Yiftah Shalev

Yiftah Shalev
Israel Antiquities Authority

PhD

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This study explores changes in pastoral practices in the Jerusalem region (Iron Age II - Late Hellenistic) through a multi-isotope approach (strontium, carbon, oxygen, and nitrogen). Based on the analysis of 135 sheep, goat, and cattle teeth and bone samples from Givati Parking Lot we demonstrate the value of this method in reconstructing past anim...
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Reconstructing the absolute chronology of Jerusalem during the time it served as the Judahite Kingdom?s capital is challenging due to its dense, still inhabited urban nature and the plateau shape of the radiocarbon calibration curve during part of this period. We present 103 radiocarbon dates from reliable archaeological contexts in five excavation...
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A unique circular feature comprising a deliberate deposit of five layers of animal bones and pottery sherds was uncovered in a stratum dated to the Persian period at Tel Dor. The bones included mainly equids and cattle. Their relative frequencies, skeletal-element completeness and exploitation differed significantly from daily-life practices at Tel...
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The ichthyological evidence that is available for the import and trade of fish into ancient Jerusalem is summarized against the backdrop of social and political developments of the Iron Ages to Early Islamic periods (10th century BCE to 10th century CE). Fish remains, originating from the Nile River, Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, and the Lake of Gali...
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The article presents results of residue analysis, based on Gas Chromatograph Mass Spectrometer (GC-MS) measurements, conducted on 13 ceramic storage jars unearthed in the Babylonian destruction layer (586 BCE) in Jerusalem. Five of the jars bear rosette stamp impressions on their handles, indicating that their content was related to the kingdom of...
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In July 2017-December 2018, excavations were conducted in the Givʻati Parking Lot in the City of David in Jerusalem (License Nos. G-71/2017, G-11/2018; map ref. 22234/63128; Fig. 1). The excavation, undertaken on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority and Tel Aviv University and funded by the Elad Association, was directed by Y. Gadot and Y. Sh...
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This volume celebrates the career of Norma Franklin, an archaeologist who has made important contributions to our understanding of the three key cities of Samaria, Megiddo, and Jezreel in the Northern Kingdom of Israel during the Iron Age. The sixteen essays offered herein by Franklin’s colleagues in archaeology and biblical studies are a fitting t...
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Paleomagnetic analysis of archaeological materials is crucial for understanding the behavior of the geomagnetic field in the past. As it is often difficult to accurately date the acquisition of magnetic information recorded in archaeological materials, large age uncertainties and discrepancies are common in archaeomagnetic datasets, limiting the ab...
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During the Persian (or Achaemenid) period, simply band-painted bowls, plates, jugs, table amphorae and hydriae are documented in the Levant — in particular in the coastal regions — as one of the most common groups of decorated ceramics. Vessels of this style — mostly drinking vessels — were recorded in significant quantities at most coastal sites i...
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The article presents finds unearthed during the renewed excavations at the Giv>ati Parking Lot in the ‘City of David’, Jerusalem. The finds, which date from the late Iron Age to the Persian and Early Hellenistic periods, testify to the importance of the western slope of the City of David ridge in the city’s urban development. When water was transfe...
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This paper discusses some of the results of the recent excavations in Tel Esur, in the northern Sharon plain, Israel. The excavations revealed the remains of a large public complex – a fortified tower and a large storehouse, probably part of a regional administrative centre – dated to the 8th century BCE. While many settlements, especially rural vi...
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Among the painted pottery types in the Levant during the fifth and fourth centuries B.C.E., the "East Greek" class is especially conspicuous and usually assumed to have been produced in Ionia. This pottery is the subject of a comprehensive research project, examining it from typological, analytical, and other perspectives. Our conclusion is that th...
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Avast concentration of local plain ware pottery dated to the Persian period (late 6th–4th centuries B.C.E.) was discovered during E. Mazar’s 2007–2008 excavations in Area G. The pottery was recovered from a sequence of stratified fills (Strata 9A–B) with no architectural remains, which had accumulated beneath the Northern Tower. These, in turn, lay...
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The twenty-ninth season of excavations at Tel Dor (License Nos. G-49/2010, G-62/2008; map ref. 1922-30/7246-60; Sharon et al. 2009 [2000, 2002, 2003 seasons]; Sharon, Gilboa and Karasik 2006 [2004 season]; Sharon, Gilboa and Shalev 2009 [2005 season]; Gilboa, Sharon and Shalev 2009 [2006 season]; Gilboa, Sharon and Shalev 2010 [2007, 2008 seasons],...
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During the Hellenistic period and perhaps earlier Cypriot 'Kourikia' amphorae were traveling across the Eastern Mediterranean, carrying wines, oils and other valuable liquids. Yet, due to the problems with the identification of these vessels in ceramic assemblages outside the island, their ratio is underrepresented in many site reports. This undoub...
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Le repeuplement du Levant dans les decennies suivant la devastation de la periode babylonienne a fourni une occasion de reevaluer les approches ac-tuelles de la planification urbaine. Ce repeuplement extensif est particulierement notable dans Ie sud de la Phenicie. Les fouilles ont revele des plans urbains appa-remment orthogonaux-les villes etant...
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The 2010 excavation season at Tel Dor (located on Israel's Carmel coast) marked the thirtieth year of continuous study and excavation of this Mediterranean port town (figs. 1-2).1 The longevity of modern investigation at Dor has meant that we have amassed a body of evidence substantial enough to contribute productively to questions of both local an...
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During June-August 2009, the twenty-seventh season of excavations was conducted at Tel Dor (G-65/2009; map ref. 1422-30/2246-60). The excavations, undertaken on behalf of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the University of Haifa, in collaboration with the University of Washington at Seattle, St. Joseph University and Pennsylvania State Univers...
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T he 2010 excavation season at Tel Dor (located on Israel's Carmel coast) marked the thirtieth year of continuous study and excavation of this Mediterranean port town (figs. 1–2). 1 The longevity of modern investigation at Dor has meant that we have amassed a body of evidence substantial enough to contribute productively to questions of both local...
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During June-July 2007 and June-August 2008, the twenty-sixth and twenty-seventh seasons of excavation were conducted at Tel Dor (License Nos. G-66/2007, G-62/2008; HA-ESI 118, HA-ESI 121 [2005], HA-ESI 121 [2000, 2002, 2003], HA-ESI 121 [2006], Seasons 2000-2006). The excavations were conducted on behalf of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and th...
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During June-August 2006, the twenty-fourth season of excavations at Dor was conducted (the fourth season of the new expedition to the site; License No. G-62/2006). The excavation was undertaken on behalf of the Institute of Archaeology of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem (HUJ) and the Zinman Institute of Archaeology of the University of Haifa (HU...
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During June-July 2005, the twenty-third season of excavations was conducted at Tel Dor (the third season of excavations of the renewed expedition to the site; License No. G-60/2005). The excavation, undertaken on behalf of the Institute of Archaeology of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Zinman Institute of Archaeology of Haifa University,...
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The functional identification of industrial features is difficult when few characteristic artifacts are preserved. We studied a Roman-period pyrotechnological feature at Tel Dor, Israel, where the only possibly diagnostic ceramic artifacts were found in fill between the walls and above the floor, rendering their association with the feature itself...

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