Human settlement activities are connected with the accumulation of nutrients in
archaeological soils. We address the question of whether the large-scale mapping of the …

Human settlement activities have caused changes in soil chemical properties that might
remain preserved in the soil archive for a very long time. These traces might be close to …

Site formation processes at ancient tells in the southern Levant have been the focus of
several micromorphological studies, contributing to the differentiation of anthropogenic …

During the recent excavations at Tel Lachish a previously unknown Canaanite temple of the
12th century BCE was uncovered in the north-eastern corner of the mound. This article …

Four figurines were discovered in Late Bronze Age IIB Tel Burna in the Judean Shephelah.
The figurines come from a large public building that probably had a cultic function. These …

Linum usitatissimum L. was, and still is, cultivated for either flax fibres or for oil-rich linseeds.
Depending on their intended purpose, flax plants differ in height, branching and quantity of …

The Shephelah, known as the breadbasket of the southern Levant, is one of the more
extensively investigated regions of the southern Levant in terms of archaeobotanical …

Dozens of temples were excavated in the Canaanite city-states of the Late Bronze Age.
These temples were the focal points for the Canaanites' cultic activities, mainly sacrifices …

More than twenty years of excavations at Tell es-Safi/Gath (Maeir 2017; in press b) have
provided substantial amounts of data and insights on a broad range of periods, cultures and …

Tel Esur is identifiable with Df-tj (Djefty), mentioned by Thutmose III in his description of his
march to Megiddo through the ʿAruna Pass. Recent excavations provide the first …