisenbrauns: Winona Lake. 52) Maeir, A. M., Shai, I., Uziel, J., Gadot, Y., and Chadwick, J.R. 2012. A Late Bronze Age Biconical Jug with a Depiction of a Scorpion from Tell es-Safi/Gath, Israel. Pp. 249-264 in All the Wisdom of the East: Studies in Near Eastern Archaeology and History in Honor of Eliezer D. Oren, eds. G. Lehmann, Z. Talshir, M. Gruber, and S. Ahituv. Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis. Fribourg: Fribourg Academic Press. 53) Maeir, A. M. In press. Overview of Israeli Input for the MedArchNet – DAAHL Project. In Portal Science and Archaeology – Views from the Mediterranean Lands, eds. T. E. Levy, S. H. Savage, C. Baru and O. LaBianca. Continuum: London. 54) Avraham, G., Maeir, A. M., Shoshani, M., and Brenner, S. In press. Digitizing the past: Knowledge Discovery within Spatial-Archaeological Databases. In Portal Science and Archaeology – Views from the Mediterranean Lands, eds. T. E. Levy, S. H. Savage, C. Baru and O. LaBianca. Continuum: London. 55) Boaretto, E., and Maeir. A. M. In press. Archaeological Science in the Field - An Integrated Approach at Tell es-Safi/Gath, Israel: The viewpoints of the field archaeologist and the archaeological scientist. In Proceedings of the Science and Technology for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage in the Eastern Mediterranean Project: Kickoff and Users Meeting ed. K. Loretz. Cyprus Institute: Nicosia. 56) Chadwick, J.R. and Maeir, A. M. 2012. How Households Can Illuminate The Historical Record?: The Judahite Houses at Gath of the Philistines (A Case Study in Household Archaeology at Tell es-Safi/Gath, Israel). Pp. 6010-618 in Household Archaeology in the Middle East and Beyond: Theory, Method and Practice, eds. K.P. Foster and B.J. Parker. Eisenbrauns: Winona Lake, IN. 57) Maeir, A. M. 2012. Philistia and the Judean Shephelah After Hazael: The Power Play Between the Philistines, Judeans and Assyrians in the 8th Century BCE in Light of the Excavations at Tell es-Safi/Gath. Pp. 241–62 in Disaster and Relief Management Katastrophen und ihre Bewältigung, ed. A. Berlejung. Forschungen zum Alten Testament 81. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck. -6- 58) Maeir, A. M. In press. The Beth-Shean Valley: Geographical and Environmental Background. In Excavations at Tell Rehov, Vol. 1, ed. A. Mazar. Jerusalem: Institute of Archaeology. 59) Shai, I., Ben-Shlomo, D., and Maeir, A. M. 2012. Late Iron Age Judean Cooking Pots with Impressed Handles: A New Class of Stamped Impressions from the Kingdom of Judah. Pp. 225-244n ‘Go Out and Study the Land’ (Judges 18:2): Archaeological, Historical and Textual Studies in Honor of Hanan Eshel, eds. A. M. Maeir, J. Magness and L. H. Schiffman. Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism. Leiden: Brill. 60) Maeir, A. M. 2012. Introduction and Overview. In Tell es-Safi/Gath I: Report on the 19962005 Seasons, ed. A. Maeir. Ägypten und Altes Testament 69. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. 61) Ackermann, O., Greenbaum, N., Bruins, H. J., Bar-Matthews, M., Ayalon, A., Almogi-Labin, A., Schilman, B., and Maeir, A. M. 2012. The Environmental and Paleogeographical History of Tell es-Safi/Gath Over the Past Four Millennia. In Tell es-Safi/Gath I: Report on the 19962005 Seasons, ed. A. Maeir. Ägypten und Altes Testament 69. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. 62) Avissar, R., and Maeir, A. M. 2012. A Reanalysis of Bliss and Macalister’s Excavations at Tell es-Safi/Gath in 1899. In Tell es-Safi/Gath I: Report on the 1996-2005 Seasons, ed. A. Maeir. Ägypten und Altes Testament 69. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. 63) Maeir, A. M. 2012. History of Research - 1838 to 1996. In Tell es-Safi/Gath I: Report on the 1996-2005 Seasons, ed. A. M. Maeir. Ägypten und Altes Testament 69. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. 64) Shai, I., Uziel, J., and Maeir, A. M. 2012. The Architecture and Stratigraphy of Area E: Strata E1-E5. In Tell es-Safi/Gath I: Report on the 1996-2005 Seasons, ed. A. Maeir. Ägypten und Altes Testament 69. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. 65) Shai, I., and Maeir, A. M. 2012. The Iron Age IIA Pottery Assemblage from Stratum A3. In Tell es-Safi/Gath I: Report on the 1996-2005 Seasons, ed. A. M. Maeir. Ägypten und Altes Testament 69. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. 66) Uziel, J., and Maeir, A. M. 2012. The Early Bronze Age Pottery from Area E. In Tell esSafi/Gath I: Report on the 1996-2005 Seasons, ed. A. Maeir. Ägypten und Altes Testament 69. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. 67) Uziel, J., and Maeir, A. M. 2012. The Location, Size and Periods Settlement at Tell esSafi/Gath: The Surface Survey Results. In Tell es-Safi/Gath I: Report on the 1996-2005 Seasons, ed. A. Maeir. Ägypten und Altes Testament 69. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. 68) Zukerman, A., Horwitz, L. K., Lev-Tov, J., Greenfield, H., and Maeir, A. M. 2012. Further Insights on the Notched Scapulae from Stratum A3. In Tell es-Safi/Gath I: Report on the 1996-2005 Seasons, ed. A. Maeir. Ägypten und Altes Testament 69. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. 69) Zukerman, A., and Maeir, A. M. 2012. The Stratigraphy and Architecture of Area A (Strata A5-A1). In Tell es-Safi/Gath I: Report on the 1996-2005 Seasons, ed. A. Maeir. Ägypten und Altes Testament 69. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. 70) Maeir, A. M. 2012. Insights on the Philistine Culture and Related Issues: An Overview of 15 Years of Work at Tell es-Safi/Gath. Pp. 345–403 in The Ancient Near East in the 12th-10th Centuries BCE, Culture and History: Proceedings of the International Conference Held in the University of Haifa, 2–5 May 2010, eds. G. Galil, A. Gilboa, A. M. Maeir and D. Kahn. Alter Orient und Altes Testament 392. Münster: Ugarit-Verlag. -7- 71) Maeir, A. M. 2013. Israel and Judah. Pp. 3523–27 in The Encyclopedia of Ancient History. New York: Blackwell. 72) Maeir, A. M. 2013. Gath. Pp. 443–51 in The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Archaeology, ed. D. M. Master. New York: Oxford. 73) Maeir, A. M. 2013. Gaza. Pp. 451–53 in The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Archaeology, ed. D. M. Master. New York: Oxford. 74) Maeir, A. M., and Eshel, E. 2014. Four short alphabetic inscriptions from Iron Age IIA Tell es-Safi/Gath and their contribution for understanding the process of the development of literacy in Iron Age Philistia. Pp. 69-88 in “See, I Will Bring a Scroll Recounting What Befell Me” (Ps 40:8): Epigraphy and Daily Life - From the Bible to the Talmud Dedicated to the Memory of Professor Hanan Eshel, eds. E. Eshel and Y. Levin. Journal of Ancient Judaism, Supplements, Band 12. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. 75) Maeir, A. M. 2014. Archaeology and the Hebrew Bible. Pp. 2124-36 in The Jewish Study Bible (2nd edition), eds. A. Berlin and M. Brettler. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 76) Maeir. A. M. In press. Micro-Archaeological Perspectives on the Philistine Household throughout the Iron Age and Their Implications. In Household Studies in Complex Societies. (Micro) Archaeological and Textual Approaches, ed. M. Muller. Oriental Institute Series 10. Chicago: Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. 77) Maeir, A. M. In press. Exodus as a Mnemo-Narrative: An Archaeological Perspective. In Israel’s Exodus in Transdisciplinary Perspective - Text, Archaeology, Culture, and Geoscience, eds. T. E. Levy, T. Schneider and W. H. C. Propp. Quantitative Methods in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Heidelberg: Springer. 78) Maeir, A. M. In press. Foodways of the Philistines. In The Archaeology of Food: An Encyclopedia, eds. M. C. Beaudry and K. Metheny. Lanham, MD: Rowman Littlefield. 79) Maeir, A. M. 2014. The Rephaim in Iron Age Philistia: Evidence of a Multi-Generational Family? Pp. 289-297 in „Vom Leben Umfangen“: Ägypten, das Alte Testament und das Gespräch der Religionen. Gedenkschrift Für Manfred Görg, eds. S. Wimmer and G. Gafus. Ägypten und Altes Testament 80. 80) Maeir, A. M. In press. Chapter 14. The Southern Kingdom of Judah: Surrounded by Enemies. In The Bible in Archaeology and History, eds. E. Wright, J. Ebeling, M. Elliott and P. Flesher. Waco, TX: Baylor. 81) Greenfield, H. J., Brown, A., Shai, I., and Maeir, A. M. Submitted. Bones and Identity: Preliminary Analysis of the Fauna from the Early Bronze Age III Neighbourhood at Tell esSafi/Gath, Israel. In Bones and Identity: Archaeozoological Approaches to Reconstructing Social and Cultural Landscapes in Southwest Asia. Proceedings of the 11th Meeting of the Archaeozoology of South West Asia and Adjacent Regions (ASWA) Working Group, Haifa 2013, eds. N. Marom, R. Yeshurun, L. Weissbrod and G. Bar-Oz. Oxford: Oxbow. 82) Hitchcock, L. A., Maeir, A. M., and Dagan, A. In press. Entangling Aegean Ritual in Philistine Culture. In Metaphysis, ed. R. Laffineur. Aegeum. Liege: Liege University Press. 83) Maeir, A. M., and Hitchcock, L. A. In press. The Appearance, Formation and Transformation of Philistine Culture: New Perspectives and New Finds. In The Sea Peoples Up-To-Date: New Research on the Migration of Peoples in the 12th Century BCE, ed. P. Fischer. Contributions to the Chronology of the Eastern Mediterranean. Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences. -8- 84) Maeir, A. M. In press. Khirbet Qeiyafa in Its Regional Context: A View from Philistine Gath. In Khirbet Qeiyafa, eds. S. Münger and S. Schroer. Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis. Fribourg: Academic Press. 85) Chadwick, J. R., and Maeir, A. M. In press. Chapter 5: The Stratigraphy and Architecture of Area F-Upper, Strata F4-F8A. In Tell es-Safi/Gath II: Excavation Reports and Studies, eds. A. M. Maeir and J. Uziel. Ägypten und Altes Testament. Münster: Ugarit-verlag. 86) Gur-Arieh, S., and Maeir, A. M. In press. Chapter 3: Area C - The Siege Trench and Other Features. In Tell es-Safi/Gath II: Excavation Reports and Studies, eds. A. M. Maeir and J. Uziel. Ägypten und Altes Testament. Münster: Ugarit-verlag. 87) Hitchcock, L. A., and Maeir, A. M. In press. Fifteen Men on a Dead Seren’s Chest, Yo Ho Ho and a Krater of Wine. In Fs Antonio Sagona, eds. A. Batmaz, G. Bedianashvili, A. Michalewicz and A. Robinson. Ancient Near Eastern Studies Supplement Series. Leuven: Peeters. 88) Maeir, A. M. In press. Integrating Micro- and Macro-Archaeology at a Multi-Period Site: Insights and Outcomes from Tell es-Safi/Gath. In Cyber-Archaeology and Grand Narratives: Digital Technology and Deep-Time Perspectives on Culture Change in the Middle East, eds. I. Jones and T. E. Levy. One World Archaeology. Springer. 89) Greenfield, H. J., Wing, D., and Maeir, A. M. In press. LiDAR Technology as an Analytical Tool at Tell es-Safi, Israel. In Breaking Barriers: Proceedings of the 2014 Chacmool Conference, University of Calgary, Dept. of Archaeology, Calgary, AB, November 7–10, 2014. Calgary: University of Calgary. Articles in Periodicals 90) Maeir, A. M. 1988-9. "Remarks on a Supposed 'Egyptian Residency' at Gezer." Tel Aviv 1516:65-67. 91) Maeir, A. M. 1989. Hyksos Miscellanea. Discussions in Egyptology 14:61-68. 92) Maeir, A. M. 1989. A Note on a Little-known Egyptian Statue from Jerusalem. Gottinger Miszellen 110:35-40. 93) Maeir, A. M. 1990. Mount Zion Gleanings. Israel Exploration Journal 40:68-70. 94) Maeir, A. M. 1990. A Possible Hebrew-Egyptian Bilingual Inscription from the 'Ophel', Jerusalem. Gottinger Miszellen 114:63-69. 95) Maeir, A. M. and Garfinkel, Yosef. 1992. "Bone and Metal Straw-tip Beer-Strainers from the Ancient Near East." Levant 24:218-23. 96) Maeir, A. M., Yellin, Joseph, and Goren, Yuval. 1992. "A Re-evaluation of the Red and Black Bowl from Parker's Excavations in Jerusalem." Oxford Journal of Archaeology 11 (March):39-53. 97) Yellin, J., and Maeir, A. M. 1992. "The Origin of the Pictorial Krater from the `Mycenaean' Tomb at Tel Dan." Archaeometry 34(1):31-36. 98) Maeir, A. M. 1993. "Excavations at Mamilla in Jerusalem." In Hebrew. Qadmoniot 101102:56-61. 99) Maeir, A. M. 1994. "Hyksos, Horses and Hippopotami: A Note." Levant 26:231. 100) Maeir, A. M. 1996. "The 'Judahite' Swords from the 'Lachish' Reliefs of Sennacherib." In Hebrew with English Summary. Eretz Israel 25:210-14. -9- 101) Maeir, A. M., and Strauss, Y., 1996. "A Pilgrim Flask of Anatolian Origin from Late Byzantine/Early Ummayyad Jerusalem." Anatolian Studies 46:237-41. 102) Maeir, A. M. 1998. "Philistines in Sardinia: A critical re-appraisal". Ugarit Forschungen 30:497-510. 103) Maeir, A. M. 2000. “Sassanica Varia Palaestiniensia: A Sassanian seal from T. Istaba, Israel, and other Sassanian objects from the Southern Levant”. Iranica Antiqua 35:159-183. 104) Maeir, A. M. 2000. "The Political and Economic Status of MBII Hazor and MBII Trade: An Inter- and Intra-regional View". Palestine Exploration Quarterly 132:37-58. 105) Maeir, A. M., and Ponting, M. J. 2000. "'The Cutting Edge': Symbolism, Technology and Typology of a New Kingdom Egyptian Axe". Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archaeologischen Instituts, Kairo 56:267-276. 106) Maeir, A. M. 2000. “Hamadiya-North: A Rural MBII settlement in the Bet She'an Valley”. `Atiqot 39:31-42. 107) Maeir, A. M. 2001. The Baby, the Bathwater or Both: A Reaction to Kletter and DeGroot's Proposal. Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology 14:92-95. 108) Maeir, A. M. 2002. “The Relations between Egypt and the Southern Levant during the Late Iron Age: The Material Evidence from Egypt”. Ägypten und Levante 12: 235-246. 109) Safrai, Z., and Maeir, A. M. 2002. "'( אתא אגרתא ממערבאAn Epistle Came from the West'): Historical and Archaeological Evidence for the Ties between the Jewish Communities in the Land of Israel and Babylonia during the Talmudic Period." Jewish Quarterly Review 93/3-4: 497-531. 110) Maeir, A. M., and Bahat, D. 2004. "The Excavations at Kikar Ha'Ir." `Atiqot 47: 169192. 111) Shai, I., and Maeir, A. M. 2003. The Pre-LMLK Jars: A New Class of Storage Jars Dating to the Iron Age II. Tel Aviv 30: 108-123. 112) Ackermann, O., Maeir, A. M., and Bruins, H., 2003. “Unique human-made catenary changes and their effect on soil and vegetation in the semi-arid Mediterranean zone: a case study on Sarcopoterium spinosum distribution near Tell es-Safi/Gath, Israel. Catena 57/3: 309-330. 113) Maeir, A. M. 2003. “Notes and News: Tell es-Safi/Gath, 1996-2002”. Israel Exploration Journal 53: 237-246. 114) Maeir, A. M. 2004. “The Historical Background and Dating of Amos 6, 2: An Archaeological Perspective from Tell es-Safi/Gath.” Vetus Testamentum 54/3: 319-34. 115) Ackermann, O., Bruins, H., and Maeir, A. M. 2004. Human Impact on Landscape Evolution in the Environs of Tell es-Safi/Gath (Judean Shephelah) During the Last 3000 Years (In Hebrew with English abstract). Judea and Samaria 13: 417–28, XXIX-XXX. 116) Ackermann, O., Maeir, A. M., and Bruins, H., 2004. Unique human-made catenary changes and their effect on soil and vegetation in the semi-arid Mediterranean zone: a case study on Sarcopoterium spinosum distribution near Tell es-Safi/Gath, Israel. Catena 57: 309-30. 117) Ackermann, O., Bruins, H., and Maeir, A.M. 2005. “A Unique Human Made Trench at Tell es-Safi/Gath: Anthropogenic impact and landscape response.” Geoarchaeology 20: 303-28. 118) Maeir, A. M., Martin, M., and Wimmer, S.J. 2005. “An Incised Hieratic Inscription from Tell es-Safi, Israel”. Egypt and the Levant 14: 125-34. -10- 119) Uziel, J., and Maeir, A. M. 2005. Scratching the Surface at Gath: Implications of the Tell es-Safi/Gath Surface Survey, Tel Aviv 32/1: 50-75. 120) Ackermann, O., Maeir, A. M., Bruins, H., and Zhevelev, H. 2005. Anthropogenic and Natural Changes of Calcrete (‘Nari’) Cover in the Tell es-Safi/Gath Area: Effect on Sarcopoterium Spinosum Distribution, Judea and Samaria Research and Studies 14: 431-45 (In Hebrew with English abstract). 121) Ackermann, O., Bruins, H., Sarah, P., Zhevelev, H., and Maeir, A. M. 2005. Landscape Archaeology in a Dry-Stream Valley Near Tell es-Safi/Gath (Israel): Agricultural Terraces and the Origin of Fill Deposits. Environmental Archaeology 10: 199-215. 122) Maeir, A. M., 2007. A New Interpretation of the Term ‛Opalim ( )עפליםin Light of Recent Archaeological Finds from Philistia. Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 32: 22-40. 123) Wimmer, S. J., and Maeir, A. M. 2007. The Prince of Safit: A Late Bronze Age Hieratic Inscription from Tell es-Sâfi/Gath. Zeitschrift des deutschen Palästina-Vereins 123(1): 37–48. 124) Zukerman, A., Horwitz, L.K., Lev-Tov, J., and Maeir, A. M. 2007. A Bone of Contention? Iron Age IIA Notched Scapulae from Tell es-Safi/Gath, Israel. Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 347: 57-81. 125) Horwitz, L. K., Lev-Tov, J., Chadwick, J., Wimmer, S., and Maeir, A. M. 2007. Working Bones: A Unique Iron Age IIA Animal Bone Workshop from Tell es-Safi/Gath. Near Eastern Archaeology 66: 169-73. 126) Maeir, A. M. 2007. Ten Years of Excavations at Biblical Gat Plishtim (In Hebrew). Qadmoniot 40(133): 15–24. 127) Ben-Shlomo, D., Maeir, A. M., and Mommsen, H. 2007. Neutron Activation and Petrographic Analysis of Selected Late Bronze and Iron Age Pottery from Tell es-Safi/Gath, Israel. Journal of Archaeological Science 35: 956-64. 128) Maeir, A. M., and Shai, I. 2007. An Iron Age IIA Phoenician-Style (?) Fluted Ceramic Bowl from Tell es-Safi/Gath: A Ceramic Imitation of a Metal Prototype. Journal of the Serbian Archaeological Society 23: 219–26. 129) Ben-Shlomo, D., Shai, I., Zukerman, A., and Maeir, A. M. 2008. Cooking Identities: Aegean-Style and Philistine Cooking Jugs and Cultural Interaction in the Southern Levant during the Iron Age. American Journal of Archaeology: 112: 225-46. 130) Maeir, A. M., Wimmer, S., Zukerman, A., and Demsky, A. 2008. A Late Iron Age I/early Iron Age IIA Old Canaanite Inscription from Tell es-Sâfi/Gath, Israel: Palaeography, Dating, and Historical-Cultural Significance. Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 351: 39–71. 131) Yellin, J., and Maeir, A.M. 2008. Four Decades of Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis and Its Contribution to the Archaeology of the Ancient Land of Israel. Israel Journal of Earth Sciences 56: 123–32. 132) Ben-Shlomo, D., Uziel, J., and Maeir, A. M. 2009. Pottery Production at Tell es-Safi/Gath: A Longue Durée Perspective. Journal of Archaeological Science 36: 2258-73. 133) Maeir, A. M. 2009. Fragments of Stone Reliefs from Bliss and Macalister’s Excavations at Tell es-Safi/Gath (In Hebrew with English Abstract). Eretz Israel 28: 270-76, *291. 134) Boas, A.J., and Maeir, A. M. 2009. The Crusader castle Blanche Garde and later remains at Tell es-Safi in Light of Recent Discoveries. Crusades 8: 1-22. -11- 135) Maeir, A. M., Fantalkin, A., and Zukerman, A. 2009. The Earliest Greek Import to the Iron Age Levant: New Evidence from Tell es-Safi/Gath, Israel. Ancient West and East 8: 57-80. 136) Uziel, J., Ben-Shlomo, D., Ilan, D., Shai, I., and Maeir, A. M. 2009. Middle Bronze Age II Pottery Production in the Western Shephelah: Comparing Methods from Tel Nagila, Tell esSafi/Gath, and Tel Burna. Leiden Journal of Pottery Studies 25: 141-62. 137) Katz, O., Cabanes, D., Weiner, S., Maeir, A. M., Boaretto, E., and Shahack-Gross, R. 2010. Rapid Phytolith Extraction for On-Site Analysis of Phytolith Concentrations and Assemblages: An Application at Tell es-Safi/Gath, Israel. Journal of Archaeological Science 31/7: 1557-63. 138) Regev, L., Zukerman, A., Hitchcock, L., Maeir, A. M., Weiner, S., and Boaretto, E. 2010. Hydraulic Plaster from the Iron Age of Tell es-Safi/Gath, Israel. Journal of Archaeological Science 37(12): 3000-09. 139) Maeir, A. M. 2010. “And Brought in the Offerings and the Tithes and the Dedicated Things Faithfully” (II Chron 31:12): On the Meaning and Function of the Late Iron Age Judahite “Incised Handle Cooking Pot.” Journal of the American Oriental Society 130(1): 42-63. 140) Maeir, A. M., Shai, I., and Horwitz, L. 2011. “Like a Lion in Cover”: An Early Bronze Age Decorated Cylinder Seal from Tell es-Safi/Gath, Israel. Israel Exploration Journal 61: 12-31. 141) Maeir, A. M., and Hitchcock, L. 2011. Absence Makes the Hearth Grow Fonder: Searching for the Origins of the Philistine Hearth. Eretz Israel (A. Ben-Tor Volume) 30: 46*-64* 142) Shai, I., Ilan, D., Maeir, A. M., Uziel, J. 2011. The Iron Age Remains at Tel Nagila. Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 363: 25-43. 143) Faerman, M., Boaretto, E., Uziel, J., Maeir, A. M., and Smith, P. 2011. “…In Their Lives, and in Their Death…”: A Preliminary Study of an Iron Age Burial Cave at Tell es-Safi, Israel. Zeitschrift des deutschen Palästina Vereins 127(1): 29–48. 144) Namdar, D., Zukerman, A., Maeir, A. M., Katz, J. C., Cabanes, D., Trueman, C., ShahackGross, R., and Weiner, S. 2011. The 9th Century BCE Destruction Layer at Tell es-Safi/Gath, Israel: Integrating Macro- and Microarchaeology. Journal of Archaeological Science 38(12): 3471–82. 145) Gur-Arieh, S., Boaretto, E., Maeir, A. M., and Shahack-Gross, R. 2012 Formation Processes in Philistine Hearths from Tell es-Safi/Gath (Israel): An Experimental Approach. Journal of Field Archaeology 37(2): 121–31. 146) Toffolo, M., Maeir, A. M., Chadwick, J. R., and Boaretto, E. 2012. Characterization of Contexts for Radiocarbon Dating: Results from the Early Iron Age at Tell es-Safi/Gath, Israel. Radiocarbon 54(3–4): 371–90. 147) Greenfield, H. J., Shai, I., and Maeir, A. M. 2012. Being an “Ass”: An Early Bronze Age Burial of a Donkey from Tell es-Safi/Gath, Israel. Bioarchaeology of the Ancient Near East 6: 21–52. 148) Eliyahu-Behar, A., Yahalom-Mack, N., Shilstein, S., Zukerman, A., Shafer-Elliott, C., Maeir, A. M., Boaretto, E., Finkelstein, I., and Weiner, S. 2012. Iron and Bronze Production in Iron Age IIA Philistia: New Evidence from Tell es-Safi/Gath, Israel. Journal of Archaeological Science 39(2): 255–67. 149) Hitchcock, L. A. and Maeir, A. M. 2013. Beyond Creolization and Hybridity: Entangled and Transcultural Identities in Philistia. Archaeological Review from Cambridge 28(1): 51–74. -12- 150) Maeir, A.M., Hitchcock, L.A. and Horwitz, L.K. 2013. On the Constitution and Transformation of Philistine Identity. Oxford Journal of Archaeology 32(1): 1–38. 151) Maeir, A.M. 2013. Review of: A. Faust. 2012. The Archaeology of Israelite Society. Eisenbrauns: Winona Lake. Review of Biblical Literature www.bookreviews.org/pdf/8631_9464.pdf 152) Meiri, M., Huchon, D., Bar-Oz, G., Boaretto, E., Kolska Horwitz, L., Maeir, A., Sapir-Hen, L., Larson, G., Weiner, S., and Finkelstein, I. 2013. Ancient DNA and Population Turnover in Southern Levantine Pigs - Signature of the Sea Peoples Migration? Scientific Reports 3: 3035 | DOI: 10.1038/srep03035. 153) Shai, I., Greenfield, H., Regev, J., Boaretto, E., and Maeir, A. M. 2014. The Early Bronze Age Remains at Tell es-Safi/Gath, Israel: An Interim Report. Tel Aviv 41/1: 19-48. 154) Gur-Arieh, S., Shahack-Gross, R., Maeir, A. M., Lehmann, G., Hitchcock, L. A., and Boaretto, E. 2014. The Taphonomy and Preservation of Wood and Dung Ashes Found in Archaeological Cooking Installations: Case Studies from Iron Age Israel. Journal of Archaeological Science 46: 50–67. 155) Ackermann, O., Greenbaum, N., Bruins, H., Bar-Matthews, M., Almogi-Labin, A., Schilman, B., Ayalon, A., Horwitz, L. K., Weiss, E., and Maeir, A. M. 2014. Palaeoenvironment and Anthropogenic Activity in the Southeastern Mediterranean since the Mid-Holocene: The Case of Tell es-Safi/Gath, Israel. Quaternary International 328– 329: 226–43. 156) Gadot, Y., Finkelstein, I., Iserlis, M., Maeir, A. M., Nahshoni, P., and Namdar, D. 2014. Tracking Down Cult: Production, Function and Content of Chalices in Iron Age Philistia. Tel Aviv 41(1): 55–76. 157) Hitchcock, L. A., and Maeir, A. M. 2014. Yo-Ho, Yo-Ho, a Seren’s Life for Me! World Archaeology 46:3: 624-40. 158) Davis, B., Maeir, A. M., and Hitchcock, L. A. In press. Disentangling Entangled Objects: Iron Age Inscriptions from Philistia as a Reflection of Cultural Processes. Israel Exploration Journal 64. 159) Hitchcock, L. A., Horwitz, L. K., and Maeir, A. M. 2015. One Philistine’s Trash is an Archaeologist’s Treasure: Feasting at Iron Age I, Tell es-Safi/Gath. Near Eastern Archaeology 78(1): 12-25. 160) Maeir, A. M., and Shai, I. In press. The Origins of the “Late Philistine Decorated Ware”: A Note. Tel Aviv. 161) Maeir, A. M., Shacham, B., and Horwitz, L. K. In press. Possibly the Earliest Literary Reference to an Invasive Species - Canaanite Snakes in Old Kingdom Egypt? Biological Invasions. 162) Maeir, A. M. 2015. A Feast in Papua New Guinea. Near Eastern Archaeology 78(1): 26– 34. 163) Maeir, A. M., Davis, B., Horwitz, L. K., Asscher, Y., and Hitchcock, L. A. 2015. An Ivory Bowl from early Iron Age Tell es-Safi/Gath (Israel) - Manufacture, Meaning and Memory. World Archaeology 47. 164) Asscher, Y., Cabanes, D., Hitchcock, L. A., Maeir, A. M., Weiner, S., and Boaretto, E. In press. Radiocarbon Dating Shows an Early Appearance of Philistine Cultural Material in Tell es-Safi/Gath, Philistia. Radiocarbon. -13- 165) Eliyahu-Behar, A., Elbaz, S., Shai, I., Maeir, A. M., and Greenfield, H. J. In press. Faience Beads from Early Bronze Age Contexts at Tell es-Safi/Gath, Israel. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports. 166) Maeir, A. M., Davis, B., and Hitchcock, L. A. In press. Philistine Names and Terms Once Again: A Recent Perspective. Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage. 167) Shai, I., Greenfield, H. J., Brown, A., Albaz, S., and Maeir, A. M. In press. The Importance of the Donkey as a Pack Animal in the Early Bronze Age Southern Levant: A View from Tell es-Safi/Gath. Zeitschrift Des Deutschen Palästina Vereins. 168) Ackermann, O., Greenbaum, N., Ayalon, A., Bar-Matthews, A., Boaretto, E., Bruins, H., Cabanes, D., Horwitz, L. K., Neumann, F., Porat, N., Weiss, E., and Maeir, A. M. 2015. Using Palaeo-Environmental Proxies to Reconstruct Natural and Anthropogenic Controls on Sedimentation Rates, Tell es-Safi/Gath, Eastern Mediterranean. Anthropocene. 169) Olsvig-Whittaker, L., Maeir, A. M., Weiss, E., Frumin, S., Ackermann, O., and Horwitz, L. K. In press. Ecology of the Past – Landscapes, People and Climate Change in Philistia – the Southern Coastal Plain of Israel. Journal of Mediterranean Ecology. 170) Shai, I., Chadwick, J. R., Welch, E., Katz, J., Greenfield, H., and Maeir, A. M. In press. The Early Bronze Age Fortifications at Tell es-Safi/Gath, Israel. Palestine Exploration Quarterly. 171) Cabanes, D., Andriopoulou, N. C., Alonso, M., Rodrígeuz-Cintas, A., Alonso, N., Hitchcock, L. A., Maeir, A. M., and Shahack-Gross, R. In press. A Rapid Method to Identify Wheat Inflorescence in Phytolith-Rich Layers. Journal of Archaeological Science. 172) Maeir, A. M., and Horwitz, L. K. 2015. The Archaeological Evidence of the Prohibition of Eating Pig in the Land of Israel (In Hebrew). Et Miqra. 173) Eliyahu-Behar, A., Shai, I., Ben-Shlomo, D., Maeir, A. M., and Greenfield, H. J. In press. Technological and Chronological Observations about Lime Plaster Coating on Early Bronze Age Pottery from the Southern Levant: Thoughts on the Lowering of Vessel Permeability. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports.