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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.

• Preface Seymour GitinMap of Philistine Coastal Plain and Shephelah sites in the Iron Age Tel Miqne-Ekron revised top plan xiiAerial view of Tel Miqne-Ekron xiiiTel Miqne-Ekron Middle Bronze Age II–Iron Age I Stratigraphic and Chronological ChartTel Miqne-Ekron Iron Age II Stratigraphic and Chronological Chart Tel Miqne-Ekron Field Reports ObjectsChapter 1: Sickles in Sockles: The Tel Miqne-Ekron Flaked Stone Assemblage Ann RoshwalbChapter 2: Stone Tools and Vessels from the Bronze and Iron Ages Ianir MilevskiChapter 3: Vessel Plugs and Covers and Reworked Ceramics: Typology, Context, and Function Gary P ArbinoChapter 4: Weights, Scale Pans, and Miscellaneous Small Stones/Objects Raz KletterChapter 5: Zoomorphic Terracottas David Ben-ShlomoMaterial Culture StudiesChapter 6: Microwear Analysis of Flint Artifacts from the Early Iron Age in Field I(Sondage and Summit), Field III, and Field IV Lower Mark S BeckerChapter 7: Archaeobotanical Remains Yael Mahler-Slasky and Mordechai E KislevChapter 8: Forensic Science Applied to Archaeology: Last Use Analysis of Living Surface SamplesCollected in the 1996 Season Azriel GorskiChapter 9: Geoarchaeological Report: Analysis of the Landscape of Tel Miqne and Its EnvironmentalEvolution Arlene M Rosen, Daniel Wachs, and Oren AckermannChapter 10: Analysis and Geological Provenancing of Grindstones and Other Stone Artifacts Olwen Williams-ThorpeChapter 11: Reprinted Abstract: Asphalt in Iron Age Excavations from the Philistine Tel Miqne-EkronCity (Israel): Origin and Trade Routes Jacques Connan, Arie Nissenbaum, Kendra Imbus, John Zumberge, and Steve MackoColor Figures Color Photos Appendix 3A Gary P ArbinoAppendix 5A David Ben-ShlomoBibliographic Abbreviations