Adi Eliyahu‐behar
Biographic Data
| ID | 3579701 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Adi Eliyahu‐behar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Adi |
| FAMILY NAME | Eliyahu‐behar |
| SIGNATURE | BEHAR A E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ariel University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8472-4433 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 29 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 377 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 29 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 10 |
Middle Bronze Age copper smelting in the Wadi Arabah
A Faience Head of a Bearded Male From Tel Abel Beth Maacah
A faience head depicting a bearded male was unearthed in a ninth‐century BC context at Tel Abel Beth Maacah, located on the modern Israel‐Lebanese border. During the Iron Age, the site was at the interface between the kingdoms of Israel and Aram‐Damascus and the Phoenician city‐states of Tyre and Sidon. The article discusses the object’s iconography, style, composition and manufacturing technology in comparison to other faience heads, as well as …
Exploring the rhenium-osmium isotopic system and metal trace-elements analysis for iron provenance
“A land whose stones are iron…”—Iron ore sources in the Southern Levant
Recent discoveries of iron production remains in multiple Iron Age sites throughout the Southern Levant indicate the significance of iron production in the region during this time. However, one main question remains unanswered—that is, provenance: Where were the iron resources located? Were they local or brought from afar? Answering these questions would allow great potential for reconstructing iron-ore procurement strategies and exploitation pra…
Nabataean iron picks for copper mining from Nahal ‘Amram, Israel; Chemical, isotopic and production technology analysis
By the hand of the smelter
Slag analyses from archaeological iron smelting sites are common. Rigorous analyses of iron and slag from successful experimental smelting, however, are still rare. Furthermore, thorough analyses from a series of smelts, and of the slag produced in different phases of the smelt, are exceedingly rare. The present study investigates the effect of an iron smelter's decision-making and skills on the products of the smelting process: iron and slag. Fo…
In search of the invisible hearth
An Iron IIA Iron and Bronze Workshop in the Lower City of Tell es-Safi/Gath
An iron and bronze workshop in the lower city of Tell es-Safi/Gath, dated to the mid-late Iron IIA, contributes new data on the chronology, organization, and practice of metal production in the urban Philistine setting. Analyses show that iron objects were likely produced and maintained on a large scale, alongside bronze, employing regionally unique forms of crucibles and tuyères. The material culture of metalworking is discussed in relation to c…
Technological Insights on Philistine Culture
More than a century of study of the Philistines has revealed abundant remains of their material culture. Concurrently, our understanding of the origins, developmental processes, and socio-political matrix of this fascinating culture has undergone major changes. Among other facets, Philistine technology has been discussed, but in our opinion, a broad view of its importance for understanding Philistine culture is still lacking. The more than twenty…
Reevaluating early iron-working skills in the Southern Levant through microstructure analysis
Iron Age Metal Production at Tell eṣ-Ṣâfi/Gath
While the increasing appearance of iron objects between the late twelfth and early eleventh centuries B.C.E. has been the greatest indicator for the shift from bronze to iron use that marks the transition to the Iron Age, a nuanced understanding of the technological phenomenon comes from evidence and artifacts of production. The origins of iron production technologies are still hotly debated. In recent years, new and pertinent archaeological data…
Early Bronze Age pebble installations from Tell es-Safi/Gath, Israel
Pebble stone installations are commonly found at various Early Bronze Age sites in the southern Levant. However, their function is often assumed or unknown. Thirteen circular pebble installations were found scattered throughout a residential neighbourhood dating to the Early Bronze Age III at Tell es-Safi/Gath. Five such installations were recently studied by implementing an integrated micro-archaeological approach by which all micro- and macro-a…
Metalworking at Megiddo during the Late Bronze and Iron Ages
Previous articleNext article FreeMetalworking at Megiddo during the Late Bronze and Iron AgesNaama Yahalom-Mack, Adi Eliyahu-Behar, Mario A. S. Martin, Assaf Kleiman, Ruth Shahack-Gross, Robert S. Homsher, Yuval Gadot, and Israel FinkelsteinNaama Yahalom-MackThe Hebrew University of Jerusalem Search for more articles by this author , Adi Eliyahu-BeharBar-Ilan University Search for more articles by this author , Mario A. S. MartinTel Aviv Universi…
Interregional Trade and Exchange at Early Bronze Age Tell eṣ-Ṣâfi/Gath
Archaeological Science in the Early Bronze Age Levels
Early Bronze Age Pottery Covered with Lime-Plaster
With the emergence of urban culture in the southern Levant in the Early Bronze Age, new types of pottery and ceramic techniques appeared, among them pottery (usually combed) coated with a white material. A selection of sherds from Early Bronze strata was studied in an attempt to analyze this material. Using microscopy and various other methods, the authors were able to determine that the white material was a lime-plaster applied to the vessels af…
Faience beads from Early Bronze Age contexts at Tell es-Safi/Gath, Israel
The Early Bronze Age Remains at Tell eṣ-Ṣāfi/Gath
Several Early Bronze Age levels have been exposed at Tell eṣ-Ṣāfi/Gath since 2004. This report describes the results of the excavation of the EB III domestic neighbourhood on the eastern part of the site, in Area E. Its layout was common to other Early Bronze urban centres, including small, multiroom houses with a courtyard, and in a few cases also a small storage room. Occupants had access to local and long distance trade and exotic goods, used …
New insights into Levantine copper trade
Metalworking at H azor
The temporal and spatial distribution of metal production remains from H azor was used in this study to sketch the development of metalworking (bronze, iron and silver) at this important site. The remains attest to a long sequence of metalworking at H azor, from the M iddle B ronze A ge through to the I ron A ge, and significantly highlight the transition from bronze to iron production and the mode of bronze production after the transition had be…
Iron smelting and smithing in major urban centers in Israel during the Iron Age
Iron IIA slag-tempered pottery in the Negev Highlands, Israel
Reconstructing Ancient Israel
»Vielmehr bietet [der Kommentar] auf höchstem Niveau eine substantielle Auseinandersetzung mit den Hintergründen, den Zusammenhängen, der Theorie und der Praxis des Grundgesetzes. Besseres lässt sich von einem Verfassungskommentar nicht sagen.“ Herbert Günther Staaatsanzeiger für das Land Hessen 2018 (50), 1494–1495
Iron and bronze production in Iron Age IIA Philistia
Degradation of mud brick houses in an arid environment
Sediments exposed to high temperatures
Iron and bronze production in Iron Age IIA Philistia
Degradation of mud brick houses in an arid environment
New insights into Levantine copper trade
The Early Bronze Age Remains at Tell eṣ-Ṣāfi/Gath
Several Early Bronze Age levels have been exposed at Tell eṣ-Ṣāfi/Gath since 2004. This report describes the results of the excavation of the EB III domestic neighbourhood on the eastern part of the site, in Area E. Its layout was common to other Early Bronze urban centres, including small, multiroom houses with a courtyard, and in a few cases also a small storage room. Occupants had access to local and long distance trade and exotic goods, used …
Iron smelting and smithing in major urban centers in Israel during the Iron Age
By the hand of the smelter
Slag analyses from archaeological iron smelting sites are common. Rigorous analyses of iron and slag from successful experimental smelting, however, are still rare. Furthermore, thorough analyses from a series of smelts, and of the slag produced in different phases of the smelt, are exceedingly rare. The present study investigates the effect of an iron smelter's decision-making and skills on the products of the smelting process: iron and slag. Fo…
An integrated approach to reconstructing primary activities from pit deposits
Metalworking at Megiddo during the Late Bronze and Iron Ages
Previous articleNext article FreeMetalworking at Megiddo during the Late Bronze and Iron AgesNaama Yahalom-Mack, Adi Eliyahu-Behar, Mario A. S. Martin, Assaf Kleiman, Ruth Shahack-Gross, Robert S. Homsher, Yuval Gadot, and Israel FinkelsteinNaama Yahalom-MackThe Hebrew University of Jerusalem Search for more articles by this author , Adi Eliyahu-BeharBar-Ilan University Search for more articles by this author , Mario A. S. MartinTel Aviv Universi…
Early Bronze Age Pottery Covered with Lime-Plaster
With the emergence of urban culture in the southern Levant in the Early Bronze Age, new types of pottery and ceramic techniques appeared, among them pottery (usually combed) coated with a white material. A selection of sherds from Early Bronze strata was studied in an attempt to analyze this material. Using microscopy and various other methods, the authors were able to determine that the white material was a lime-plaster applied to the vessels af…
Iron IIA slag-tempered pottery in the Negev Highlands, Israel
An Iron IIA Iron and Bronze Workshop in the Lower City of Tell es-Safi/Gath
An iron and bronze workshop in the lower city of Tell es-Safi/Gath, dated to the mid-late Iron IIA, contributes new data on the chronology, organization, and practice of metal production in the urban Philistine setting. Analyses show that iron objects were likely produced and maintained on a large scale, alongside bronze, employing regionally unique forms of crucibles and tuyères. The material culture of metalworking is discussed in relation to c…
Faience beads from Early Bronze Age contexts at Tell es-Safi/Gath, Israel
Metalworking at H azor
The temporal and spatial distribution of metal production remains from H azor was used in this study to sketch the development of metalworking (bronze, iron and silver) at this important site. The remains attest to a long sequence of metalworking at H azor, from the M iddle B ronze A ge through to the I ron A ge, and significantly highlight the transition from bronze to iron production and the mode of bronze production after the transition had be…
Technological Insights on Philistine Culture
More than a century of study of the Philistines has revealed abundant remains of their material culture. Concurrently, our understanding of the origins, developmental processes, and socio-political matrix of this fascinating culture has undergone major changes. Among other facets, Philistine technology has been discussed, but in our opinion, a broad view of its importance for understanding Philistine culture is still lacking. The more than twenty…
Reevaluating early iron-working skills in the Southern Levant through microstructure analysis
Nabataean iron picks for copper mining from Nahal ‘Amram, Israel; Chemical, isotopic and production technology analysis
In search of the invisible hearth
Exploring the rhenium-osmium isotopic system and metal trace-elements analysis for iron provenance
Iron Age Metal Production at Tell eṣ-Ṣâfi/Gath
While the increasing appearance of iron objects between the late twelfth and early eleventh centuries B.C.E. has been the greatest indicator for the shift from bronze to iron use that marks the transition to the Iron Age, a nuanced understanding of the technological phenomenon comes from evidence and artifacts of production. The origins of iron production technologies are still hotly debated. In recent years, new and pertinent archaeological data…
Archaeological Science in the Early Bronze Age Levels
Identifying a Roman Casting Pit at Tel Dor, Israel
The functional identification of industrial features is difficult when few characteristic artifacts are preserved. We studied a Roman-period pyrotechnological feature at Tel Dor, Israel, where the only possibly diagnostic ceramic artifacts were found in fill between the walls and above the floor, rendering their association with the feature itself uncertain. The ceramic artifacts included coarse slabs and fragments of utilitarian vessels, some vi…
Sediments exposed to high temperatures
An integrated approach to reconstructing primary activities from pit deposits
Identifying an Iron Smithy at Assyrian Dor through Its Waste Deposits
Identifying a Roman Casting Pit at Tel Dor, Israel
The functional identification of industrial features is difficult when few characteristic artifacts are preserved. We studied a Roman-period pyrotechnological feature at Tel Dor, Israel, where the only possibly diagnostic ceramic artifacts were found in fill between the walls and above the floor, rendering their association with the feature itself uncertain. The ceramic artifacts included coarse slabs and fragments of utilitarian vessels, some vi…
Iron and bronze production in Iron Age IIA Philistia
Degradation of mud brick houses in an arid environment
Reconstructing Ancient Israel
»Vielmehr bietet [der Kommentar] auf höchstem Niveau eine substantielle Auseinandersetzung mit den Hintergründen, den Zusammenhängen, der Theorie und der Praxis des Grundgesetzes. Besseres lässt sich von einem Verfassungskommentar nicht sagen.“ Herbert Günther Staaatsanzeiger für das Land Hessen 2018 (50), 1494–1495
Iron smelting and smithing in major urban centers in Israel during the Iron Age
Iron IIA slag-tempered pottery in the Negev Highlands, Israel
The Early Bronze Age Remains at Tell eṣ-Ṣāfi/Gath
Several Early Bronze Age levels have been exposed at Tell eṣ-Ṣāfi/Gath since 2004. This report describes the results of the excavation of the EB III domestic neighbourhood on the eastern part of the site, in Area E. Its layout was common to other Early Bronze urban centres, including small, multiroom houses with a courtyard, and in a few cases also a small storage room. Occupants had access to local and long distance trade and exotic goods, used …
New insights into Levantine copper trade
Metalworking at H azor
The temporal and spatial distribution of metal production remains from H azor was used in this study to sketch the development of metalworking (bronze, iron and silver) at this important site. The remains attest to a long sequence of metalworking at H azor, from the M iddle B ronze A ge through to the I ron A ge, and significantly highlight the transition from bronze to iron production and the mode of bronze production after the transition had be…
Faience beads from Early Bronze Age contexts at Tell es-Safi/Gath, Israel
Early Bronze Age Pottery Covered with Lime-Plaster
With the emergence of urban culture in the southern Levant in the Early Bronze Age, new types of pottery and ceramic techniques appeared, among them pottery (usually combed) coated with a white material. A selection of sherds from Early Bronze strata was studied in an attempt to analyze this material. Using microscopy and various other methods, the authors were able to determine that the white material was a lime-plaster applied to the vessels af…
Early Bronze Age pebble installations from Tell es-Safi/Gath, Israel
Pebble stone installations are commonly found at various Early Bronze Age sites in the southern Levant. However, their function is often assumed or unknown. Thirteen circular pebble installations were found scattered throughout a residential neighbourhood dating to the Early Bronze Age III at Tell es-Safi/Gath. Five such installations were recently studied by implementing an integrated micro-archaeological approach by which all micro- and macro-a…
Metalworking at Megiddo during the Late Bronze and Iron Ages
Previous articleNext article FreeMetalworking at Megiddo during the Late Bronze and Iron AgesNaama Yahalom-Mack, Adi Eliyahu-Behar, Mario A. S. Martin, Assaf Kleiman, Ruth Shahack-Gross, Robert S. Homsher, Yuval Gadot, and Israel FinkelsteinNaama Yahalom-MackThe Hebrew University of Jerusalem Search for more articles by this author , Adi Eliyahu-BeharBar-Ilan University Search for more articles by this author , Mario A. S. MartinTel Aviv Universi…
Interregional Trade and Exchange at Early Bronze Age Tell eṣ-Ṣâfi/Gath
Archaeological Science in the Early Bronze Age Levels
Reevaluating early iron-working skills in the Southern Levant through microstructure analysis
Iron Age Metal Production at Tell eṣ-Ṣâfi/Gath
While the increasing appearance of iron objects between the late twelfth and early eleventh centuries B.C.E. has been the greatest indicator for the shift from bronze to iron use that marks the transition to the Iron Age, a nuanced understanding of the technological phenomenon comes from evidence and artifacts of production. The origins of iron production technologies are still hotly debated. In recent years, new and pertinent archaeological data…
Technological Insights on Philistine Culture
More than a century of study of the Philistines has revealed abundant remains of their material culture. Concurrently, our understanding of the origins, developmental processes, and socio-political matrix of this fascinating culture has undergone major changes. Among other facets, Philistine technology has been discussed, but in our opinion, a broad view of its importance for understanding Philistine culture is still lacking. The more than twenty…
An Iron IIA Iron and Bronze Workshop in the Lower City of Tell es-Safi/Gath
An iron and bronze workshop in the lower city of Tell es-Safi/Gath, dated to the mid-late Iron IIA, contributes new data on the chronology, organization, and practice of metal production in the urban Philistine setting. Analyses show that iron objects were likely produced and maintained on a large scale, alongside bronze, employing regionally unique forms of crucibles and tuyères. The material culture of metalworking is discussed in relation to c…
In search of the invisible hearth
By the hand of the smelter
Slag analyses from archaeological iron smelting sites are common. Rigorous analyses of iron and slag from successful experimental smelting, however, are still rare. Furthermore, thorough analyses from a series of smelts, and of the slag produced in different phases of the smelt, are exceedingly rare. The present study investigates the effect of an iron smelter's decision-making and skills on the products of the smelting process: iron and slag. Fo…
“A land whose stones are iron…”—Iron ore sources in the Southern Levant
Recent discoveries of iron production remains in multiple Iron Age sites throughout the Southern Levant indicate the significance of iron production in the region during this time. However, one main question remains unanswered—that is, provenance: Where were the iron resources located? Were they local or brought from afar? Answering these questions would allow great potential for reconstructing iron-ore procurement strategies and exploitation pra…
Archaeology (24 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (22 works) · Geography (16 works) · Metallurgy (15 works) · Materials Science (14 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (12 works) · Bronze (12 works) · History (12 works) · Geology (11 works) · Metallurgy and Cultural Artifacts (11 works)