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1 Publications Relating to the Tell es-safi/gath Archaeological Project ( ) Ackermann, O Man Landscape Relationships in the Tell es-safi/gath Area during the last 6000 Years. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Bar-Ilan, Ramat Gan. Ackermann, O., and Bruins, H. Environmental Background of Tell es-safi/gath and Its Vicinity. In Tell es-safi/gath I: Report on the Seasons, ed. A. Maeir. Ägypten und Altes Testament 69. Wiesbaden: Ackermann, O., Bruins, H., and Maeir, A 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: , XXIX-XXX A Unique Human-Made Trench at Tell es-safi/gath, Israel: Anthropogenic Impact and Landscape Response. Geoarchaeology 20(3): Ackermann, O., Greenbaum, N., Bruins, H., Bar-Matthews, M., Ayalon, A., Almogi-Labin, A., Schilman, B., and Maeir, A. The Environmental and Paleogeographical History of Tell es-safi/gath over the Past Four Millennia. In Tell es-safi/gath I: Report on the Seasons, ed. A. Maeir. Ägypten und Altes Testament 69. Wiesbaden: Ackermann, O., Maeir, A., and Bruins, H Unique Human-Made Catenary Changes and Their Effect on Soil and Vegetation in the Semi-Arid Mediterranean Zone: A Case Study on Sarcopterium Spinosum Distribution Near Tell Es- Sâfi/Gath, Israel. Catena 57: Ackermann, O., Maeir, A., and Bruins, H 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 in Archaeology and Environment: Conference Proceedings, ed. O. Ackermann, A. Faust and A. Maeir. Ramat-Gan: Bar-Ilan University Anthropogenic and Natural Changes of Calcrete ( Nari ) Cover in the Tell es-safi/gath Area: The Effect on Sarcopoterium Spinosum Distribution (In Hebrew with English abstract). Judea and Samaria Research and Studies 14: Ackermann, O., Bruins, H., Sarah, P., Zhevelev, H., and Maeir, A Landscape Archaeology in a Dry-Stream Valley Near Tell es-safi/gath (Israel): Agricultural Terraces and the Origin of Fill Deposits. Environmental Archaeology 10(2): Avissar, R Reanalysis of Bliss and Macalister s Excavations at Tell es-safi in Unpublished MA Thesis, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan. Avissar, R., and Maeir, A. The Iron Age IIB Pottery: A Preliminary Study. In Tell es-safi/gath I: Report on the Seasons, ed. A. Maeir. Ägypten und Altes Testament 69. Wiesbaden: Avissar, R., Uziel, J., and Maeir, A Tell es-safi/gath During the Persian Period. Pp in A Time of Change: Judah and Its Neighbors in the Persian and Early Hellenistic Periods, ed. Y. Levin. London: T&T Clark International. Avraham, G., Maeir, A.M., Shoshani, M., and Brenner, S. 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. Ben-Shlomo, D Decorated Philistine Pottery: An Archaeological and Archaeometric Study. British Archaeological Reports, International Series Oxford: Archaeopress. Archaeometric Analysis of Pottery. In Tell es-safi/gath I: Report on the Seasons, ed. A. Maeir. Ägypten und Altes Testament 69. Wiesbaden:

2 Ben-Shlomo, D., Maeir, A., and Mommsen, H Neutron Activation and Petrographic Analysis of Selected Late Bronze and Iron Age Pottery from Tell es-safi/gath, Israel. Journal of Archaeological Science 35: Ben-Shlomo, D., Shai, I., and Maeir, A Late Philistine Decorated Ware ( Ashdod Ware ): Typology, Chronology and Production Centers. Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 335: Ben-Shlomo, D., Shai, I., Zukerman, A., and Maeir, A Cooking Identities: Aegean-Style and Philistine Cooking Jugs and Cultural Interaction in the Southern Levant During the Iron Age. American Journal of Archaeology 112(2 April): Ben-Shlomo, D., Uziel, J., and Maeir, A Pottery Production at Tell es-safi/gath: A Longue Durée Perspective. Journal of Archaeological Science 36: Bentley, J., and Schneider, T Statistics and Archaeology in Israel. Computational Statistics and Data Analysis 32(3 4): Boaretto, E., and Maeir. A.M. 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. Boas, A. Blanchegarde Castle (Tell es-safi) in the Medieval and Modern Periods. In Tell es-safi/gath I: Report on the Seasons, ed. A. Maeir. Ägypten und Altes Testament 69. Wiesbaden: Boas, A., and Maeir, A The Renewed Excavations at Tell e-safi/gath (In Hebrew). Pp in The Judaean Shephelah - Man, Nature and Landscape: Proceedings of the Eighteenth Annual Conference of the Martin (Szusz) Department of Land of Israel Studies, May 19th, 1998, ed. O. Ackermann. Ramat-Gan: Bar Ilan University. The Crusader Castle Blanche Garde and Later Remains at Tell es-safi in Light of Recent Discoveries. Crusades. Boas, A., Maeir, A., and Schneider, T Tel Zafit (In Hebrew). Hadashot Archaeologiot 108: 156. Cassuto, D. Chadwick, J., and Maeir, A. The Weaving Implements. In Tell es-safi/gath I: Report on the Seasons, ed. A. Maeir. Ägypten und Altes Testament 69. Wiesbaden: A Case Study in Household Archaeology at Tell es-safi/gath, Israel: Household Evidence of the Judahite Phases in Area F. In Household Archaeology: New Perspectives from the Near East and Beyond, eds. B. Parker and C. Foster. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns. Dagan, A The Kfar Menachem Site. Master s Thesis. In Hebrew with English abstract. Ramat-Gan: Bar-Ilan University. Ehrlich, C Die Suche nach Gat und die neuen ausgrabungen auf Tell es-sâfi. Pp in Kein Land für sich allein: Studien zum Kulturkontakt in Kanaan, Israel/Palästina und Ebir nari für Manfred Weippert zum 65. Geburtstag, eds. U. Huebner and E. Knauf. Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis 186. Fribourg: Fribourg University Press Die Suche nach Goliaths Heimat: Die ausgrabungen bei Tell es-safi in Israel. Pp in Bibel und Judentum: Beiträge Aus dem Christlich-Jüdischen Gespräch, by C. Ehrlich. U.k.: Pano Verlag. Etkes, H. Tell es-safi in the Ottoman Cadastral Surveys (Ca ). In Tell es-safi/gath I: Report on the Seasons, ed. A. Maeir. Ägypten und Altes Testament 69. Wiesbaden: Gadot, Y., Yasur-Landau, A., and Uziel, J.

3 The Late Bronze Age Pottery from Area E, Stratum E4. In Tell es-safi/gath I: Report on the Seasons, ed. A. Maeir. Ägypten und Altes Testament 69. Wiesbaden: Gur-Arieh, S Siege Systems in the Ancient Near East: A Case Study from Tell es-safi/gath. Master s Thesis. In Hebrew with English summary. Ramat-Gan: Bar-Ilan University. Horwitz, L., Lev-Tov, J., Chadwick, J., Wimmer, S., and Maeir, A Working Bones: A Unique Iron Age IIA Bone Workshop from Tell es-safi/gath. Near Eastern Archaeology 66(3-4): Katz, J. A Preliminary Report on the Ground Stone Objects. In Tell es-safi/gath I: Report on the Seasons, ed. A. Maeir. Ägypten und Altes Testament 69. Wiesbaden: Keel, O., and Münger, S. Levin, Y. Stamp-Seal Amulets. In Tell es-safi/gath I: Report on the Seasons, ed. A. Maeir. Ägypten und Altes Testament 69. Wiesbaden: Philistine Gath in the Biblical Record. In Tell es-safi/gath I: Report on the Seasons, ed. A. Maeir. Ägypten und Altes Testament 69. Wiesbaden: Levi-Reifer, A. The Early Bronze Age in the Judean Shephelah. In Tell es-safi/gath I: Report on the Seasons, ed. A. Maeir. Ägypten und Altes Testament 69. Wiesbaden: Lev-Tov, J. A Preliminary Report on the Late Bronze and Iron Age Faunal Assemblages from Tell es- Safi/Gath. In Tell es-safi/gath I: Report on the Seasons, ed. A. Maeir. Ägypten und Altes Testament 69. Wiesbaden: Maeir, A Tel Zafit Hadashot Archeologiot 112: , 97*-98* Safi (Tel es-); Safit (Tell). P. 445 in Archaeological Encyclopedia of the Holy Land, eds. A. Negev and S. Gibson. 2nd ed. London: Continuum The Philistine Culture in Transformation: A Current Perspective Based on the Results of the First Seasons of Excavations at Tell es-safi/gath (In Hebrew). Pp in Settlement, Civilization and Culture: Proceedings of the Conference in Memory of David Alon, eds. A. Maeir and E. Baruch. Ramat Gan: Bar Ilan University A Late Bronze Age, Syrian-Style Figurine from Tell es-sâfi/gath. Pp in Shlomo; Studies in Epigraphy, Iconography, History and Archaeology in Honor of Shlomo Moussaieff, ed. R. Deutsch. Tel Aviv-Jaffa: Archaeological Center Notes and News: Tell es-safi. Israel Exploration Journal 53(3): The Historical Background and Dating of Amos VI 2: An Archaeological Perspective from Tell es-safi/gath. Vetus Testamentum 54(3): 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 , 46* in New Studies on Jerusalem, Vol. 10, eds. E. Baruch and A. Faust. Ramat-Gan: Ingeborg Rennert Center for Jerusalem Studies Philister-Keramik. Pp in Reallexikon der Assyriologie und vorderasiatischen Archäologie, Band 14, eds. G. Frantz-Szabo and U. Hellwag. Berlin: W. de Gruyter Tell es-safi/gath Archaeological Project. Jahrbuch des Deutschen Evangelischen Instituts für Altertumswissenschaft des Heiligen Landes 9/10: A Philistine Head Cup (Rhyton) from Tell es-safi/gath. Pp in I Will Speak the Riddles of Ancient Times : Archaeological and Historical Studies in Honor of Amihai Mazar on the Occasion of His Sixtieth Birthday, eds. A. Maeir and P. de Miroschedji. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns A New Interpretation of the Term `Opalim (עפלים) in Light of Recent Archaeological Finds from Philistia. Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 32(1): Ten Years of Excavations at Biblical Gat Plishtim (In Hebrew). Qadmoniot 40(133): Aegean Feasting and Other Indo-European Elements in the Philistine Household. Pp in Dais - the Aegean Feast: Proceedings of the 12th Annual International Aegean Conference,

4 Melbourne March, 2008, eds. R. Laffineur and L. Hitchcock. Aegeaum 29. Liege: University of Liege A Seated Figurine from Tell es-safi/gath: A Philistine Image of El? Pp 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 Did the Captured Ark Afflict Philistines with E.D. Biblical Archaeology Review 34(3 May/June): Zafit, Tel. Pp in The New Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations in the Holy Land 5: Supplementary Volume, ed. E. Stern. Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society Hazael, Birhadad, and the Hrz. Pp in Exploring the Longue Durée: Essays in Honor of Lawrence E. Stager, ed. J. D. Schloen. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns Fragments of Stone Reliefs from Bliss and Macalister s Excavations at Tell es-safi/gath (In Hebrew with English Abstract). Eretz Israel (Ephraim Stern Volume) 28: , 291*. Tell es-safi/gath I: Report on the Seasons. Ägypten und Altes Testament 69. Wiesbaden: Canaanites and Philistines: Recent Excavations at Tell es-sâfi/gath, Israel ( ). In Proceedings of the 3 rd ICAANE Conference, Paris, May 2002, eds. J.-C. Margueron, P. de Miroschedji and J. Thalmann. Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns. Philistia Transforming: Fresh Evidence from Tell es-sâfi/gath on the Transformational Trajectory of the Philistine Culture. In The Philistines and Other Sea Peoples, eds. A. Killebrew, G. Lehmann and M. Artzy. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature. Maeir, A., Ackermann, O., and Bruins, H The Ecological Consequences of a Siege: A Marginal Note on Deuteronomy 20: Pp in Confronting the Past: Archaeological and Historical Essays on Ancient Israel in Honor of W.G. Dever, eds. S. Gitin, J. Wright and J. Dessel. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns Maeir, A., and Boas, A Tel Zafit (In Hebrew and English). Hadashot Archaeologiot 110: 88, 68*. Maeir, A., and Boas, A Archaeology in Israel: Tell e-safi. American Journal of Archaeology 102: Maeir, A., and Ehrlich, C Tel Zafit Hadashot Archeologiot 112: , 96*-97*. Maeir, A., and Ehrlich, C Excavating Philistine Gath: Have We Found Goliath s Hometown? Biblical Archaeology Review 27(6): Maeir, A., Fantalkin, A., and Zukerman, A. The Earliest Greek Import to the Iron Age Levant: New Evidence from Tell es-safi/gath, Israel. Ancient West and East 8. Maeir, A., Greenfield, H., Lev-Tov, J., and Horwitz, L. Maeir, A., and Gur-Arie, S. 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. In Techniques and People, eds. S. Rosen and V. Roux. Memoires et Travaux de CRFJ. Jerusalem: Le Centre de recherche français de Jerusalem. Comparative Aspects of the Aramean Siege System at Tell es-safi/gath. In Festschrift David Ussishkin, I. Finkelstein and N. Na aman. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns. Maeir, A., Martin, M., and Wimmer, S An Incised Hieratic Inscription from Tell es-safi, Israel. Egypt and the Levant 14: Maeir, A., and Shai, I Iron Age IIA Chalices from Tell es-safi/gath. Pp 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 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: Maeir, A., Shai, I., Uziel, J., Gadot, Y., and Chadwick, J.

5 A Late Bronze Age Biconical Jar with a Depiction of a Scorpion from Tell es-safi/gath, Israel. In Festschrift in Honor of Eliezer Oren, eds. G. Lehmann, Z. Talshir, M. Gruber and S. Ahituv. Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis. Fribourg: Fribourg Academic Press. Maeir, A., and Uziel, J A Tale of Two Tells: A Comparative Perspective on Tel Miqne-Ekron and Tell es-sâfi/gath in Light of Recent Archaeological Research. Pp in Up to the Gates of Ekron : Essays on the Archaeology and History of the Eastern Mediterranean in Honor of Seymour Gitin, eds. S. Crawford, A. Ben-Tor, J. Dessel, W. Dever, A. Mazar and J. Aviram. Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society. Maeir, A., Wimmer, S., Zukerman, A., and Demsky, A 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: Mahler-Slasky, Y., and Kislev, M. Preliminary Archaeobotanical Research at Tell es-safi/gath: The Seasons. In Tell es- Safi/Gath I: Report on the Seasons, ed. A. Maeir. Ägypten und Altes Testament 69. Wiesbaden: Münger, S., and Keel, O. Pincus Ben-Avraham, J. Stamp-Seal Amulets. In Tell es-safi/gath I: Report on the Seasons, ed. A. Maeir. Ägypten und Altes Testament 69. Wiesbaden: Ground Penetrating Radar Studies at Tell es-safi/gath: In Tell es-safi/gath I: Report on the Seasons, ed. A. Maeir. Ägypten und Altes Testament 69. Wiesbaden: Rainey, A. Possible Involvement of Tell es-safi/gath in the Amarna Correspondence. In Tell es-safi/gath I: Report on the Seasons, ed. A. Maeir. Ägypten und Altes Testament 69. Wiesbaden: Rosen, S., Ben-Ari, C., and Gotesman, Z. The Chipped Stone Assemblage from Tell es-safi/gath. In Tell es-safi/gath I: Report on the Seasons, ed. A. Maeir. Ägypten und Altes Testament 69. Wiesbaden: Schneider, T New Project: Tel Safi, Israel. Biblical Archaeologist 60(4): 250. Shai, I Philistia and the Judean Shephelah between the Campaign of Shishaq and the First Assyrian Campaigns to the Land of Israel: An Archaeological and Historical Review. Master s Thesis. In Hebrew with English Summary. Ramat-Gan: Bar-Ilan University The Philistine Material Culture During the Iron Age IIA: The Pottery Assemblage from Area A at Tell es-safi as a Case Study. PhD Dissertation, In Hebrew with English Summary. Ramat Gan: Bar-Ilan University Understanding Philistine Migration: City Names and Their Implications. Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 354: Shai, I., Ben-Shlomo, D., and Maeir, A The Philistine Material Culture in Process: The Late Philistine Decorated Ware ( Ashdod Ware ) as a Case Study of Cultural Transformation. Pp 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. Czichon and F. Kreppner. Wiesbaden: Shai, I., and Maeir, A The Pre-LMLK Jars: A New Class of Iron Age IIA Storage Jars. Tel Aviv 30: The Iron Age IIA Pottery Assemblage at Tell es-safi/gath. Pp 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

6 Transitional Periods and Dark Ages. Excavation Reports, eds. H. Kuehne, R. Czichon and F. Kreppner. Wiesbaden: The Iron Age IIA Pottery Assemblage from Stratum A3. In Tell es-safi/gath I: Report on the Seasons, ed. A. Maeir. Ägypten und Altes Testament 69. Wiesbaden: Shai, I., Maeir, A., Uziel, J., and Gadot, Y. Differentiating Public Buildings from Residencies: The Late Bronze Age II Building at Tell es- Safi/Gath. In Household Archaeology in the Bronze and Iron Age Levant, ed. A. Yasur-Landau, J. Ebeling, and L. Mazow. Leiden: Brill. Shai, I., Uziel, J., and Maeir, A. The Architecture and Stratigraphy of Area E: Strata E1-E5. In Tell es-safi/gath I: Report on the Seasons, ed. A. Maeir. Ägypten und Altes Testament 69. Wiesbaden: Uziel, J The Tell es-safi Archaeological Survey. Master s Thesis. Ramat Gan: Bar Ilan University The Development Process of Philistine Material Culture: Assimilation, Acculturation and Everything in Between. Levant 39: The Southern Coastal Plain of Canaan During the Middle Bronze Age. Doctoral Dissertation. Bar- Ilan University: Ramat-Gan. Uziel, J., and Maeir, A Scratching the Surface at Gath: Implications of the Tell es-safi/gath Surface Survey. Tel Aviv 32(1): The Early Bronze Age Pottery from Area E. In Tell es-safi/gath I: Report on the Seasons, ed. A. Maeir. Ägypten und Altes Testament 69. Wiesbaden: The Location, Size and Periods Settlement at Tell es-safi/gath: The Surface Survey Results. In Tell es-safi/gath I: Report on the Seasons, ed. A. Maeir. Ägypten und Altes Testament 69. Wiesbaden: Wimmer, S. Hieratic Inscriptions from Tell es-safi/gath. In Tell es-safi/gath I: Report on the Seasons, ed. A. Maeir. Ägypten und Altes Testament 69. Wiesbaden: Unprovenanced Glyptics from Tell es-safi/gath: In Tell es-safi/gath I: Report on the Seasons, ed. A. Maeir. Ägypten und Altes Testament 69. Wiesbaden: Wimmer, S., and Maeir, A The Prince of Safit: A Late Bronze Age Hieratic Inscription from Tell Es-Sâfi/Gath. Zeitschrift des deutschen Palästina-Vereins 123(1): Zukerman, A. Iron Age I and Early Iron Age IIA Pottery. In Tell es-safi/gath I: Report on the Seasons, ed. A. Maeir. Ägypten und Altes Testament 69. Wiesbaden: Zukerman, A., Horwitz, L., Lev-Tov, J., and Maeir, A A Bone of Contention? Iron Age IIA Notched Scapulae from Tell es-safi/gath, Israel. Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 347: Zukerman, A., and Maeir, A. The Stratigraphy and Architecture of Area A (Strata A5-A1). In Tell es-safi/gath I: Report on the Seasons, ed. A. Maeir. Ägypten und Altes Testament 69. Wiesbaden: Zukerman, A., Horwitz, L., Lev-Tov, J., Greenfield, H., and Maeir, A. The Notched Scapulae. In Tell es-safi/gath I: Report on the Seasons, ed. A. Maeir. Ägypten und Altes Testament 69. Weisbaden: Harrossowitz. Zukerman, A., and Shai, I The Royal City of the Philistines in the Azekah Inscription and the History of Gath in the Eighth Century BCE. Ugarit-Forschungen 38: Zweig, Z Using Data Mining Techniques for Analyzing Pottery Databases. Unpublished master s thesis. Ramat-Gan: Bar-Ilan University. Using Date Mining Techniques for the Analysis of Pottery from Tell es-safi/gath. In Tell es- Safi/Gath I: Report on the Seasons, ed. A. Maeir. Ägypten und Altes Testament 69. Wiesbaden:

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