For the first time we integrate quantitative data on lithic sickles and archaeobotanical
evidence for domestication and the evolution of plant economies from sites dated to the …

The shift from stone to metal has been considered one of the main technological
transformations in the history of humankind. In order to observe the dynamics underlying the …

Abstract The excavation of Har Harif 45, a campsite radiometrically dated to the 6th–5th
millennia BCE, in the Negev highlands (Israel) uncovered many charcoals determined as …

Flint Trade in the Protohistoric Levant offers an in-depth case study of the production and
exchange of tabular scrapers. Crossing cultural and ecological boundaries and traded from …

Technological analyses of material recovered from the excavations at Tel Yarmuth offer new
insights into the nature of Canaanean blade technology, the structure of manufacture, and …

One of the largest prehistoric settlements in Israel and Jordan was uncovered by the Motza
salvage excavation in the largest and deepest drainage basin of the Judean highlands in …

Flint sickle blades are traditionally considered significant hallmarks of the late prehistoric
and early historic periods. Their morpho-typological transformations over time have been …

Three types of drills are known from antiquity: the bow drill, the pump drill and the crank drill.
Each type often included ground stone components-sockets, weights and flywheels …

Salvage excavations were carried out on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority in the fall of
2016 south of Ze'ev Wienhaus Street, located within the municipal boundaries of the modern …

This study combines typology and use-wear analysis applied to a large sample of flint sickle
blades from Tel Tsaf, Jordan Valley, Israel, dated to the Middle Chalcolithic period (ca. 5200 …