Prof. Aren Maeir publications

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1 Prof. Aren Maeir publications 1) Maeir, A.M "Remarks on a Supposed 'Egyptian Residency' at Gezer." Tel Aviv 15-16: ) Maeir, A.M Hyksos Miscellanea. Discussions in Egyptology 14: ) Maeir, A.M A Note on a Little-known Egyptian Statue from Jerusalem. Gottinger Miszellen 110: ) Maeir, A.M Mount Zion Gleanings. Israel Exploration Journal 40: ) Maeir, A.M A Possible Hebrew-Egyptian Bilingual Inscription from the 'Ophel', Jerusalem. Gottinger Miszellen 114: ) Maeir, A.M. and Garfinkel, Yosef "Bone and Metal Straw-tip Beer- Strainers from the Ancient Near East." Levant 24: ) Maeir, A.M., Yellin, Joseph, and Goren, Yuval "A Re-evaluation of the Red and Black Bowl from Parker's Excavations in Jerusalem." Oxford Journal of Archaeology 11 (March): ) Yellin, Joseph and Maeir, A.M "The Origin of the Pictorial Krater from the `Mycenaean' Tomb at Tel Dan." Archaeometry 34(1): ) Maeir, A.M, with contributions by D.Z. Ariel, U. Baruch, J. Cahill, L.K. Horwitz, J. Magness, M.J. Ponting, & Y. Strauss. In press. Excavations at Mamilla, Stage I, Israel Antiquities Authority ('Atiqot Series). (ca. 200 pp. of text + numerous illustrations). (submitted 1992; still not published!) 10) Bahat, D. and Maeir, A.M "The Archaeological Excavations." In Hebrew. In The Making of City Hall Complex, Jerusalem, Kroyanker, David, pp , Jerusalem: Ariel. 11) Maeir, A.M "Excavations at Mamilla in Jerusalem." In Hebrew. Qadmoniot : ) Maeir, A.M The Excavations at Mamilla, Jerusalem, Phase I (1989). In Ancient Jerusalem Revealed (ed. H. Geva). Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society, pp ) Maeir, A.M "Hyksos, Horses and Hippopotami: A Note." Levant 26:231.

2 14) Maeir, A.M "The 'Judahite' Swords from the 'Lachish' Reliefs of Sennacherib." In Hebrew with English Summary. Eretz Israel 25: ) Maeir, A.M. and Strauss, Yael, "A Pilgrim Flask of Anatolian Origin from Late Byzantine/early Ummayyad Jerusalem." Anatolian Studies 46: ) Maeir, A.M Chapter IV: T.1181, Area L, Hazor: a multiple interment burial cave of the MBIIa/b period. In Hazor V: an account of the fifth season of excavation, 1968 (eds. A. Ben-Tor & R. Bonfil). Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society: ) Maeir, A.M "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 Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society. 18) Maeir, A.M "Philistines in Sardinia: a critical re-appraisal". Ugarit Forschungen 30: ) Boas, A. & Maeir, A.M 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 Ramat Gan: Bar Ilan University (Hebrew). 20) Faust, A. & Maeir, A.M. (eds.) Material Culture, Society and Ideology: New Directions in the Archaeology of the Land of Israel. Conference Proceedings. Ramat Gan: Bar Ilan University (In Hebrew). 21) Faust, A. & Maeir, A.M "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, Avi & Maeir, Aren, pp Ramat Gan: Bar Ilan University (In Hebrew). 22) Maeir, A.M "Jerusalem before David - an Archaeological Review" In Hebrew. In Sefer Yerushalayim I, eds Ahituv, Shmuel and Mazar, Amihai, pp Jerusalem: Yad Yitzhaq Ben Zvi. 23) Maeir, A.M Sassanica Varia Palaestiniensia: A Sassanian seal from T. Istaba, Israel, and other Sassanian objects from the southern Levant. Iranica Antiqua 35:

3 24) Maeir, A.M "The political and economic status of MBII Hazor and MBII trade: an inter- and intra-regional view". Palestine Exploration Quarterly 132: ) Maeir, A.M & Ponting, Matthew J "'The Cutting Edge': Symbolism, technology and typology of a New Kingdom Egyptian axe". Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archaeologischen Instituts, Kairo 56: ) Maeir, A.M Hamadiya-North: a rural MBII settlement in the Bet She'an Valley. `Atiqot 39: ) Maeir, A.M The Baby, the Bathwater or Both: A reaction to Kletter and De-Groot's Proposal. Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology 14: ) Maeir, A.M 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, Ramat Gan: Bar Ilan University 29) Maeir, A.M. & Baruch, E. (eds.) Settlement, Civilization and Culture: Proceedings of the Conference in Memory of David Alon. Ramat Gan: Bar Ilan University (In Hebrew). 30) Maeir, A.M 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 Beer-Sheva: Ben Gurion University. 31) Maeir, A.M The relations between Egypt and the Southern Levant during the Late Iron Age: the material evidence from Egypt. Ägypten und Levante 12: ) Safrai, Z., and Maeir, A.M אתא אגרתא ממערבא" ('An 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: ) Maeir, A.M "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 Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences.

4 34) Maeir, A.M, S. Dar and Z. Safrai 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 Oxford: Hadrian Books. 35) Maeir, A.M, S. Dar and Z. Safrai (eds.) The Rural Landscape of Ancient Israel. BAR International Series Oxford: Hadrian Books. 36) Maeir, A.M "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 BAR International Series. Oxford: Hadrian Books. 37) Maeir, A.M 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 Tel Aviv/Jaffa: Archaeological Center. 38) Shai, I. and Maeir, A.M The Pre-LMLK Jars: A New Class of Storage Jars Dating to the Iron Age II. Tel Aviv 30: ) Ackermann, O., Maeir, A.M., 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 Sarcopoterium spinosum distribution near Tell es-safi/gath, Israel. Catena 57/3: ) Maeir, A.M Notes and News: Tell es-safi/gath, Israel Exploration Journal 53: ) Maeir, A.M Bronze and Iron Age Tombs at Tel Gezer, Israel: Finds from Raymond-Charles Weill s Excavations in 1914 and 1921 (with contributions by N. Panitz-Cohen, O. Keel, D. Barag, and N. and Y. Applbaum). BAR International Series Oxford: Archaeopress. 42) Maeir, A.M. and Bahat, Dan "The Excavations at Kikar Ha'Ir." `Atiqot 47: ) Maeir, A.M The Historical Background and Dating of Amos 6, 2: An Archaeological Perspective from Tell es-safi/gath. Vetus Testamentum 54/3: ) Ackermann, O., Bruins, H., and Maeir, A.M Human Impact on Landscape Evolution in the Environs of Tell es-safi/gath (Judean Shephelah)

5 During the Last 3000 Years (In Hebrew with English abstract). Judea and Samaria 13: , XXIX-XXX. 45) Ackermann, O., Maeir, A.M., 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 Sarcopoterium spinosum distribution near Tell es-safi/gath, Israel. Catena 57: ) Maeir, A.M 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. 47) Ackermann, O., Maeir, A.M., 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.M. Maeir. Ramat-Gan: Bar-Ilan University. 48) Maeir, A.M Pilgerflasche (Pilgrims flask). Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Archaeologie 10, 7/8: Berlin: W. de Gruyter. 49) Maeir, A.M Philister-Keramik. In Reallexikon der Assyriologie und vorderasiatischen Archaeologie Band 10, 7/8: Berlin: W. de Gruyter. 50) Uziel, J. and Maeir, A.M Scratching the Surface at Gath: Implications of the Tell es-safi/gath Surface Survey, Tel Aviv 32/1: ) Ackermann, O., Maeir, A.M., Bruins, H., and Zhevelev, H Anthropogenic and Natural Changes of Calcrete ( Nari ) Cover in the Tell es- Safi/Gath Area: 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.M Landscape Archaeology in a Dry-Stream Valley Near Tell es-safi/gath (Israel): Agricultural Terraces and the Origin of Fill Deposits. Environmental Archaeology 10: ) Ackermann, O., Bruins, H., and Maeir, A.M A Unique Human Made Trench at Tell es-safi/gath: Anthropogenic impact and landscape response. Geoarchaeology 20:

6 54) Maeir, A.M., Martin, M., and Wimmer, S.J An Incised Hieratic Inscription from Tell es-safi, Israel. Egypt and the Levant 14: ) Ackermann, O., Faust, A., and Maeir, A.M. (eds.) Archaeology and Environment: Conference Proceedings (In Hebrew). Ramat-Gan: Bar-Ilan University. 56) Maeir, A.M., and de-miroschedji, P. (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. 57) Maeir, A.M., 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. 58) Maeir, A.M., 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.P. Dessel. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns. 59) Maeir, A.M A Philistine Head Cup (Rhyton) from Tell es- Sâfi/Gath. Pp in A.M. Maeir and P. de-miroschedji (eds.) I will speak the riddles of ancient times (Ps 78:2b): Archaeological and Historical Studies in Honor of Amihai Mazar on the Occasion of his Sixtieth Birthday. Eisenbrauns: Winona Lake. 60) Maeir, A.M The Middle Bronze Age II Pottery. Pp in Excavations at Tel Beth-Shean , Volume II: The Middle and Late Bronze Age Strata in Area R, eds. A. Mazar and R. Mullins. Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society. 61) Maeir, A.M., and Yellin, J Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis of Selected Pottery from Tel Beth Shean and the Central Jordan Valley. Pp 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. 62) Maeir, A.M Chapter 9: The Bone Beverage Strainers. Pp 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.

7 63) Avissar, R., Uziel, J., and Maeir, A.M 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. 64) Maeir, A.M., and Dayagi-Mendels, M An Elaborately Decorated Clay Model Shrine from the Moussaieff Collection. Pp 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. 65) Maeir, A.M., 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.W. Crawford, A. Ben-Tor, J.P. Dessel, W.G. Dever, A. Mazar and J. Aviram. Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society. 66) Maeir, A.M., 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: ) Wimmer, S., and Maeir, A.M The Prince of Safit: A Late Bronze Age Hieratic Inscription from Tell Es-Sâfi/Gath. Zeitschrift des deutschen Palästina-Vereins 123(1): ) Zukerman, A., Horwitz, L.K., Lev-Tov, J., and Maeir, A.M A Bone of Contention? Iron Age IIA Notched Scapulae from Tell es-safi/gath, Israel. Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 347: ) Horwitz, L., Lev-Tov, J., Chadwick, J., Wimmer, S., and Maeir, A.M Working Bones: A Unique Iron Age IIA Animal Bone Workshop from Tell es-safi/gath. Near Eastern Archaeology 66: ) Maeir, A.M Ten Years of Excavations at Biblical Gat Plishtim (In Hebrew). Qadmoniot 40(133): ) Ben-Shlomo, D., Maeir, A.M., 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:

8 72) Maeir, A.M., and Shai, I 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.M Hazael, Birhadad, and the HrŜ. Pp in Exploring the Longue Durée: Essays in Honor of Lawrence E. Stager, ed. D. Schloen. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns. 74) Shai, I., Ben-Shlomo, D., and Maeir, A.M 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.M. Czichon and F.J. Kreppner. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. 75) Shai, I., and Maeir, A 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 Transitional Periods and Dark Ages. Excavation Reports, eds. H. Kuehne, R.M. Czichon and F.J. Kreppner. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. 76) Maeir, A.M Zafit, Tel. Pp in The New Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations in the Holy Land 5: Supplementary Volume, ed. E. Stern. Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society. 77) Maeir, A.M 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, Melbourne March, 2008, eds. R. Laffineur and L. Hitchcock. Aegeaum 29. Liege: University of Liege. 78) Maeir, A.M 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.

9 79) Maeir, A.M., 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: ) Ben-Shlomo, D., Shai, I., Zukerman, A., and Maeir, A.M Cooking Identities: Aegean-Style and Philistine Cooking Jugs and Cultural Interaction in the Southern Levant during the Iron Age. American Journal of Archaeology: 112: ) Yellin, J., and Maeir, A.M 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: ) Ben-Shlomo, D., Uziel, J., and Maeir, A.M Pottery Production at Tell es-safi/gath: A Longue Durée Perspective. Journal of Archaeological Science 36: ) Maeir, A.M Fragments of Stone Reliefs from Bliss and Macalister s Excavations at Tell es-safi/gath (In Hebrew with English Abstract). Eretz Israel 28: , * ) Maeir, A.M. In press. Canaanites and Philistines: Recent Excavations at Tell es-sâfi/gath, Israel ( ). In J.-Cl. Margueron, P. de-miroschedji, and J.P. Thalmann (eds.). Proceedings of the 3 rd ICAANE Conference, Paris, May Eisenbrauns: Winona Lake. (ca. 30 pages) 85) Maeir, A.M. In press. Philistia transforming: fresh evidence from Tell es- Safi/Gath on the transformational trajectory of the Philistine culture. In A. Killebrew, G. Lehmann, and M. Artzy (eds.), The Philistines and other Sea Peoples. Leiden: Brill. (ca. 37 pages) 86) Maeir, A.M., and Mullins, R. In Press. The Tell el-yuhudiyeh Ware from Beth Shean and The Central Jordan Valley. In Tell el-yuhudiyeh Ware, eds. M. Beitak and R. Czerny. Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences. 87) Maeir, A.M., Greenfield, H., Lev-Tov, J., and Horwitz, L. In Press. Macroand 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, S. Rosen and V. Roux. Memoires et Travaux de CRFJ. Jerusalem: Le centre de recherche français de Jerusalem.

10 88) Maeir, A.M. In press. Stones, Bones, Texts and Relevance: Or How I Lost My Fear of Biblical Archaeology and Started Enjoying It. In The New Biblical Archaeology - From Text to Turf, ed. T. Levy. London: Equinox. 89) Maeir, A.M. In press. The Archaeology of Earliest Jerusalem: From the Late Proto-Historic Periods (ca. 5th Millennium BCE) to the End of the Bronze Age (Ca BCE). In Jerusalem in Perspective: 150 Years of Archaeological Research. Proceedings of the Conference Held at Brown University November 12 14, 2006, eds. K. Galor and G. Avni. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns. 90) Shai, I., Maeir, A.M., Uziel, J., and Gadot, Y. In press. 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, eds. A. Yasur-Landau, J. Ebeling, and L. Mazow. Leiden: Brill. 91) Maeir, A.M. and Gur-Arie, S. In Press. Comparative Aspects of the Aramean Siege System at Tell es-safi/gath. In Festschrift in honor of David Ussishkin, eds. I. Finkelstein and N. Na aman. Eisenbrauns: Winona Lake. 92) Maeir, A.M., Shai, I., Uziel, J., Gadot, Y., and Chadwick, J.R. In press. A Late Bronze Age Biconical Jug 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. Beersheva: Ben-Gurion University Press. 93) 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. 94) 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. 95) 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.

11 96) Chadwick, J.R. and Maeir, A.M. In press. A Case Study in Household Archaeology at Tell es-safi/gath, Israel: Household evidence of the Judahite Phases in Area F. 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. 97) Maeir, A.M. In press. In the Midst of the Jordan: The Jordan Valley during the Middle Bronze Age (ca BCE) - Archaeological and Historical Correlates. Contributions to the Chronology of the Eastern Mediterranean. Vienna: Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 98) Boas, A.J., and Maeir, A.M. In Press. The Crusader castle Blanche Garde and later remains at Tell es-safi in light of recent discoveries. Crusades 8. 99) Maeir, A.M., Fantalkin, A., and Zukerman, A. In press. The Earliest Greek Import to the Iron Age Levant: New Evidence from Tell es-safi/gath, Israel. Ancient West and East 8.