Tell Kabri: The 1986-1993 Excavations (Tel Aviv University Sonia and Marco Nadler Institute of Archaeology Monograph Series, 20)

Archaeology Contents 6 List of Contributors 9 List of Figures 10 The Expedition Staff 16 In Memoriam 18 Preface 20 Chapter 1: Introduction (Aharon Kempinski) 22 History of Excavation 23 Methodology of the Renewed Excavations 25 Stratigraphy 25 Chapter 2: The Natural Environment (Aharon Horowitz) 28 Chapter 3: The Springs of Kabri (Tsvika Tsuk) 36 Chapter 4: Stratigraphy, Architecture and Tombs 40 I. Area B (Na'ama Scheftelowitz) 40 The Late Neolithic Period 40 The Early Bronze Age 42 Architecture 42 Burials 49 The Middle Bronze Age (Na'ama Scheftelowitz and Lilly Gershuny) 50 Burials 51 II. Area C (Aharon Kempinski) 56 Early Bronze Age 56 The Middle Bronze Age 56 The Fortifications 56 The Residentail Area 60 Burials 67 III. Area D (Ronit Oren) 76 Middle Bronze Age II 76 Stratum 4- The Pre-Palace Stage 76 Stratum 3- The Palace Stage 79 Iron Age II 91 IV. Area E (Gunnar Lehmann) 94 Early Bronze Age 95 Middle and Late Bronze Age 95 Iron Age 95 Chapter 5: Pottery 112 I. Late Neolithic Period (Na'ama Scheftelowitz) 112 II. Early Bronze Age (Na'ama Scheftelowitz) 117 III. Middle Bronze Age (Aharon Kempinski, Lilly Gershuny and Na'ama Scheftelowitz) 130 IV. Late Bronze Age (Gunnar Lehmann) 197 V. Iron Age (Gunnar Lehmann) 199 VI. Archaic Greek and Etruscan Pottery (Barbara and Wolf-Dietrich Niemeier) 244 Chapter 6: The Frescoes in the Middle Bronze Age Palace (Barbara and Wolf-Dietrich Niemeier) 275 Appendix I: Excavation and Restoration (M. Tagliapietra) 307 Appendix II: Labratory Analyses (P. Cornale, A. Princivalle, P. Rosano and M. Tagliapietra) 308 Chapter 7: Kabri 1975: The Flint Assemblage from Area A (Ofer Marder, Moshe W. Prausnitz, Hamoudi M. Khalaily and Rina Y. Bankirer) 320 Chapter 8: Metal Artefacts (Sariel Shalev) 328 I. Middle Bronze Age II 328 II. Later Periods 337 Chapter 9: Glyptic Finds 340 I. Scarabs and Seals (Yosef Mizrachi) 340 II. Miscellaneous Seals and Seal Impressions (Moshe Fischer, Shmuel Givon, Aharon Kempinski and Tali Oman) 360 Chapter 10: Catalogue of Small Finds 370 Figurines (Ronit Oren) 370 Beads (Na'ama Scheftelowitz) 377 Loom Weights and Spindles Whorls (Ronit Oren) 384 Alabaster Vessels (Na'ama Scheftelowitz) 394 Bone Objects (Ronit Oren) 395 Stone Artefacts 399 Clay Scapula 400 An Engraved Sherd 401 An Egyptian Amulet 401 Faience Nail 402 Chapter 11: The Bio-Anthropology of the Human Remains (Marina Faerman, Almut Nebel, Noa Angel-Zohar, Patricia Smith) 404 Chapter 12: Archaeozoological Remains (Liora Kolska Horowitz and Henk Mienis) 416 Chapter 13: Fish Bones (Omri Lernau) 430 Chapter 14: The Paleobotanical Remains (Nili Liphschitz) 449 Chapter 15: Clay Analyses 456 I. Petrographic Analyses of Selected Wares (Yuval Goren and Anat Cohen-Weinberger) 456 II. Neutron Activation Analyses (Unsal Yalcin) 464 Chapter 16: A Purple-Stained Potshed (Zvi Koren) 467 Chapter 17: History of the Site and Its Environs 470 I. The LAte Neolithic to the End of the Persian Period (Aharon Kempinski) 470 II. Spanning Territories and Religions: From the Hellenistic to the Byzantine Period (Claudine Dauphin) 474 List of Loci 485 Archaeology;,Tel,Kabri;,Excavations;,Israel Archaeology,Tel Kabri,Excavations,Israel Introduction ; The Natural Environment / Aharon Kempinski -- The Springs Of Kabri / Tsvika Tsuk -- Stratigraphy And Architecture / Naʼama Scheftelowitz [and Others] -- Pottery / Naʼama Scheftelowitz [and Others] -- The Frescoes In The Middle Bronze Age Palace / Barbara Niemeier, Wolf-dietrich Niemeier -- Kabri 1975 : The Flint Assemblage From Area A / Ofer Marder [and Others] -- Metal Artefacts / Sariel Shalev -- Glyptic Finds / Yosef Mizrachy [and Others] -- Catalogue Of Small Finds / Ronit Oren [and Others] -- The Bio-anthropology Of The Human Remains / Marina Faerman [and Others] -- Archaeozoological Remains / Liora K. Horowitz, Henk Mienis -- Fish Bones / Omri Lernau -- The Paleobotanical Remains / Nili Liphschlitz -- Clay Analyses / Yuval Goren [and Others] -- A Purple-stained Potsherd / Z. Koren -- Conclusion: The History Of The Site And The Region / Aharon Kempinski, Claudine Dauphin. Aharon Kempinski ; Contributions By N. Angel-zohar ... [et Al.] ; Edited By Na'ama Scheftelowitz And Ronit Oren. Includes Bibliographic References.