From a Fortified Canaanite City-State to "a City and a Mother" in Israel
Five Seasons of Excavation at Tel Abel Beth Maacah
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4587258 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Naama Yahalom-Mack, Naama Yahalom‐mack (0000-0002-9296-8435), Nava Panitz-Cohen (0000-0003-1961-6860), Robert Mullins (0000-0001-6828-719X) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 81 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 145-156 |
| Publication date | 2018-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Near Eastern Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1094-2076 • E-ISSN: 1557-5594 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.5615/neareastarch.81.2.0145 |
| OpenAlex | W2809370943 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
| References cited | 5 |
Tel Abel Beth Maacah is a prominent site on the border of Israel, Syria, and Lebanon where it occupied a strategic geopolitical niche among ancient Canaanites, Israelites, Arameans, and Phoenicians. A survey and five seasons of excavation have revealed an occupation sequence ranging from EB II until modern times with peak occupation dating to MB IIB and Iron Age I–IIA. The robust continuity in settlement from the Late Bronze Age until Iron Age II is a unique phenomenon in this region and sheds important light on the site's transition from a Canaanite city-state to an Iron Age territorial kingdom, particularly acute in this region, between the Israelite kingdom and that of Aram-Damascus
Ancient history · Archaeology · Excavation · Geography · Geopolitics · Iron Age · Israelites · Kingdom · Political science · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · History · Law · Geology · Paleontology
A Unique Iron I Installation with a Double Basin and Drain from Tel Abel Beth Maacah
In search of the invisible hearth
Faunal remains from Tel Abel Beth Maacah
Crucibles, Tuyères, and Bellows in a Longue Durée Perspective
Phoenician Religion in the Homeland
Introduction
Contextualizing an Iron Age IIA Hoard of Astragali from Tel Abel Beth Maacah, Israel
Diocletian oppressed the inhabitants of Paneas’ (ySheb. 9
The Metal Assemblage from Early Iron Age IIA Khirbet Qeiyafa and Its Implications for the Inception of Iron Production and Use
Settlement Processes in the Meron Ridges During the Iron Age I
Ancient Pot-Bellows
Hoofprints in the sand
A Faience Head of a Bearded Male From Tel Abel Beth Maacah
The Solomonic Districts and the Nimshide Dynasty Administrative System in the Southern Levant
| Unique citing works | 14 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2025 (7) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |