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El-Ahwat : A Fortified Site from the Early Iron Age Near Nahal 'Iron Israel : Excavations 1993-2000

2012ref. 51818Leiden: Brill 2012. First edition thus. Hardcover. Fine. xix 1 485 1pp. With a 32 page bibliography. Red buckram lettered in yellow. Illustrated with approx. 200 photos drawings archaeological ground plans and charts. A fine as new copy. This report presents the findings of a unique archaeological site in central Israel. The site is a fortified city possibly from the Sea-Peoples Shardana that contains intriguing architecture and many Egyptian finds. The Egyptian finds specifically indicate that it may have been an Egyptian stronghold with foreign mercenaries. Contents: List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; Introduction; History of the Excavations the Staff and the Methodology; Part One: Stratigraphy Architecture and Chronology; Chapter One The Site -- General Data; Chapter Two Plan and Fortifications; Chapter Three Stratigraphy and Chronology; Chapter Four Area A -- The City Gate A1 the "Approach" A2 and the Upper Terrace A3; Chapter Five Area B -- A Sounding in the Western City Wall; Chapter Six Area C1 -- The Residential Quarter; Chapter Seven Area C2; Chapter Eight Area D -- The Central Quarter; Chapter Nine Area E1 -- A Sounding in the Southern Quarter Chapter Ten Area F -- Soundings in the Fortifications; Chapter Eleven Area T -- The Outside Tower; Part Two: The Finds; Chapter Twelve The Iron Age Pottery; Chapter Thirteen The Late Pottery; Chapter Fourteen Nine Scarabs A Scaraboid A Cylinder Seal and a Bifacial Rectangular Plaque from El-Ahwat; Chapter Fifteen The Beads and Pendants; Chapter Sixteen An Ivory Caprid-Head from Area A3; Chapter Seventeen A Bronze Head from Area A3; Chapter Eighteen The Coins; Part Three: Economy and Environment; Chapter Nineteen The Stone Objects; Chapter Twenty The Flint Assemblage Chapter Twenty-One The Faunal Remains; A. Fish Remains; B. Shells; Chapter Twenty-Two A Furnace for the Processing of Iron; Chapter Twenty-Three Oil-Producing Installations; Chapter Twenty-Four Oil Press L4348 and its Implications; Chapter Twenty-Five The Ottoman Pipes; Part Four: Conclusions; Chapter Twenty-Six Architectural and Archaeological Parallels Between El-Ahwat and the Western Mediterranean; Chapter Twenty-Seven Archaeological and Historical Conclusions; Bibliography; List of Loci OCLC Volume 24 in the Brill series "Culture and History of the Ancient Near East. Brill hardcover books