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 …

The rise of Judah as a territorial kingdom is characterized by expansion from the southern
hill country to the Shephelah and the Beer-sheba–Arad Valleys. Archaeological and …

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

The article discusses the growth of the Kingdom of Judah in the 9th century BCE in light of
documentary and archaeological evidence. I suggest that the chronistic short accounts …

Worldwide, human impact on natural landscapes has intensified since prehistoric times, and
this is well documented in the global archaeological record. The period between the earliest …

Excavations at Tel Burna, Israel, have uncovered portions of a large structure from the Late
Bronze Age IIB, yielding numerous finds that suggest ritual and cultic practices occurred in …

The Shephelah was densely settled in the Late Bronze Age, but most of the settlements
were gradually abandoned during the transition to the Iron I period. Only a few Iron I …

The “governor's residency” at Tel 'Eton was destroyed in the late 8th century BCE in an
Assyrian military campaign. While the numerous finds enable a detailed reconstruction of life …

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 …