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Alexander Fantalkin, Ph.D. (2007) in Archaeology, Tel Aviv University, is a researcher at the Institute of Archaeology at Tel Aviv University. He has published extensively on interactions between the Aegean and the Levant during the first millenium BCE.Assaf Yassur-Landau, Ph.D. (2003) in Archaeology, Tel Aviv University, is an assistant professor of Archaeology and History at the Department of History, University of California, Santa Cruz. He has published extensively on interactions between the Aegean and the Levant during the second millennium BCE.

• CONTENTSUrban Land Use Changes on the Southeastern Slope of Tel Megiddo during the Middle Bronze Age Eran ArieThe Appearance of Rock-Cut Bench Tombs in Iron Age Judah as a Reflection of State Formation Alexander FantalkinTrademarks of the Omride Builders? Norma FranklinContinuity and Change in the Late Bronze to Iron Age Transition in Israel’s Coastal Plain: A Long Term Perspective Yuval GadotPermanent and Temporary Settlements in the South of the Lower Besor Region: Two Case Studies Dan GazitThe Socioeconomic Implications of Grain Storage in Early Iron Age Canaan: The Case of Tel Dan David IlanA Re-analysis of the Archaeological Evidence for the Beginning of the Iron Age I Yitzhak MeitlisReassessing the Bronze and Iron Age Economy: Sheep and Goat Husbandry in the Southern Levant as a Model Case Study Aharon SassonSettlement Patterns of Philistine City-States Alon ShavitLevantine Standardized Luxury in the Late Bronze Age: Waste Management at Tell Atchana (Alalakh) Amir Sumaka’i FinkDesert Outsiders: Extramural Neighborhoods in the Iron Age Negev Yifat Thareani-SusselyA Message in a Jug: Canaanite, Philistine, and Cypriot Iconography and the “Orpheus Jug” Assaf Yasur-Landau