The journal Levant is published annually by the CBRL.

A list of contents as well as abstracts available for each issue.

 

LEVANT 40.1 (Published 2008)

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Field Reports/Research Articles (Abstracts)

An Early Islamic Mosque in Palmyra
D. Genequand

Monolithic Pillars in Canaan: Reconsidering the Date of the High Place at Gezer
D. Ben-Ami

The Cemetery of Azor and Early Iron Age Burial Practices
D. Ben-Shlomo

History from Geography: The Initial Route of the Via Nova Traiana in Jordan
K.A. Borstad

The Roman Countryside in North-west Jordan (63 BC - AD 324)
L. el-Khouri

A Spatial and Morphological Analysis of Monastic Sites in the Northern Limestone Massif, Syria
D. Hull

Fit for a (not-quite-so-great) King: A Faience Lion-Headed Cup from Hazor
Sharon Zuckerman

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LEVANT 39 (Published 2007)

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Field Reports/Research Articles (Abstracts)

"Holy Garbage": A Quantitative Study of the City-Dump of Early Roman Jerusalem
G. Bar-Oz et al.

Site Diversity in Cyprus in the Late 5th Millennium cal. BC: Evidence from Kalavasos Kokkinoyia
J. Clarke

The Context and Production of Incised Neolithic Stones
P.C. Edwards

Invoquer les esprits à la Citadelle de Damas ou de l'usage d'une coupe magique ottomane
V. François

Stunning Bolts: Late Bronze Age Hunting Weapons in the Ancient Near East
H. Genz

The Kefar Saba cemetery and differences in orientation of Late Islamic burials from Israel/Palestine
A. Gorzalzcany

Fertility as an Element in Late Nabataean Beliefs: The Archaeological Evidence Considered
Lamia el-Khouri

Intestinal parasitic worm eggs from a crusader period cesspool in the city of Acre (Israel)
P.D. Mitchell and Y. Tepper

A Comparative Use-Wear Analysis of late Epipalaeolithic (Natufian) chipped stone artefacts from the southern Levant
Tobias Richter

Ancient Caravanserai: An Archaeological View from 'Aroer
Y. Thareani-Sussely

Nabatean Edom: a demographic and archaeological approach to modelling sedentarisation and regional dynamics
S. Twaissi

The Development Process of Philistine Material Culture: Assimilation, Acculturation and Everything in between
J. Uziel

Losing One's Head in the Neolithic: On the Interpretation of Headless Figurines
M. Verhoeven

The Iron Age II at Tell Nebi Mend: Towards an Explanation of Ceramic Regions
M.R. Whincop

Archaeology in the Land of Carchemish: landscape surveys in the area of Jerablus Tahtani, 2006
T.J. Wilkinson et al.

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Notes for Contributors

List of Abbreviations

 

 

LEVANT 38 (Published 2006)

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In Memoriam

O.H. Thompson
Kay Prag

Field Reports/Research Articles (Abstracts)

The Funeral Kit: A newly defined Canaanite mortuary practice based on the Middle and Late Bronze Age tomb complex at Ashkelon
J.L. Baker

The Medieval Christian cemetery at Tel Jezreel
M. Bradley

Child health in the Crusader Period inhabitants of Tel Jezreel, Israel
P.D. Mitchell

The Iron I-IIA in the highland and beyond: 14C anchors, pottery phases and the Shoshenq I campaign
I. Finkelstein and E. Piasetzky

Some thoughts on Qasr al-Hayr al-Gharbi, its dam, its monastery and the Ghassanids
D. Genequand

The Chalcolithic in the central highlands of Palestine: A reassessment based on a new examination of Khirbet es-Sauma'a
S. Gibson and Y.M. Rowan

Demography, the population of Syria and the census of Q. Aemilius Secundus
D. Kennedy

Dion of the Decapolis. Tell al-Ash'arī in southern Syria in the light of ancient documents and recent discoveries
A. Kropp and Q. Mohammed

Brass chains from a public building in the area of the bathhouse at Tiberias
A. Lester and Y. Hirschfeld

Planting pots at Petra: A preliminary study of olae perforatae at the Petra Garden Pool Complex and at the 'Great Temple'
E.R. Macauley-Lewis

Ancient Jewish Style: Why were ossuaries and southern oil lamps decorated?
E. Regev

'Coinage before coins?': A further response to Raz Kletter
M. Silver

Hedonists or pragmatic agriculturalists? Reassessing Hasmonean Jericho
D. Stacey

Ceramic evidence for beekeeping in Palestine in the Mamluk and Ottoman Periods
I. Taxel

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Notes for Contributors

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LEVANT 37 (Published 2005)

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In Memoriam

P.R.S. Moorey
Kay Prag

H.J. Franken
M. Steiner and A. van As

Field Reports/Research Articles (Abstracts)

The Wadi Sirhan Project: Report on the 2002 archaeological reconnaisance of Wadi Hudruj and Jabal Tharwa, Jordan
A. Wasse and G. Rollefson

Settlement and landscape development in the Homs region, Syria. Report on work undertaken during 2001-2003
G. Philip et al.

Monastic archaeology in Syria. Excavations at Dayr Mar Eilan al-Sharqi, Qaryatayn: A preliminary report on the 2001, 2002 and 2003 field seasons
E. Loosley and N. Finneran

Bayt al-Hawwari, a hawsh house at Sabastiya
M.H. Burgoyne and M. Hawari

The Early Bronze Age fortifications of Tel Bet Yerah
R. Greenberg and Y. Paz

The Canaanite Village: Social structure of Middle Bronze Age rural communities
A. Faust

Byblos vs. Ugarit: The Alalakh seal impression 194 once again
S.J. Wimmer

A re-examination of the cuboid incense-burning altars from Flinders Petrie's Palestinian excavations at Tell Jemmeh
J. Hassell

A Nabataean sanctuary at al-Mujib Nature Reserve: A preliminary notice
T.M. Atiat

Coins from Faynan, Jordan
H.D. Kind et al.

Ceramics from the recent excavations near the eastern wall of Rafiqa (Raqqa), Syria
M. Milwright

The faunal assemblages and taphonomic signatures of five striped hyaena (hyaena hyaena syriaca) dens in the desert of eastern Jordan
B. Kuhn

Book Notes

Notes for Contributors

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LEVANT 36 (Published 2004)

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Field Reports/Research Articles (Abstracts)

More seals and sealings from Neolithic Tell Sabi Abyad, Syria
P.M.M.G. Akkermans and K. Duistermaat

More evidence for Early Bronze Age glyptics from the southern Levant
E. Braun

Gaza Research Project: 1998 survey of the Old City of Gaza
J. Clarke et al.

Gaza Research Project: Report on the 1999 and 2000 seasons at al-Moghraqa
L. Steel et al.

Sidon (Lebanon): Twenty Middle Bronze Age burials from the 2001 season of excavation
C. Doumet-Serhal

Scarabs from the Bronze Age tombs at Sidon (Lebanon)
J.H. Taylor

Human remains from Middle Bronze Age burials at Sidon, Lebanon: the 2001 season
A. Ogden and H. Schutkowski

Survey of the remains of mammals recovered in the Middle Bronze Age burials at Sidon (Lebanon) in 2001
E. Vila

Tel Rehov and Iron Age chronology
I. Finkelstein

Samaria: From the bedrock to the Omride Palace
N. Franklin

A silver-based monetary economy in the seventh century BCE: A response to Raz Kletter
S. Gitin and A. Golani

Coinage before coins? A response
R. Kletter

The history of the Gihon spring in Jerusalem
R. Reich and E. Shukron

Al-Bakhra (Avatha), from the Tetrarchic fort to the Umayyad castle
D. Genequand

The palaeopathology of skulls recovered from a Medieval cave cemetery near Safed, Israel (thirteenth to seventeenth century)
P.D. Mitchell

Bait Ur al-Fauqa: A Medieval and Ottoman village on the ancient road between Jerusalem and the coastal plain
M. Hawari

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LEVANT 35 (Published 2003)

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In Memoriam

J. Crowfoot Payne
Roger Morey

A.D. Tushingham
Kay Prag

Field Reports/Research Articles (Abstracts)

Dhra' Excavation Project, 2002 Interim Report
B. Finlayson et al.

The Experimental Reconstruction of a Pre-Pottery Neolithic B Structure at Beidha in Jordan
S. Dennis

A Preliminary Report on Excavations and Survey at Qal'at 'Unaiza
A. Petersen et al.

Copper Metallurgy in the Jordan Valley from the Third to the First Millennia BC: Chemical, Metallographic and Lead Isotope Analyses of Artefacts from Pella
G. Philip et al.

A Group of Vessels from the Syrian Coast Found in the Coastal Plain of Israel
E. Yannai et al.

An Egyptianizing Cult at the Citadel Hill (Jabal al-Qal'a) of Amman, Jordan
T.M. Atiat

Residential Patterns in the Ancient Israelite City
A. Faust

Iron Age Hoards of Precious Metals in Palestine – an ‘Underground Economy’?
R. Kletter

A New Milestone from Ishtafina, Ajlun Area, Jordan
N. Atallah

Emesa and Baalbek: Where is the Temple of Elahagabal?
G.K. Young

Dress Accessories of Late Antiquity in Jordan
C. Eger

The Evolution of Masonry Technique in Islamic Military Architecture: the Evidence from Shayzar
C. Tonghini et al.

The Effects of Irrigation on the Weed Floras of Winter Cereal Crops in Wadi Ibn Hamad (Southern Jordan)
M. Charles and C. Hoppé

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LEVANT 34 (Published 2002)

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Field Reports/Research Articles (Abstracts)

Settlement and Landscape Development in the Homs Region, Syria: Research Questions, Preliminary Results 1999-2000 and Future Potential
G. Philip et al.

Troodos Archaeological and Environmental Survey Project, Cyprus: Report on the 2001 Season
M. Given et al.

Archaeological Fieldwork at the Citadel of Homs, Syria: 1995-1999.
G.R.D. King

Final Results of an Analysis of the Sheep and Goat Bones from Ain Ghazal, Jordan
A. Wasse

Tell Afis: the Late Chalcolithic Painted Ware
D. Gianessi

Qaryat al Hadid: A 'Lost' Roman Military Site in Northern Jordan
D. Kennedy

Abbasid Pottery from Area E at Khirbat Yajuz, Jordan
L. Khalil and J. Kareem

Marvered Glass Vessels from the Umayyad through Mamluk Periods at Bet Shean, Israel
S. Hadad

Ottoman Pipes from Zir'in (Tell Jezreel)
St. J. Simpson

Milk and Cereals: Identifying Food and Food Identity among Fallahin and Bedouin in Jordan
C. Palmer

Cultural and Ethnic Identity in the Ottoman Period Architecture of Cyprus, Jordan and Lebanon
C. Schriwer

Landscape, Archaeology and Heritage
B. Finlayson and S. Dennis

Archaeological Notes

An Old Assyrian Cylinder Seal from al-Moghraqa, Gaza
D. Collon

Note on a Roman Milestone from Gadora (al-Salt) in the Jordan Valley
M. O'Hea

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LEVANT 33 (Published 2001)

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In Memoriam

Geraldine Talbot
A.C. Western

Field Reports/Research Articles (Abstracts)

Interim Report on a Geophysical and Surface Survey of Ramla
A. Petersen and R. Wardill

Khan al-Lubban: a Caravansarai on the Damascus - Jerusalem Road
M. Hawari

The Wild Goats of Lebanon: Evidence for Early Domestication?
A. Wasse

Neolithic Dispersals from the Levantine Corridor: a Mediterranean Perspective
E. Peltenburg

Style and Society in Ceramic Neolithic Cyprus
J.T. Clarke

The Significance of Ceramic Assemblages in Chalcolithic Burial Contexts in Israel and Neighboring Regions in the Southern Levant
C. Epstein

A Middle Bronze Age II Type of Pottery Kiln from the Coastal Plain of Israel
R. Kletter and A. Gorzalczany

The Rise of Jerusalem and Judah: the Missing Link
I. Finkelstein

Low Chronology and Greek Protogeometric and Geometric Pottery in the Southern Levant
A. Fantalkin

Glass Vessels and Miniature Jugs from Khirbat Yajuz Cemetery, Jordan
L. Khalil

An Interim Report on the Pottery from Gharandal (Arindela), Jordan
A.G. Walmsley and A.D. Grey

The Crusader Cathedral of Tyre
D. Pringle

Two Ottoman sabils in Jaffa (c. 1810-1815): an Architectural and Epigraphic Analysis
R. Kana'an

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LEVANT 32 (Published 2000)

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Field Reports/Research Articles (Abstracts)

The Dana-Faynan-Ghuwayr Early Prehistory Project
B. Finlayson et al.

Archaeology and Desertification in the Wadi Faynan: the Fourth (1999) Season of the Wadi Faynan Landscape Survey
G.W. Barker et al.

Jerablus Tahtani, Syria, 1998-9: Preliminary Report.
E. Peltenburg et al.

The Fortress of Shafr 'Amr and Related Buildings
A. Petersen

Preliminary Report on the Topographic Survey of Ramla 1997 and 1999
A. Petersen

Qal'at al-Burak. A Fort of the Ottoman Period South of Bethlehem
M. Hawari et al.

The Doves of the Goddess. Elements of the Cult of Ishtar at Ebla in the Middle Bronze Age
F. Pinnock

A Unique Worked Stone Mortar From Tel Yin'am
H.A. Liebowitz and A.M. Dehnisch

Decorative Drafted-margin Masonry in Jerusalem and Hebron and its Relations
D.M. Jacobson

The Sources of Roman Granite Columns in Israel
O. Williams-Thorpe and M.M. Henty

An Eleventh-century Pottery Assemblage from Khirbat al-Khurrumiya
E.J. Stern and D.A. Stacey

Petrology of Middle Islamic Pottery from Khirbat Faris, Jordan
N. Abu-Jaber and Z. al Saa'd

Pottery of Bilad al-Sham in the Ottoman Period: a Review of the Published Archaeological Evidence
M. Milwright

Agriculture, Settlement and Landscape in Ottoman Cyprus
M. Given

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LEVANT 31 (Published 1999)

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Field Reports/Research Articles (Abstracts)

Early Epipaleolithic Settlement Patterns: Insights from the Study of Ground Stone Tools from the Southern Levant
J. Petersen

Tulaylat Ghassul: an Appraisal of Robert North's Excavations (1959-60)
M. Blackham

Ghassulian Chalcolithic Presence at Jericho
Y. Garfinkel

Town and Country in the Southern Carmel: Report on the Landscape Archaeology Project at Dor (LAPD)
S. Gibson et al.

New Perspectives on Domestic Architecture and the Initial Stages of Urbanization in Canaan
A. Golani

Petrographic Analysis of Bronze Age Pottery from Tell Hadidi, Syria
R.B. Mason and L. Cooper

Soundings  at Ash-Shorabat and Khirbat Dubab in the Wadi Hasa, Jordan: the Pottery
P. Bienkowski and R. Adams

The Three-roomed House from Tel Harassim, Israel
S. Givon

Socioeconomic Stratification in an Israelite City: Hazor VI as a Test Case
A. Faust

Nabataean to Abbasid Pottery from the First Season of Excavations at Khirbat Nakhil, Jordan
J. Kareem

Oil Lamps from the Abbasid through the Mamluk Periods at Bet Shean, Israel
S. Hadad

Henderson, Archaeological and Scientific Evidence for the Production of Early Islamic Glass in al-Raqqa, Syria
J. Henderson

Baalbek Before and After the Earthquake of 1759: the Drawings of James Bruce
N.N. Lewis

Environment and Land Use in the Wadi Faynan, Southern Jordan: the Third Season of Geoarchaeology and Landscape Archaeology (1998)
G.W. Barker et al.

The Jabal Hamrat Fidan Project: Excavations at the Wadi Fidan 40 Cemetery, Jordan (1997)
T.E. Levy et al.

Research Reports

Book Notes

Notes for Contributors

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LEVANT 30 (Published 1998)

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In Memoriam

Diana V.W. Kirkbride-Helbaek
Kay Prag

Faynan Field Reports (Abstracts)

The Wadi Faynan Project: a Preface
A. McQuitty

Environment and Land Use in the Wadi Faynan, Southern Jordan: the Second Season of Geoarchaeology and Landscape Archaeology (1997)
G.W. Barker et al.

The Dana-Faynan (South Jordan) Epipalaeolithic Project: Report on Reconnaissance Survey, 14-22 April 1996
B. Finlayson and S. Mithen

The Wadi Faynan Fourth and Third Millennia Project, 1997: Report on the First Season of Test Excavations at Wadi Faynan 100
K. Wright

The Wadi Faynan Survey, Jordan: a Preliminary Report on Survey in Area WF2 in 1997
P.W.M. Freeman and L.M. McEwan

The Wadi Faynan Project: the South Cemetery Excavation, Jordan 1996: a Preliminary Report
G. Findlater

Field Reports/Research Articles

Preliminary Report on the Chipped Stone Assemblage from the Aceramic Neolithic Site of Ayia Varvara Asprokremnos, Cyprus
C. McCartney

Aerial Archaeology in Jordan
D. Kennedy

Qal'at Ras al-'Ayn: a Sixteenth-century Ottoman Fortress
A. Petersen

An Eleventh-century Pottery Production Workshop at al-Raqqa. Preliminary Report
C. Tonghini and J. Henderson

'Following the plough': the Agricultural Environment of Northern Jordan
C. Palmer

Bible Archaeology or Archaeology of Palestine in the Iron Age? A Rejoinder
I. Finkelstein

Petrography of Middle Islamic Pottery from Karak
R.B. Mason and M. Milwright

Archaeological Notes

The Platter - A New Ceramic Type of the Chalcolithic Period
Y. Garfinkel

Qasr al-Uwainid and Da'ajaniya: Two Roman Military Sites in Jordan
D.A. Welsby

The Dating of an Early Iron Age Kiln from Tell al-Nasbah
J.R. Zorn

Review Article

Two Byzantine Forts in Palaestina Tertia
D. Pringle

Research Reports

Book Notes

Notes for Contributors

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