Ilan Sharon
Biographic Data
| ID | 3864200 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ilan Sharon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ilan |
| FAMILY NAME | Sharon |
| SIGNATURE | SHARON I |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9605-8634 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 28 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 527 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 28 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 10 |
The Houses of Hellenistic–Roman Tel Dor: A Study of Domestic Social Practices and Economic Activities
This article engages the houses of the southern Phoenician coastal city of Tel Dor as a means to explore the social practices and smaller-scale economic activities of residents. It uses access and lighting analyses alongside observations of architectural planning and decoration in four case-study houses from distinct areas of the city. The approach elucidates how particular domestic spaces function and the social logic that shapes them. It shows …
Geoarchaeology at the marine waterfront of a coastal urban center: Human activities and sea-land interface processes on the Late Bronze and early Iron Age coast of Tel Dor, Israel
The SKL Town: Dor in the Early Iron Age
Wet sieving a complex tell: Implications for retrieval protocols and studies of animal economy in historical periods
Capital of Solomon's Fourth District? Israelite Dor
1 Kings 4 relates that Dor, the major port-town on Israel's Carmel coast, constituted part of the Solomonic state. This formed the basis for several historical reconstructions. Here, for the first time, we examine all the relevant archaeological data available after three decades of excavations at Tel Dor. We conclude that indeed, archaeology supports a scenario whereby Dor passed from Phoenician to Israelite hands, but that this happened in the …
Food, Economy, and Culture at Tel Dor, Israel: A Diachronic Study of Faunal Remains from 15 Centuries of Occupation
This paper presents the results of a study of the cultural and economic changes from a longue durée perspective as reflected in the animal remains from a nearly continuous occupation spanning the early Iron Age through the Roman period at Tel Dor, a harbor town on Israel's Carmel coast. Such long-term zooarchaeological analyses are currently rare. Focusing on the choice of food, as well as on animal exploitation methods/strategies, the paper asks…
An Iron Age I Canaanite/Phoenician Courtyard House at Tel Dor: A Comparative Architectural and Functional Analysis
In this paper, we present an analysis of an Iron Age I dwelling at the Phoenician site of Dor, on Israel's Carmel coast. We provide a definition for the architectural mental template for this type of house—a Central Courtyard Hash-Plan House. By combining an analysis of the size and layout of the house, and the distribution of artifacts and ecofacts in it, we define rooms devoted to specialized economic activities such as food production and stor…
Understanding faunal contexts of a complex Tell: Tel Dor, Israel, as a case study
Notes on Iron IIA 14 C Dates from Tell el-Qudeirat (Kadesh Barnea)
Short-lived samples from an iron Age IIA context at Tell el-Qudeirat in northeastern Sinai, identified by many with biblical Kadesh Barnea, were subjected to radiocarbon dating. The results indicate dates that are very high—even higher than those currently adhered to by proponents of the 'high' iron Age chronology. These dates were obtained after independent measuring in three radiocarbon laboratories. Repeated 14C intercomparisons, in this case …
Identifying a Roman Casting Pit at Tel Dor, Israel: Integrating Field and Laboratory Research
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…
Early Iron Age Dor (Israel): A Faunal Perspective
This paper presents a study of archaeozoological remains from an early Iron Age (Iron I-IIA) sequence at the "Sea People"/Phoenician site of Tel Dor, on Israel's Carmel coast (Area D2). Detailed taphonomic and archaeozoological documentation provides information on a wide range of issues: subsistence practices of the site's inhabitants, which were based both on domestic animals and on the exploitation of the immediate environment; aspects of Dor'…
An integrated approach to reconstructing primary activities from pit deposits: Iron smithing and other activities at Tel Dor under Neo-Assyrian domination
Between the Carmel and the Sea: Tel Dor's Iron Age Reconsidered
Phytolith-rich layers from the Late Bronze and Iron Ages at Tel Dor (Israel): Mode of formation and archaeological significance
Report on the First Stage of the Iron Age Dating Project in Israel: Supporting a Low Chronology
The traditional chronology of ancient Israel in the 11th–9th centuries BCE was constructed mainly by correlating archaeological phenomena with biblical narratives and with Bible-derived chronology. The chronology of Cyprus and Greece, and hence of points further west, are in turn based on that of the Levant. Thus, a newly proposed chronology, about 75–100 yr lower than the conventional one, bears crucial implications not only for biblical history…
Sediments exposed to high temperatures: Reconstructing pyrotechnological processes in Late Bronze and Iron Age Strata at Tel Dor (Israel)
Quantitative analysis of shape attributes based on contours and section profiles in artifact analysis
Geoarchaeology in an urban context: The uses of space in a Phoenician monumental building at Tel Dor (Israel)
Dating the Iron Age I/II Transition in Israel: First Intercomparison Results
Nearly a decade ago, a different chronology than the conventional absolute chronology for the early Iron Age in Israel was suggested. The new, lower chronology “transfers” Iron Age I and Iron Age IIA contexts in Israel, traditionally dated to the 11th and 10th centuries BCE, to the 10th and 9th centuries, respectively. Thus, it places the Iron I|IIA transition at about 920–900 BCE. This alternative chronology carries important implications for Is…
Dor and Iron Age Chronology: Scarabs, Ceramic Sequence and 14 C
Dor and Iron Age Chronology: Scarabs, Ceramic Sequence and 14 C
Recently, Stefan Münger proposed that Egyptian so-called 'mass-produced' stamp-seal amulets may be traced to a Tanite origin and dated to the late 21st–early 22nd Egyptian Dynasties. Among these, it has been suggested that some scarabs bear the name of Siamun of the late 21st Dynasty, who ruled in the first half of the 10th century BCE. Since in Palestine these scarab seals first occur in late Iron Age I contexts, Münger suggests that they corrob…
Towards computerized typology and classification of ceramics
An Archaeological Contribution to the Early Iron Age Chronological Debate: Alternative Chronologies for Phoenicia and Their Effects on the Levant, Cyprus, and Greece
The debate over the chronology of the early Iron Age in Israel by far transcends Palestinian archaeology, history, and biblical historiography. Chronologies for most of the adjacent regions, and those of entities farther afield, such as Cyprus and Greece, are largely dependent on the Levant. The debate has centered to date mainly on historical considerations, adjusting the chronologies of the material record to the different proposed scenarios. T…
Early Iron Age Radiometric Dates from Tel Dor: Preliminary Implications for Phoenicia and Beyond
The absolute date of the Iron Age I and IIa periods in Israel, and by inference in the Southern Levant at large, are to date among the hottest debated issues in Syro-Palestinian archaeology. As there are no pegs of absolute chronology throughout this range, conventional chronology had been established on proposed correlations of the material record with events and social phenomena as portrayed in historical and literary sources, chiefly the Hebre…
Transition Dating’ – a Heuristic Mathematical Approach to the Collation of Radiocarbon Dates from Stratified Sequences
A heuristic approach, nicknamed “transition dating,” was used to date sequences of early Iron Age contexts using a series of 14 C determinations. The basic principles of transition dating are simple and intuitive: 1) attempt to date transitions between periods, phases, etc. rather than the phases themselves, and 2) the most plausible date for that transition is one that is later than the dates from contexts preceding it, and is still earlier than…
Sediments exposed to high temperatures: Reconstructing pyrotechnological processes in Late Bronze and Iron Age Strata at Tel Dor (Israel)
Phytolith-rich layers from the Late Bronze and Iron Ages at Tel Dor (Israel): Mode of formation and archaeological significance
Geoarchaeology in an urban context: The uses of space in a Phoenician monumental building at Tel Dor (Israel)
Quantitative Analysis of the Symmetry of Artefacts: Lower Paleolithic Handaxes
Report on the First Stage of the Iron Age Dating Project in Israel: Supporting a Low Chronology
The traditional chronology of ancient Israel in the 11th–9th centuries BCE was constructed mainly by correlating archaeological phenomena with biblical narratives and with Bible-derived chronology. The chronology of Cyprus and Greece, and hence of points further west, are in turn based on that of the Levant. Thus, a newly proposed chronology, about 75–100 yr lower than the conventional one, bears crucial implications not only for biblical history…
Towards computerized typology and classification of ceramics
Quantitative analysis of shape attributes based on contours and section profiles in artifact analysis
Dating the Iron Age I/II Transition in Israel: First Intercomparison Results
Nearly a decade ago, a different chronology than the conventional absolute chronology for the early Iron Age in Israel was suggested. The new, lower chronology “transfers” Iron Age I and Iron Age IIA contexts in Israel, traditionally dated to the 11th and 10th centuries BCE, to the 10th and 9th centuries, respectively. Thus, it places the Iron I|IIA transition at about 920–900 BCE. This alternative chronology carries important implications for Is…
Early Iron Age Radiometric Dates from Tel Dor: Preliminary Implications for Phoenicia and Beyond
The absolute date of the Iron Age I and IIa periods in Israel, and by inference in the Southern Levant at large, are to date among the hottest debated issues in Syro-Palestinian archaeology. As there are no pegs of absolute chronology throughout this range, conventional chronology had been established on proposed correlations of the material record with events and social phenomena as portrayed in historical and literary sources, chiefly the Hebre…
An integrated approach to reconstructing primary activities from pit deposits: Iron smithing and other activities at Tel Dor under Neo-Assyrian domination
Transition Dating’ – a Heuristic Mathematical Approach to the Collation of Radiocarbon Dates from Stratified Sequences
A heuristic approach, nicknamed “transition dating,” was used to date sequences of early Iron Age contexts using a series of 14 C determinations. The basic principles of transition dating are simple and intuitive: 1) attempt to date transitions between periods, phases, etc. rather than the phases themselves, and 2) the most plausible date for that transition is one that is later than the dates from contexts preceding it, and is still earlier than…
Wet sieving a complex tell: Implications for retrieval protocols and studies of animal economy in historical periods
Understanding faunal contexts of a complex Tell: Tel Dor, Israel, as a case study
Notes on Iron IIA 14 C Dates from Tell el-Qudeirat (Kadesh Barnea)
Short-lived samples from an iron Age IIA context at Tell el-Qudeirat in northeastern Sinai, identified by many with biblical Kadesh Barnea, were subjected to radiocarbon dating. The results indicate dates that are very high—even higher than those currently adhered to by proponents of the 'high' iron Age chronology. These dates were obtained after independent measuring in three radiocarbon laboratories. Repeated 14C intercomparisons, in this case …
Between the Carmel and the Sea: Tel Dor's Iron Age Reconsidered
Dor and Iron Age Chronology: Scarabs, Ceramic Sequence and 14 C
Recently, Stefan Münger proposed that Egyptian so-called 'mass-produced' stamp-seal amulets may be traced to a Tanite origin and dated to the late 21st–early 22nd Egyptian Dynasties. Among these, it has been suggested that some scarabs bear the name of Siamun of the late 21st Dynasty, who ruled in the first half of the 10th century BCE. Since in Palestine these scarab seals first occur in late Iron Age I contexts, Münger suggests that they corrob…
Partial order scalogram analysis of relations—a mathematical approach to the analysis of stratigraphy
Geoarchaeology at the marine waterfront of a coastal urban center: Human activities and sea-land interface processes on the Late Bronze and early Iron Age coast of Tel Dor, Israel
Identifying a Roman Casting Pit at Tel Dor, Israel: Integrating Field and Laboratory Research
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…
Dor and Iron Age Chronology: Scarabs, Ceramic Sequence and 14 C
Phoenician and Greek Ashlar Construction Techniques at Tel Dor, Israel
This study describes the ashlar construction techniques used at Dor from the late Iron Age through the Hellenistic period; the primary typological criterion used is the pattern in which the blocks are set in the wall. The study then attempts to reevaluate the question of Palestinian ashlar construction using the new data and the proposed typology. Two ashlar construction traditions are identified within the Palestinian assemblage. The first origi…
Partial order scalogram analysis of relations—a mathematical approach to the analysis of stratigraphy
Quantitative Analysis of the Symmetry of Artefacts: Lower Paleolithic Handaxes
Early Iron Age Radiometric Dates from Tel Dor: Preliminary Implications for Phoenicia and Beyond
The absolute date of the Iron Age I and IIa periods in Israel, and by inference in the Southern Levant at large, are to date among the hottest debated issues in Syro-Palestinian archaeology. As there are no pegs of absolute chronology throughout this range, conventional chronology had been established on proposed correlations of the material record with events and social phenomena as portrayed in historical and literary sources, chiefly the Hebre…
Transition Dating’ – a Heuristic Mathematical Approach to the Collation of Radiocarbon Dates from Stratified Sequences
A heuristic approach, nicknamed “transition dating,” was used to date sequences of early Iron Age contexts using a series of 14 C determinations. The basic principles of transition dating are simple and intuitive: 1) attempt to date transitions between periods, phases, etc. rather than the phases themselves, and 2) the most plausible date for that transition is one that is later than the dates from contexts preceding it, and is still earlier than…
An Archaeological Contribution to the Early Iron Age Chronological Debate: Alternative Chronologies for Phoenicia and Their Effects on the Levant, Cyprus, and Greece
The debate over the chronology of the early Iron Age in Israel by far transcends Palestinian archaeology, history, and biblical historiography. Chronologies for most of the adjacent regions, and those of entities farther afield, such as Cyprus and Greece, are largely dependent on the Levant. The debate has centered to date mainly on historical considerations, adjusting the chronologies of the material record to the different proposed scenarios. T…
Dor and Iron Age Chronology: Scarabs, Ceramic Sequence and 14 C
Dor and Iron Age Chronology: Scarabs, Ceramic Sequence and 14 C
Recently, Stefan Münger proposed that Egyptian so-called 'mass-produced' stamp-seal amulets may be traced to a Tanite origin and dated to the late 21st–early 22nd Egyptian Dynasties. Among these, it has been suggested that some scarabs bear the name of Siamun of the late 21st Dynasty, who ruled in the first half of the 10th century BCE. Since in Palestine these scarab seals first occur in late Iron Age I contexts, Münger suggests that they corrob…
Towards computerized typology and classification of ceramics
Quantitative analysis of shape attributes based on contours and section profiles in artifact analysis
Geoarchaeology in an urban context: The uses of space in a Phoenician monumental building at Tel Dor (Israel)
Dating the Iron Age I/II Transition in Israel: First Intercomparison Results
Nearly a decade ago, a different chronology than the conventional absolute chronology for the early Iron Age in Israel was suggested. The new, lower chronology “transfers” Iron Age I and Iron Age IIA contexts in Israel, traditionally dated to the 11th and 10th centuries BCE, to the 10th and 9th centuries, respectively. Thus, it places the Iron I|IIA transition at about 920–900 BCE. This alternative chronology carries important implications for Is…
Sediments exposed to high temperatures: Reconstructing pyrotechnological processes in Late Bronze and Iron Age Strata at Tel Dor (Israel)
Phytolith-rich layers from the Late Bronze and Iron Ages at Tel Dor (Israel): Mode of formation and archaeological significance
Report on the First Stage of the Iron Age Dating Project in Israel: Supporting a Low Chronology
The traditional chronology of ancient Israel in the 11th–9th centuries BCE was constructed mainly by correlating archaeological phenomena with biblical narratives and with Bible-derived chronology. The chronology of Cyprus and Greece, and hence of points further west, are in turn based on that of the Levant. Thus, a newly proposed chronology, about 75–100 yr lower than the conventional one, bears crucial implications not only for biblical history…
Early Iron Age Dor (Israel): A Faunal Perspective
This paper presents a study of archaeozoological remains from an early Iron Age (Iron I-IIA) sequence at the "Sea People"/Phoenician site of Tel Dor, on Israel's Carmel coast (Area D2). Detailed taphonomic and archaeozoological documentation provides information on a wide range of issues: subsistence practices of the site's inhabitants, which were based both on domestic animals and on the exploitation of the immediate environment; aspects of Dor'…
An integrated approach to reconstructing primary activities from pit deposits: Iron smithing and other activities at Tel Dor under Neo-Assyrian domination
Between the Carmel and the Sea: Tel Dor's Iron Age Reconsidered
Notes on Iron IIA 14 C Dates from Tell el-Qudeirat (Kadesh Barnea)
Short-lived samples from an iron Age IIA context at Tell el-Qudeirat in northeastern Sinai, identified by many with biblical Kadesh Barnea, were subjected to radiocarbon dating. The results indicate dates that are very high—even higher than those currently adhered to by proponents of the 'high' iron Age chronology. These dates were obtained after independent measuring in three radiocarbon laboratories. Repeated 14C intercomparisons, in this case …
Identifying a Roman Casting Pit at Tel Dor, Israel: Integrating Field and Laboratory Research
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…
Understanding faunal contexts of a complex Tell: Tel Dor, Israel, as a case study
Food, Economy, and Culture at Tel Dor, Israel: A Diachronic Study of Faunal Remains from 15 Centuries of Occupation
This paper presents the results of a study of the cultural and economic changes from a longue durée perspective as reflected in the animal remains from a nearly continuous occupation spanning the early Iron Age through the Roman period at Tel Dor, a harbor town on Israel's Carmel coast. Such long-term zooarchaeological analyses are currently rare. Focusing on the choice of food, as well as on animal exploitation methods/strategies, the paper asks…
An Iron Age I Canaanite/Phoenician Courtyard House at Tel Dor: A Comparative Architectural and Functional Analysis
In this paper, we present an analysis of an Iron Age I dwelling at the Phoenician site of Dor, on Israel's Carmel coast. We provide a definition for the architectural mental template for this type of house—a Central Courtyard Hash-Plan House. By combining an analysis of the size and layout of the house, and the distribution of artifacts and ecofacts in it, we define rooms devoted to specialized economic activities such as food production and stor…
Capital of Solomon's Fourth District? Israelite Dor
1 Kings 4 relates that Dor, the major port-town on Israel's Carmel coast, constituted part of the Solomonic state. This formed the basis for several historical reconstructions. Here, for the first time, we examine all the relevant archaeological data available after three decades of excavations at Tel Dor. We conclude that indeed, archaeology supports a scenario whereby Dor passed from Phoenician to Israelite hands, but that this happened in the …
The SKL Town: Dor in the Early Iron Age
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