Melissa S Cradic

Biographic Data

ID2178006
NAMEMelissa S Cradic
GIVEN NAMESMelissa S
FAMILY NAMECradic
SIGNATURECRADIC M S
AFFILIATIONSDepartment of History and Judaic Studies Program, University at Albany State University of New York Albany New York USA
ORCID0000-0001-6287-2670
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS8
AUTHOR COUNT6
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2017
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX2

  • Pathways to Inclusive Digital Archaeological Archives

    Open AccessHiba Alkhalaf, J A Baird et al.ARTICLEAdvances in Archaeological Practice2026

    This article addresses the historical and ongoing exclusion of descendant and local communities, particularly in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), from digital archaeological archives. We contend that current digitization practices often perpetuate colonial-era biases through limited, monolingual metadata that fail to reflect or engage with local histories and knowledge systems. Noting the insufficiency of current FAIR (Findable, Accessibl…

  • Burial offerings in intramural tombs at Middle Bronze Age Megiddo

    Open AccessAyala Amir, Rachel Kalisher et al.ARTICLEArchaeometry2023References: 34

    Tel Megiddo is a major type‐site for the Middle Bronze in the Levant. During this period a new burial custom appeared in which the dead were interred beneath occupied houses. This tradition is well attested in Area K at the site. Area H, near the palatial complex, revealed a monumental masonry‐constructed chamber tomb. This article presents the results of residue analysis conducted on ceramic vessels placed in these tombs as burial offerings. Hun…

  • First evidence for vanillin in the old world

    Open AccessVanessa Linares, Matthew J Adams et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2019Cited by: 3References: 7

  • Residential Burial and Social Memory in the Middle Bronze Age Levant

    Melissa S CradicARTICLENear Eastern Archaeology2018Cited by: 5References: 6

    Disposal of the dead within occupied buildings of the Middle Bronze Age Levant, or intramural burial, offered inhabitants a way of closely interacting with the physical remains of the deceased. Residential burials provided permanent spatial connections between the living and the dead and served as loci of social memory for the intergenerational household. Drawing on archaeological evidence from Tel Megiddo, this article presents a model for resid…

  • The Amorite Problem

    Robert S Homsher, Melissa S CradicARTICLELevant2017

    For decades, archaeologists and historians have debated explanations for the socio-cultural transitions that occurred throughout much of the Near East around the turn of the 2nd millennium BC. One culture-historical explanation that was popularized more than half a century ago is cultural diffusion via mass migration, particularly of the Amorites, an ambiguous population whom some consider responsible for initiating and spreading Middle Bronze Ag…

  • Embodiments of Death

    Melissa S CradicARTICLEBulletin of the American Schools…2017

    This article presents an archaeological model for Levantine funerary rituals performed in the context of commingling inhumations. Using the case study of a masonry-constructed chamber tomb from Middle Bronze Age Tel Megiddo (Israel), the funerary sequence is reconstructed in three main phases: (1) pre-interment; (2) interment; and (3) post-interment. The sequential performance of funerary rituals in this shared burial space resulted in a high deg…