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Landfill of Early Roman Jerusalem

The 2013‒2014 Excavations in Area D3

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

Av Yuval Gadot

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This is the story of the landfill that operated in Jerusalem during the first century CE and served as its garbage dump during the ca. 50-year period that followed Jesus’s crucifixion through to the period that led to the great revolt of the Jews just prior to the city’s destruction.The book presents an extensive investigation of hundreds of thousands of items that were systematically excavated from the thick layers of landfill. It brings together experts who conducted in-depth studies of every sort of material discarded as refuse—ceramic, metal, glass, bone, wood, and more. This research presents an amazing and tantalizing picture of daily life in ancient Jerusalem, and how life was shaped and regulated by strict behavioral rules (halacha). The book also explores why garbage was collected in Jerusalem in so strict a manner and why the landfill operated for only about 50 years. Half a century of garbage from Early Roman–period Jerusalem provides an abundance of new data and new insights into the ideological choices and new religious concepts emerging and developing among those living in Jerusalem at this critical moment. It is an eye-opener for archaeologists, historians, anthropologists, and theologians, as well as for the general reader.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2022-09-13
Mått211 x 262 x 29 mm
Vikt1 293 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieAncient Jerusalem Publications
Antal sidor320
FörlagPennsylvania State University Press
ISBN9781646022151
UtmärkelserNominated for G. Ernest Wright Award 2024

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Prof. Yuval Gadot is the head of the Jacob M. Alkow Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Cultures at Tel-Aviv University. Since 2013 he is directing Tel-Aviv University excavations at the ‘City of David’ and Co-directing the ‘Lautenschläger Azekah Expedition’. His research in Jerusalem includes excavations of the ancient core together with interdisciplinary study of the rural landscape surrounding the city.

PrefaceYuval GadotPart I: Introduction and StratigraphyChapter 1. IntroductionYuval GadotChapter 2. StratigraphyYuval GadotPart II: The FindsChapter 3. The PotteryHélène MachlineChapter 4. The Numismatic FindsYoav FarChapter 5. The Chalk VesselsYonatan AdlerChapter 6. The Glass FindsRuth E. Jackson-TalChapter 7.1 The Metal ArtifactsChen AntlerChapter 7.2 Report on Glassy Slag FragmentsShan Huang and Ian FreestoneChapter 8. The Plaster FragmentsLena Naama SharabiChapter 9. The Stone Scale-WeightsRonny ReichChapter 10. Miscellaneous FindsNissan Ben MelechPart III: Flora and FaunaChapter 11. Faunal RemainsAbra Spiciarich and Lidar Sapir-HenChapter 12. Fish RemainsOmri LernauChapter 13. Archaeobotanical AnalysisHelena Roth and Dafna LanggutChapter 14. Seeds, Grains, and Other Plant OrgansIlana Peters and Ehud WeissPart IV: Synthesis and SummaryChapter 15. Committing the Kidron’s Western Slopes to Garbage Disposal: Jewish Urbanism Under Roman HegemonyYuval GadotIndex of Loci

“The studies in this volume provide a fascinating window into Early Roman Jerusalem by presenting the results of the meticulous excavation of a massive garbage dump on the southeastern slope of the City of David. The comprehensive and detailed analyses of the various categories of finds—including pottery, coins, stone vessels, glass, animal and fish bones, and wood—indicate the existence of an organized system of rubbish disposal, much of which appears to represent ordinary household waste. These studies therefore add a valuable new dimension to our understanding of daily life in late Second Temple Jerusalem.”—Jodi Magness, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill