David Ilan
Biographic Data
| ID | 130033 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Ilan |
| GIVEN NAMES | David |
| FAMILY NAME | Ilan |
| SIGNATURE | ILAN D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5953-5745 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 28 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
"Come, O pilgrim"-but buy local
Expediting Reincarnation in the Fifth Millennium BCE
We examine and reinterpret the phenomenon of containers used for the secondary burial of human remains – ossuaries – in the Chalcolithic period of the southern Levant, c.4500–3700 BCE. Ossuary form and decoration, both plastic and painted, is evocative and symbol‐laden. Since their first discovery in the 1930s, several hypotheses have sought to explain ossuary iconography, but none provides an integrated, holistic interpretation. Chalcolithic ico…
The ground stone components of drills in the ancient Near East
Three types of drills are known from antiquity: the bow drill, the pump drill and the crank drill. Each type often included ground stone components - sockets, weights and flywheels. However, these components are inconspicuous; on their own they are almost never associated with drills. The result is that the drill is nearly invisible in many assemblages, particularly those of the proto-historic and historic periods, from the Chalcolithic through t…
The Judean Desert as a Chalcolithic Necropolis
Cave deposits represent a special category of archaeological context that invokes its own set of research questions. The interpretation of these deposits, however, is often based on unfounded assumptions. The idea of ‘cave men’ utilizing caves as domestic space persists to this day, both in the public imagination and in archaeological interpretation. But a cave is not generally a good place to live; the adoption of caves as living space occurs in…
The Iron Age Remains at Tel Nagila
The paper presents the preliminary results of the analysis of the Iron Age finds from Tel Nagila. The excavations, which took place in the early 1960s under the direction of R. Amiran and A. Eitan, revealed three Iron Age strata. Through the lens of these finds, we reflect on Tel Nagila as an Iron Age settlement on the border between Judah and Philistia, on the ethnic and political affiliations of its population, and how these affiliations may ha…
Undermining the Edifice of Ethnocentric Historical Narrative in Israel with Community-Based Archaeology
Avraham Biran (1909-2007)
An Aegean Fire-Stand from Tel Nagila
In this short paper we present a detailed study of a unique ceramic vessel fragment that was found in the excavations at Tel Nagila. The interpretation of this fragment as an Aegean fire-stand has implications for our understanding of the origin and development of Philistine material culture in Iron Age Philistia
Mortuary Practices in Early Bronze Age Canaan
Why have a lot of burials been found in some sites and regions in the Early Bronze Age Levant and virtually none in others? Why is there so much less evidence of burials in the second and third phases of the Early Bronze Age than for the first? How do we explain this variance? To answer these questions, the author proposes that territory, social boundaries, social organization and changing ideologies may have played a role. In particular, he poin…
Middle Bronze Age Painted Pottery from Tel Dan
Painted pottery is found in all four Middle Bronze Age strata of Tel Dan. The earliest (MB I) is either bichrome or monochrome and belongs to what has been called the Levantine Painted Ware (LPW). Towards the end of the MB I, the Monochrome Painted Cream Ware (MPCW) is introduced, probably inspired by the Amuq-Cilician painted tradition. The subsequent stratigraphic levels show amalgamation of the two classes, evident until the end of the MBA. Ca…
The Dating of Early Bronze Age Settlements in the Negev and Sinai
The Dating of Early Bronze Age Settlements in the Negev and Sinai
Reevaluation de la datation des sites du Bronze Ancien de Palestine et du Sinai, a partir de la typologie de la ceramique, deja utilisee, mais egalement grâce aux donnees petrographiques et a la datation par radiocarbone. Il en ressort quelques sites prehistoriques (paleolithique et neolithique), mais en majorite, il s'agit de sites des periodes primitives (chalcolithique et surtout age du Bronze Ancien)
A Middle Bronze Age Offering Deposit from Tel Dan and the Politics of Cultic Gifting
A Middle Bronze Age Offering Deposit from Tel Dan and the Politics of Cultic Gifting
Mortuary Practices in Early Bronze Age Canaan
Why have a lot of burials been found in some sites and regions in the Early Bronze Age Levant and virtually none in others? Why is there so much less evidence of burials in the second and third phases of the Early Bronze Age than for the first? How do we explain this variance? To answer these questions, the author proposes that territory, social boundaries, social organization and changing ideologies may have played a role. In particular, he poin…
The Dating of Early Bronze Age Settlements in the Negev and Sinai
Reevaluation de la datation des sites du Bronze Ancien de Palestine et du Sinai, a partir de la typologie de la ceramique, deja utilisee, mais egalement grâce aux donnees petrographiques et a la datation par radiocarbone. Il en ressort quelques sites prehistoriques (paleolithique et neolithique), mais en majorite, il s'agit de sites des periodes primitives (chalcolithique et surtout age du Bronze Ancien)
Expediting Reincarnation in the Fifth Millennium BCE
We examine and reinterpret the phenomenon of containers used for the secondary burial of human remains – ossuaries – in the Chalcolithic period of the southern Levant, c.4500–3700 BCE. Ossuary form and decoration, both plastic and painted, is evocative and symbol‐laden. Since their first discovery in the 1930s, several hypotheses have sought to explain ossuary iconography, but none provides an integrated, holistic interpretation. Chalcolithic ico…
The Judean Desert as a Chalcolithic Necropolis
Cave deposits represent a special category of archaeological context that invokes its own set of research questions. The interpretation of these deposits, however, is often based on unfounded assumptions. The idea of ‘cave men’ utilizing caves as domestic space persists to this day, both in the public imagination and in archaeological interpretation. But a cave is not generally a good place to live; the adoption of caves as living space occurs in…
The Dating of Early Bronze Age Settlements in the Negev and Sinai
A Middle Bronze Age Offering Deposit from Tel Dan and the Politics of Cultic Gifting
A Middle Bronze Age Offering Deposit from Tel Dan and the Politics of Cultic Gifting
A Middle Bronze Age Offering Deposit from Tel Dan and the Politics of Cultic Gifting
The Dating of Early Bronze Age Settlements in the Negev and Sinai
The Dating of Early Bronze Age Settlements in the Negev and Sinai
Reevaluation de la datation des sites du Bronze Ancien de Palestine et du Sinai, a partir de la typologie de la ceramique, deja utilisee, mais egalement grâce aux donnees petrographiques et a la datation par radiocarbone. Il en ressort quelques sites prehistoriques (paleolithique et neolithique), mais en majorite, il s'agit de sites des periodes primitives (chalcolithique et surtout age du Bronze Ancien)
Middle Bronze Age Painted Pottery from Tel Dan
Painted pottery is found in all four Middle Bronze Age strata of Tel Dan. The earliest (MB I) is either bichrome or monochrome and belongs to what has been called the Levantine Painted Ware (LPW). Towards the end of the MB I, the Monochrome Painted Cream Ware (MPCW) is introduced, probably inspired by the Amuq-Cilician painted tradition. The subsequent stratigraphic levels show amalgamation of the two classes, evident until the end of the MBA. Ca…
Mortuary Practices in Early Bronze Age Canaan
Why have a lot of burials been found in some sites and regions in the Early Bronze Age Levant and virtually none in others? Why is there so much less evidence of burials in the second and third phases of the Early Bronze Age than for the first? How do we explain this variance? To answer these questions, the author proposes that territory, social boundaries, social organization and changing ideologies may have played a role. In particular, he poin…
Avraham Biran (1909-2007)
An Aegean Fire-Stand from Tel Nagila
In this short paper we present a detailed study of a unique ceramic vessel fragment that was found in the excavations at Tel Nagila. The interpretation of this fragment as an Aegean fire-stand has implications for our understanding of the origin and development of Philistine material culture in Iron Age Philistia
Undermining the Edifice of Ethnocentric Historical Narrative in Israel with Community-Based Archaeology
The Iron Age Remains at Tel Nagila
The paper presents the preliminary results of the analysis of the Iron Age finds from Tel Nagila. The excavations, which took place in the early 1960s under the direction of R. Amiran and A. Eitan, revealed three Iron Age strata. Through the lens of these finds, we reflect on Tel Nagila as an Iron Age settlement on the border between Judah and Philistia, on the ethnic and political affiliations of its population, and how these affiliations may ha…
The ground stone components of drills in the ancient Near East
Three types of drills are known from antiquity: the bow drill, the pump drill and the crank drill. Each type often included ground stone components - sockets, weights and flywheels. However, these components are inconspicuous; on their own they are almost never associated with drills. The result is that the drill is nearly invisible in many assemblages, particularly those of the proto-historic and historic periods, from the Chalcolithic through t…
The Judean Desert as a Chalcolithic Necropolis
Cave deposits represent a special category of archaeological context that invokes its own set of research questions. The interpretation of these deposits, however, is often based on unfounded assumptions. The idea of ‘cave men’ utilizing caves as domestic space persists to this day, both in the public imagination and in archaeological interpretation. But a cave is not generally a good place to live; the adoption of caves as living space occurs in…
Expediting Reincarnation in the Fifth Millennium BCE
We examine and reinterpret the phenomenon of containers used for the secondary burial of human remains – ossuaries – in the Chalcolithic period of the southern Levant, c.4500–3700 BCE. Ossuary form and decoration, both plastic and painted, is evocative and symbol‐laden. Since their first discovery in the 1930s, several hypotheses have sought to explain ossuary iconography, but none provides an integrated, holistic interpretation. Chalcolithic ico…
"Come, O pilgrim"-but buy local
History (14 works) · Archaeology (12 works) · Ancient history (11 works) · History (10 works) · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology (9 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (9 works) · Bronze Age (9 works) · Geography (9 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (7 works) · Ancient Near East History (6 works)