Tel Miqne 10/1

Seymour (Sy) Gitin is Emeritus Dorot Director and Professor of Archaeology at the Albright Institute of Archaeological Research in Jerusalem and the author of numerous volumes, including his recent memoir, The Road Taken: An Archaeologist's Journey to the Land of the Bible, also available from Eisenbrauns.Steven M. Ortiz is Director of the Center of Archaeological Studies at Lipscomb University.Trude Dothan (1922–2016) was Eliezer L. Sukenik Professor of Archaeology Emerita at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Together with Sy Gitin, she directed the fourteen seasons of excavations at the Philistine site of Tel Miqne-Ekron.

• PrefaceSeymour GitinMap of Philistine Coastal Plain and Shephelah Sites in the Iron AgeTel Miqne-Ekron Iron Age II Stratigraphic and Chronological ChartTel Miqne-Ekron Field Reports and MonographsExcavation StaffPhotos of Staff, Student Volunteers, and WorkersAbbreviations and Additional Terms Used in Pottery ReadingIntroduction: Goals, Field Report, and ArchivesSeymour GitinChapter 1. Revised Top Plan of Tel Miqne-EkronSeymour Gitin and Jeffrey R. ChadwickChapter 2. Occupational History: The Stratigraphy and Architecture of Iron IIC Stratum IB/C and the Persian–Hellenistic, Roman–Byzantine, and Islamic PeriodsSteven M. Ortiz, Seymour Gitin, and True DothanChapter 3. Achish and the Goddess of Ekron: What’s in a Name?Christa Schäfer-LichtenbergerChapter 4A. The Iron Age IIC Stratum IB Pottery CorpusSeymour GitinChapter 4B. A Quantitative Analysis of the Stratum IB Pottery from Temple Complex 650 and a Comparison with the Assemblage from the Temple Auxiliary Buildings: Character and FunctionAppendix 1: Pottery Quantification DataSeymour GitinChapter 5. Persian, Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine Period PotteryAnna de VincenzChapter 6. Ceramic and Other Small FindsDavid Ben-ShlomoChapter 7. Glyptic ObjectsBaruch BrandlChapter 8. Persian Period FigurinesEleanor Ferris Beach and Add ErlichChapter 9. JewelryAmir GolaniChapter 10. Metal ObjectsAlla Rabinovich, Alexandra S. Drenka, and Seymour GitinChapter 11. Ivories in the South Syria-Samaria StyleBaruch Brandl, Seymour Gitin, and True DothanChapter 12. An Egyptian Canopic Jar Lid, Early Ramesside Cylinder Seal, and Gold CobraBaruch BrandlChapter 13. Stone Tools and VesselsIan MilevskiChapter 14. Faunal RemainsEdward F. MaherColor FiguresColor PhotosBibliographic AbbreviationsReferences