T E Levy
Biographic Data
| ID | 3922 |
|---|---|
| NAME | T E Levy |
| GIVEN NAMES | T E |
| FAMILY NAME | Levy |
| SIGNATURE | LEVY T E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California San Diego |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8618-6672 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 97 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 553 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 97 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 11 |
As if the Pieces of the Past Were in Our Hands”
This article describes the publication and evaluation of a user-driven narrative module on the public-facing 3D platform Sketchfab, which comprises dozens of interlinked 3D models relating to the archaeology of the Faynan region of Southern Jordan. Models included in the project are archaeological sites, excavation units, and artifacts related to the Iron Age and Islamic period archaeology of the region. By interlinking these models according to …
A Roman Fish-Processing Facility at Tel Dor, Israel
Iron Age ship cargoes from the harbour of Dor (Israel)
Connectivity and trade dominate discussions of the Mediterranean Bronze and Iron Ages, where artefacts travelled increasing distances by land and sea. Much of the evidence for the means through which such networks operated is necessarily indirect, but shipwrecks offer direct insights into the movement of goods. Here, the authors explore three Iron Age cargoes recently excavated at Tel Dor on the Carmel Coast, the first from this period found in t…
New Radiocarbon Dating from Late Bronze and Iron Age Gezer and Its Implications
Not only does Tel Gezer sit on the ancient international crossroad of the Via Maris or “Way of the Sea” that connected Egypt with greater Syria and Mesopotamia, but it is also situated along the local ancient roads from the coastal plain to Jerusalem. Of great relevance to world archaeology is Gezer’s location at the interface between archaeology, the Hebrew Bible, and other ancient texts. The recent publication of L. Webster and co-authors (Webs…
Sea Level Changes and the Locations of the ‘Missing’ Hellenistic and Roman Harbours at Tel Dor, Israel
Where are the harbour structures of the thriving Hellenistic and Roman city of Dor? Recent underwater and coastal surveys and excavations, together with geoarchaeological and geophysical studies, provide strong evidence of the devastating impact of a sea level rise in Hellenistic Dor, as well as of recovery and renewed resilience in the Roman Period. This evidence includes two previously unknown new harbour installations: a very large maritime st…
Continuity and climate change
Sedentary occupation of the southern Levantine coast spans from the Pre-Pottery Neolithic C to the Early Bronze Age Ib phase (c. 7000-3100 BC). Sites dating to the Early Pottery Neolithic (c. 6400-5500 BC) are scarce, however, potentially reflecting the effects of the 8.2ka climatic event. Here, the authors present the investigations at the submerged site of Habonim North off the Carmel Coast. Typological and radiocarbon dating indicate an Early …
Radiocarbon dating of Kastrouli settlement
Changing environments and human interaction during the Pleistocene–Early Holocene from the shallow coastal area of Dor, Israel
The protected Tel-Dor coastal embayment in the eastern Mediterranean preserves an unusually complete stratigraphic record that reveals human–environmental interactions throughout the Holocene. Interpretation of new seismic profiles collected from shallow marine geophysical transects across the bay show five seismic units were correlated with stratigraphy and age dates obtained from coastal and shallow-marine sediment cores. This stratigraphic fra…
Ted Lewis and Carl Stauffer, Listening to the movement
Digital Deforestation
This paper tests the suitability of automated point cloud classification tools provided by the popular image-based modeling (IBM) software package Agisoft Metashape for the generation of digital terrain models (DTMs) at moderately-vegetated archaeological sites. DTMs are often required for various forms of archaeological mapping and analysis. The suite of tools provided by Agisoft are relatively user-friendly as compared to many point cloud class…
High resolution elemental characterization of prehistoric flint sources in southern Israel
Ceramic technology at Wadi Fidan 61, an early Pottery Neolithic site (ca. 6500 B.C.E.) in the Faynan region of southern Jordan
The Faynan region of southern Jordan became a center of industrial-scale metallurgical production during the Bronze and Iron Ages. However, socio-economic developments of the Pottery Neolithic period (ca. 6500-5500 B.C.E.) that helped set the stage for the rise of complex copper-producing societies are not well-understood. In this paper, we focus on ceramic technology at the early Pottery Neolithic site of Wadi Fidan 61 in the western part of the…
Cyber-archaeology
Cyber-archaeology
Integrating Digital Datasets into Public Engagement through ArcGIS StoryMaps
Archaeologists have a responsibility to use their research to engage people and provide opportunities for the public to interact with cultural heritage and interpret it on their own terms. This can be done through hypermedia and deep mapping as approaches to public archaeology. In twenty-first-century archaeology, scholars can rely on vastly improved technologies to aid them in these efforts toward public engagement, including digital photography…
The door to Dor
An on‐land frequency domain electromagnetic geophysical survey was conducted across a tombolo delimiting the southern bay of Tel Dor (northern Israel) to the south. It was accompanied by a marine archaeological survey adjacent to its northern edge. Results indicate a deep channel connecting the bay and the Tantura Lagoon to the south. At its northern exit, an NW–SE trending square anomaly is visible in the geophysical data, buried underneath cent…
Origin of iron production in the Eastern Mediterranean
Up the Wadi
In 2014, the Edom Lowlands Regional Archaeology Project renewed excavations at Khirbat al-Jariya (KAJ), an Iron Age copper smelting site in Faynan, Jordan. Located roughly 3 km from the prominent smelting center Khirbat en-Nahas (KEN), KAJ was an integral component of Early Iron Age (ca. 1200–800 b.c.) copper production in Faynan, one of the largest copper ore deposits in the southern Levant. To date, the site had only been investigated by survey…
Luminescence dating of stone wall, tomb and ceramics of Kastrouli (Phokis, Greece) Late Helladic settlement
Fiscal Year 2019 Honor Roll
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Ceramic composition at Chalcolithic Shiqmim, northern Negev desert, Israel
Technological innovations in ceramic production and other crafts are hallmarks of the Chalcolithic period (4500–3600 BCE) in the southern Levant, but details of manufacturing traditions have not been fully investigated using the range of analytical methods currently available. This paper presents results of a compositional study of 51 sherds of ceramic churns and other pottery types from the Chalcolithic site of Shiqmim in the northern Negev dese…
Quantifying the effects of erosion on archaeological sites with low-altitude aerial photography, structure from motion, and GIS
Testing Google Earth Engine for the automatic identification and vectorization of archaeological features
Late Bronze-Age Metal Artifacts off Hahotrim, Israel
The Power of Place
Toward a Critical Archaeology [and Comments and Reply]
Prehistoric metalworking in the southern Levant
This paper examines some of the processes which may have led to the initial adoption of metallurgy during the Chalcolithic (ca. 4500–3200 BCE) period in ancient Palestine. An archaeometallurgical study of metal‐related finds from the Negev desert demonstrates the presence of two distinct metal industries during the Chalcolithic; one for the production of tools and the other for the manufacture of prestige/cultic metal objects. A social perspectiv…
The emergence of specialized pastoralism in the southern Levant
This paper investigates a number of models concerning the development of specialized pastoralism in the Old World. Hypotheses are tested by comparing a wide range of environmental variables with settlement pattern data collected along the Wadi Be'er Sheva and the lower Wadi Besor in the Negev desert of Israel. It is suggested that specialized pastoralism emerged in conjunction with local population growth and with changes in 4th millennium agro‐t…
Recent Discoveries Concerning Chalcolithic Metallurgy at Shiqmim, Israel
Drones in Archaeology
In late 2013, a joint archaeological and computer vision project was initiated to digitally capture the archaeological remains in the al-Ula valley, Saudi Arabia. The goal of our team of archeologists and computer scientists is to integrate 3D scanning technologies to produce 3D reconstructions of archaeological sites. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) serve as the vehicle which makes this scanning possible. UAVs allow the acquisition of 3D data as…
Reassessing the chronology of Biblical Edom
An international team of researchers show how high-precision radiocarbon dating is liberating us from chronological assumptions based on Biblical research. Surface and topographic mapping at the large copper-working site of Khirbat en-Nahas was followed by stratigraphic excavations at an ancient fortress and two metal processing facilities located on the site surface. The results were spectacular. Occupation begins here in the eleventh century BC…
Early Bronze Age metallurgy
Recent excavations in southern Jordan have revealed the largest Early Bronze Age (c. 3600-2000 BC) metal manufactory in the ancient Near East. On-site Geographic Information Systems (GIS) analyses of the finds provide new evidence concerning the scale and organization of metal production at a time when the first cities emerged in this part of the Near East. Materials and lead isotope analyses of the metallurgical finds provide important data for …
Shiqmim
Des fouilles récentes ont été effectuées à Shiqmim, dans la partie septentrionale semi-aride du Néguev. Le plan de cette agglomération chalcolithique (9,5 ha) est remarquablement uniforme; des bâtiments de grandes et de petites dimensions, une allée, des magasins, des cours et des murs de clôture sont associés à des vestiges matériels caractéristiques de la culture chalcolithique de Beershéva. Près du village s'étend sur plus de 800 m une nécropo…
Early Bronze Age copper production systems in the northern Arabah Valley
On the Origins of Milk and Wool Production in the Old World
Iron Age Nomads and their relation to copper smelting in Faynan (Jordan)
The Pottery Informatics Query Database
The beginning of Iron Age copper production in the southern Levant
The authors have explored the workplace and house of copper workers of the early Iron Age (twelfth to tenth century BC) in Jordan's Wadi Faynan copper ore district, showing that it belongs in time between the collapse of the great Bronze Age states and the arrival of Egyptians in the area under Sheshonq I. They attribute this production to local tribes - perhaps those engaged in building the biblical kingdom of Edom
The Archaeology of Cult and the Chalcolithic Sanctuary at Gilat
The identification, excavation and interpretation of a ceremonial centre is one of the most challenging undertakings in archaeology today (Renfrew 1985: 1). For ancient Palestine, the Negev desert, Chalcolithic (ca. 4500-3500 BC) site of Gilat provides a unique opportunity to investigate early religion along the eastern Mediterranean seaboard. In this paper, the archaeological correlates for cult practice, the role of cult in Chalcolithic society…
Environmental impacts of ancient copper mining and metallurgy
A new approach for geomagnetic archaeointensity research
Quantifying the effects of erosion on archaeological sites with low-altitude aerial photography, structure from motion, and GIS
The Chalcolithic Radiocarbon Record and Its Use in Southern Levantine Archaeology
Archaeological evidence suggests that the Chalcolithic period (5th–4th millennium BCE) in the southern Levant was a time of significant settlement expansion and increasing social complexity. Important technological and social developments during this era set the stage for the later rise of fortified sites and nascence of urbanization in the Early Bronze Age. Controversy surrounding the chronology of Chalcolithic settlement and the reconstruction …
Chalcolithic Settlement Patterns in the Northern Negev Desert
Archaeomagnetic Dating of Copper Smelting Site F2 in the Timna Valley (Israel) and Its Implications for the Modelling of Ancient Technological Developments
Site F2 in the Timna Valley, Israel, is a small copper smelting site of ‘primitive’ technology, dated by its excavator to the Pottery Neolithic (sixth to fifth millennium bce ). This early date challenges the common view of the beginning of smelting technology in the Levant and has been contested by various scholars since its publication. In this study, we present results of archaeointensity experiments conducted on slag fragments from the site. …
Some Thoughts on Khirbet En-Nahas, Edom, Biblical History and Anthropologya Response to Israel Finkelstein
Israel Finkelstein's recent comments inTel Aviv regarding our paper on the Iron Age excavations at Khirbet en-Nahas in southern Jordan contain numerous misinterpretations of the data. This short response outlines why those comments are erroneous. In particular, we describe why the formation of complex societies in Iron Age Edom did not occur under Assyrian tutelage
A Chalcolithic Mace Head From the Negev, Israel
An interdisciplinary case study of the role of technology in ancient society is presented here based on a single copper object from the beginning of metallurgy in Israel during the late fifth to fourth millennium BC. This research is based on a combination of typological, chronological and technological analyses. The mace head is made of copper alloyed with arsenic and antitmony, cast in a ‘lost wax’ technique over a stone core. The metallurgical…
Integrating Digital Datasets into Public Engagement through ArcGIS StoryMaps
Archaeologists have a responsibility to use their research to engage people and provide opportunities for the public to interact with cultural heritage and interpret it on their own terms. This can be done through hypermedia and deep mapping as approaches to public archaeology. In twenty-first-century archaeology, scholars can rely on vastly improved technologies to aid them in these efforts toward public engagement, including digital photography…
High resolution elemental characterization of prehistoric flint sources in southern Israel
Prospects and problems in the use of hyperspectral imagery for archaeological remote sensing
A Preliminary Note of The Chalcolithic Cemeteries at Shiqmim, Northern Negev Israel
T.E. Levy, D. Alon, A Preliminary Note on the Chalcolithic Cemeteries at Shiqmim, Northern Negev, Israel, Mitekufat Haeven: Journal of the Israel Prehistoric Society / מתקופת האבן, כרך ט"ז (תשל"ט - 1979), pp. 117-114
The Chalcolithic Mortuary Site near Mezad Aluf, Northern Negev Desert
The emergence of specialized pastoralism in the southern Levant
This paper investigates a number of models concerning the development of specialized pastoralism in the Old World. Hypotheses are tested by comparing a wide range of environmental variables with settlement pattern data collected along the Wadi Be'er Sheva and the lower Wadi Besor in the Negev desert of Israel. It is suggested that specialized pastoralism emerged in conjunction with local population growth and with changes in 4th millennium agro‐t…
Chalcolithic Settlement Patterns in the Northern Negev Desert
Models of Chalcolithic Settlement in the Northern Negev
Shiqmim
Des fouilles récentes ont été effectuées à Shiqmim, dans la partie septentrionale semi-aride du Néguev. Le plan de cette agglomération chalcolithique (9,5 ha) est remarquablement uniforme; des bâtiments de grandes et de petites dimensions, une allée, des magasins, des cours et des murs de clôture sont associés à des vestiges matériels caractéristiques de la culture chalcolithique de Beershéva. Près du village s'étend sur plus de 800 m une nécropo…
Toward a Critical Archaeology [and Comments and Reply]
Reply to Reviews of Shiqmim I
Les sociétés chalcolithiques de la Palestine et l'émergence des chefferies
Des données en nombre croissant montrent que dès la fin du Vemillénaire B.C., les sociétés de la Palestine ont connu de profondes transformations sociales et technologiques. Certaines d'entre elles sont attestées par l'apparition de lieux de culte, de sanctuaires et de cimetières, par la spécialisation artisanale, et la métallurgie, en relation avec une formidable augmentation de la population et l'organisation de sites en entités hiérarchisées a…
On the Origins of Milk and Wool Production in the Old World
The Archaeology of Cult and the Chalcolithic Sanctuary at Gilat
The identification, excavation and interpretation of a ceremonial centre is one of the most challenging undertakings in archaeology today (Renfrew 1985: 1). For ancient Palestine, the Negev desert, Chalcolithic (ca. 4500-3500 BC) site of Gilat provides a unique opportunity to investigate early religion along the eastern Mediterranean seaboard. In this paper, the archaeological correlates for cult practice, the role of cult in Chalcolithic society…
Prehistoric metalworking in the southern Levant
This paper examines some of the processes which may have led to the initial adoption of metallurgy during the Chalcolithic (ca. 4500–3200 BCE) period in ancient Palestine. An archaeometallurgical study of metal‐related finds from the Negev desert demonstrates the presence of two distinct metal industries during the Chalcolithic; one for the production of tools and the other for the manufacture of prestige/cultic metal objects. A social perspectiv…
Use Wear Analysis of a Chalcolithic Scraper Assemblage from Shiqmim
YORKE ROWAN, THOMAS E. LEVY, יורק רוואן, תומס א. לוי, ניתוח סימני שימוש במכלול של מגרדים כלכוליתיים משקמים / Use Wear Analysis of a Chalcolithic Scraper Assemblage from Shiqmim, Mitekufat Haeven: Journal of the Israel Prehistoric Society / מתקופת האבן, כרך כ"ד (תשנ"א / 1991), pp. 112-134
A Chalcolithic Mace Head From the Negev, Israel
An interdisciplinary case study of the role of technology in ancient society is presented here based on a single copper object from the beginning of metallurgy in Israel during the late fifth to fourth millennium BC. This research is based on a combination of typological, chronological and technological analyses. The mace head is made of copper alloyed with arsenic and antitmony, cast in a ‘lost wax’ technique over a stone core. The metallurgical…
Archeology
Proto-Canaanean Blades of the Chalcolithic Period
The discovery of an assemblage of large prismatic flint blades at the Chalcolithic cult site of Gilat in Israel’s northern Negev desert, adds a new corpus of technological and cultural data concerning the Chalcolithic/Early Bronze Age transition in Palestine. A description of these blades and their cultural significance is presented here.
Geophysical diffraction tomography
Shiqmim is a late prehistoric farming village in the Beersheva river valley in Israel's northern Negev desert dating to the late 5th‐early 4th millennia B. C. Along with surface architecture, archaeologists discovered a sequence of large subterranean rooms interconnected by narrow tunnels. This discovery, found in the northern Negev, as well as similar subterranean features and dating back to the same period, has created considerable controversy …
New Evidence on Prehistoric Trade Routes
Obsidian artifacts are rare finds in prehistoric sites in Israel. The scarcity of the material and the absence of obsidian sources in Israel makes such artifacts especially important for understanding ancient exchange patterns. The closest sources of obsidian found in Israel are in the Cycladic Islands of Greece to the west and Anatolia to the north. Using neutron activation analysis (NAA), we identify the origin of seven obsidian artifacts from …
Egyptian-Canaanite Interaction at Nahal Tillah, Israel (ca. 4500-3000 B. C. E.)
The nature of the Dynasty 0-Dynasty I Egyptian presence in southern Israel has been a source of debate since the excavations of Tel Erani on the fringe of the northern Negev in the 1950s when numerous Egyptian artifacts were discovered. Since then, a wide range of models have been used to characterize the nature of Egyptian-Canaanite relations. These models include warfare/conquest, commercialization, distance parity, and world systems. The recen…
Making Anthropology Meaningful Historical Ecology
The Archaeology of Society in the Holy Land
Prehistoric Cultural Ecology and Evolution
Settlement and Society in the Early Bronze I and II Southern Levant
The Jabal Hamrat Fidan Project
This report describes the excavation and preliminary analysis of the Wadi Fidan 40 cemetery by the Wadi Fidan Regional Archaeological Project during 1997. The cemetery is a large, enigmatic funerary complex. Previous work suggested a link to the nearby Early Bronze Age site of Wadi Fidan 4. During the 1997 season 62 grave features were excavated and human remains of 87 individuals recovered. The aceramic nature of the cemetery and other finds sug…
Geophysical Surveys in the Jebel Hamrat Fidan, Jordan
The Jebel (Jebel is mountain in Arabic) Hamrat Fidan marks the “gateway” to the Feinan district of southern Jordan—one of the largest sources of copper during the prehistoric and Early Bronze Ages in the eastern Mediterranean. Preliminary excavations and surveys at sites along the Wadi Fidan have revealed a long history of settled occupation extending from the Pre-Pottery Neolithic (ca. 6,500 B.C.) to early medieval times. Because of this long hi…
Archaeology (80 works) · Geography (69 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (52 works) · History (49 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (43 works) · Bronze Age (36 works) · Ancient history (31 works) · Computer Science (28 works) · Geology (27 works) · Chalcolithic (25 works)