Edna J Stern
Biographic Data
| ID | 6048671 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Edna J Stern |
| GIVEN NAMES | Edna J |
| FAMILY NAME | Stern |
| SIGNATURE | STERN E J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Israel Antiquities Authority |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Phoenician Cremation Burials at Tel Bira
The Excavations at Lower Ḥorbat Manot: A Medieval Sugar-Production Site
A Burial Cave at Lower Ḥorbat Manot: Additional Evidence for the Intermediate Bronze Age (EB IV–MB I) Settlement Pattern in the ‘Akko Plain and Western Galilee
Coffee, Tobacco and Commerce: A Late Ottoman–Early British Mandate Roadside Coffeehouse at Horses’ Beach, ‘Akko (Acre)
The limited remains of a structure exposed in an excavation carried out just outside ‘Akko’s Land Gate probably formed part of a late Ottoman–early British Mandate roadside coffeehouse for travellers and merchants passing through the city. The associated finds included local and regional glazed pottery, European porcelain bowls and coffee cups, tobacco pipes and nargile heads, and glass items, reflecting the encounter and interaction of local tra…
The Mamluk–Early Ottoman Marketplace of Qāqūn in Northern Israel
In 2015–2016, the first archaeological excavations were carried out in the ruined village of Qāqūn in the northern Sharon plain, located along the major international road from Egypt to Syria. Settled since ancient times, a fortress was constructed at Qāqūn in the Crusader period, and an adjacent khān road inn was built in the Mamluk period. The excavations and the subsequent interdisciplinary analyses of the numismatic finds, the animal species,…
Tiberias, Aviv Hotel: Domestic and Industrial Pottery from the Abbasid and Crusader Periods (pp. 193–216)
This article presents the pottery from the Abbasid and Crusader periods uncovered in Area B of the Aviv Hotel excavations in Tiberias. The site is situated within the precincts of the Abbasid town, but outside the walled city of the Crusader period. The Abbasid-period assemblage consists mainly of types well-known in Tiberias, reinforcing other evidence concerning pottery production in Tiberias during this period. The pottery from the Crusader pe…
The Fatimid, Crusader and Mamluk–Early Ottoman Ceramic Finds from the ‘Akko Marina: Some Insights into Medieval Maritime Activity (pp. 139–168)
Ceramic sherds, dating from the Fatimid, Crusader and Mamluk–early Ottoman periods (eleventh to c. sixteenth centuries CE), were found while deepening the ‘Akko Marina. Of the Fatimid period, only a cooking bowl and a glazed bowl are represented. The pottery dating to the Crusader period consists of different types of glazed bowls, cooking ware, amphorae, a lid and oil lamps. The few sherds from the Mamluk–early Ottoman period belong to glazed ve…
The Last Years of Crusader Acre (‘Akko) and Resettlement in the Ottoman Period: Archaeological Evidence from the Boverel Quarter (pp. 141–186)
An excavation conducted in a two-story Ottoman-period building within the Old City of ‘Akko uncovered a flagstone floor, which was probably the original floor of the late Ottoman building, dating to the later half of the eighteenth, or the early nineteenth, century CE (Stratum I). Below the floor was evidence of an early Ottoman, seventeenth-century CE occupation (Stratum II), and beneath it, a Crusader thirteenth-century CE building, which was d…
Crusader-Period Ceramics from the Knights’ Hotel Site, ‘Akko
The Crusader-period ceramic assemblage unearthed in the Knights’ Hotel site in ‘Akko contains a large variety of daily wares. The assemblage consists of local and imported wares from various regions, some of which were identified through petrographic analysis. The imported wares indicate trade connections with Mediterranean port cities, and the petrographic analysis identified a new group of vessels from Egypt’s northern Nile region. The article …
The Crusader, Mamluk and Early Ottoman-Period Pottery from Khirbat Din‘ila: Typology, Chronology, Production and Consumption Trends (pp. 71–104)
At Khirbat Din‘ila, pottery from the Crusader, Mamluk and perhaps, early Ottoman periods was uncovered. The majority of the assemblage dates to the Mamluk period (fourteenth–fifteenth centuries CE). This is the first Mamluk pottery assemblage in the southwestern Levant in general and Galilee in particular to be comprehensively studied, utilizing quantitative analysis and petrographic analyses. Unglazed wares are very common, comprising vessels us…
Mamluk and Early Ottoman Pottery from Ramla: Defining Local and Imported Fabrics (pp. 129–170)
This article presents a study of the Mamluk–early Ottoman-period ceramic assemblage from the excavation on Ha-Eẓel Street, Ramla. The study set out to determine the geological source of the raw materials, and to explore fabrics and forms of local and imported wares to pinpoint the production locale of each. For the imports, the tracing of the fabric composition was based on previously published production centers. This study is a pioneer effort t…
Excavations at the Dar el-Gharbiya Neighborhood of Kafr Yasif: A Crusader Estate in the Territory of ‘Akko (with a contribution by Yael Gorin-Rosen)(pp. 233–261)
Six excavation squares and three test trenches were opened. In Square A, a building was unearthed, probably first constructed in the Byzantine period and reused, probably as a stable, in the Crusader period (twelfth century); the last phase of the building (also a stable?) dates to the Mamluk period (fourteenth–fifteenth centuries). The earliest architectural stratum in Squares B and D dates to the late Byzantine or Early Islamic period, followed…
Mi‘ilya: Evidence of an Early Crusader Settlement (pp. 63*–76*)
A salvage excavation carried out on the upper hill of the village of Mi‘iliya exposed remains from the Late Bronze Age, Iron Age and Crusader period. Fifty-six diagnostic sherds, dating to the Crusader period, were found in a pit. Most of them represent local Crusader types, with a few belonging to imported types. The chronological range of the Crusader-period pottery dates from the mid-twelfth to the early thirteenth centuries CE
Power and Control in Crusader Acre (‘Akko): The Fortifications of the Genoese Quarter
An impressive fortification system on the northern border of the Genoese Quarter at Crusader-period Acre was discovered, comprising a defensive wall built of bossed ashlars and incorporating arrow slits, a fortified gate leading to the quarter through a vaulted passageway and a projecting tower with two levels of arrow slits. The gate and parts of the passageway were blocked, apparently during the Crusader period, as a consequence of the Saint Sa…
Domestic Waste as a Window into Crusader-Period Le Lyon (Kibbutz Megiddo/Lajjun, Israel): Insights from a Household Midden and Its Ceramic Assemblage
The 2017 salvage excavation conducted at the site of Lajjun within Kibbutz Megiddo, Israel, revealed layers of refuse, primarily ceramics, constituting a household midden with finds indicating a 12th-century date and a Frankish cultural affinity. The midden can be associated with the occupation of the ancient settlement of Lajjun by Frankish settlers intermittently in the 12th and 13th centuries c.e., representing a first archaeological window in…
Frankish Bread and Baking Ovens in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem: Between Conservatism and Adaptation
THIS ARTICLE EXAMINES THE TOPIC OF BREAD and bread-making in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem. Drawing on archaeological evidence, historical sources, and medieval illuminations, we consider three features closely: the types of bread consumed by the Franks, the baking ovens' appearance and modes of operation, and the organisation of Frankish bread production. We then set out to position Frankish baking in its proper cultural context between western…
Viticulture in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem in the Light of Historical and Archaeological Evidence
Archaeological remains of viticulture in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem (AD 1099–1291) are quite rare, and those that are present are incomplete. In contrast, textual sources show extensive evidence of grape cultivation, wine production and wine consumption. Based on integration of archaeological and historical data, the focus of this article is on characteristics of Frankish grape cultivation and wine production in the East. By doing so, its goa…
Franks, locals and sugar cane: A case study of cultural interaction in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem
This study examines influences and cultural interactions between Frankish settlers and the local populations in the Latin kingdom of Jerusalem through the prism of sugar cane, a local food crop unfamiliar to many crusaders and Latin settlers. Combining textual and archaeological evidence for sugar cane cultivation, production and consumption, the article explores the extent to which the Latin population – a numerical minority and the ruling elite…
An Eleventh-century Pottery Assemblage from Khirbat al-Khurrumiya
A building of rural character was excavated at Khirbat al-Khurrumiya in the Upper Galilee, Israel. The pottery found there represents a household assemblage from a short occupation that can be dated to the eleventh century. The pottery types for this period in the southern Levant are not well known. This assemblage is important for helping to establish a typology of local wares from the Fatimid period.
A crusader screw press form from Western Galilee - The manot press
La presse Manot se caracterise par des mortaises comportant des trous horizontaux pour des chevilles metalliques destinees a solidifier le cadre. Onze exemples de ce type de presse ont ete identifies en Israel mais seulement en Galilee occidentale. La distribution geographique de ces presses, l'histoire de la region ou elles ont ete decouvertes, les documents historiques se referant aux sites specifiques - ou leur voisinage - ou ces presses etaie…
Franks, locals and sugar cane: A case study of cultural interaction in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem
This study examines influences and cultural interactions between Frankish settlers and the local populations in the Latin kingdom of Jerusalem through the prism of sugar cane, a local food crop unfamiliar to many crusaders and Latin settlers. Combining textual and archaeological evidence for sugar cane cultivation, production and consumption, the article explores the extent to which the Latin population – a numerical minority and the ruling elite…
Viticulture in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem in the Light of Historical and Archaeological Evidence
Archaeological remains of viticulture in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem (AD 1099–1291) are quite rare, and those that are present are incomplete. In contrast, textual sources show extensive evidence of grape cultivation, wine production and wine consumption. Based on integration of archaeological and historical data, the focus of this article is on characteristics of Frankish grape cultivation and wine production in the East. By doing so, its goa…
A crusader screw press form from Western Galilee - The manot press
La presse Manot se caracterise par des mortaises comportant des trous horizontaux pour des chevilles metalliques destinees a solidifier le cadre. Onze exemples de ce type de presse ont ete identifies en Israel mais seulement en Galilee occidentale. La distribution geographique de ces presses, l'histoire de la region ou elles ont ete decouvertes, les documents historiques se referant aux sites specifiques - ou leur voisinage - ou ces presses etaie…
An Eleventh-century Pottery Assemblage from Khirbat al-Khurrumiya
A building of rural character was excavated at Khirbat al-Khurrumiya in the Upper Galilee, Israel. The pottery found there represents a household assemblage from a short occupation that can be dated to the eleventh century. The pottery types for this period in the southern Levant are not well known. This assemblage is important for helping to establish a typology of local wares from the Fatimid period.
Franks, locals and sugar cane: A case study of cultural interaction in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem
This study examines influences and cultural interactions between Frankish settlers and the local populations in the Latin kingdom of Jerusalem through the prism of sugar cane, a local food crop unfamiliar to many crusaders and Latin settlers. Combining textual and archaeological evidence for sugar cane cultivation, production and consumption, the article explores the extent to which the Latin population – a numerical minority and the ruling elite…
Viticulture in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem in the Light of Historical and Archaeological Evidence
Archaeological remains of viticulture in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem (AD 1099–1291) are quite rare, and those that are present are incomplete. In contrast, textual sources show extensive evidence of grape cultivation, wine production and wine consumption. Based on integration of archaeological and historical data, the focus of this article is on characteristics of Frankish grape cultivation and wine production in the East. By doing so, its goa…
Frankish Bread and Baking Ovens in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem: Between Conservatism and Adaptation
THIS ARTICLE EXAMINES THE TOPIC OF BREAD and bread-making in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem. Drawing on archaeological evidence, historical sources, and medieval illuminations, we consider three features closely: the types of bread consumed by the Franks, the baking ovens' appearance and modes of operation, and the organisation of Frankish bread production. We then set out to position Frankish baking in its proper cultural context between western…
Power and Control in Crusader Acre (‘Akko): The Fortifications of the Genoese Quarter
An impressive fortification system on the northern border of the Genoese Quarter at Crusader-period Acre was discovered, comprising a defensive wall built of bossed ashlars and incorporating arrow slits, a fortified gate leading to the quarter through a vaulted passageway and a projecting tower with two levels of arrow slits. The gate and parts of the passageway were blocked, apparently during the Crusader period, as a consequence of the Saint Sa…
Domestic Waste as a Window into Crusader-Period Le Lyon (Kibbutz Megiddo/Lajjun, Israel): Insights from a Household Midden and Its Ceramic Assemblage
The 2017 salvage excavation conducted at the site of Lajjun within Kibbutz Megiddo, Israel, revealed layers of refuse, primarily ceramics, constituting a household midden with finds indicating a 12th-century date and a Frankish cultural affinity. The midden can be associated with the occupation of the ancient settlement of Lajjun by Frankish settlers intermittently in the 12th and 13th centuries c.e., representing a first archaeological window in…
Tiberias, Aviv Hotel: Domestic and Industrial Pottery from the Abbasid and Crusader Periods (pp. 193–216)
This article presents the pottery from the Abbasid and Crusader periods uncovered in Area B of the Aviv Hotel excavations in Tiberias. The site is situated within the precincts of the Abbasid town, but outside the walled city of the Crusader period. The Abbasid-period assemblage consists mainly of types well-known in Tiberias, reinforcing other evidence concerning pottery production in Tiberias during this period. The pottery from the Crusader pe…
The Fatimid, Crusader and Mamluk–Early Ottoman Ceramic Finds from the ‘Akko Marina: Some Insights into Medieval Maritime Activity (pp. 139–168)
Ceramic sherds, dating from the Fatimid, Crusader and Mamluk–early Ottoman periods (eleventh to c. sixteenth centuries CE), were found while deepening the ‘Akko Marina. Of the Fatimid period, only a cooking bowl and a glazed bowl are represented. The pottery dating to the Crusader period consists of different types of glazed bowls, cooking ware, amphorae, a lid and oil lamps. The few sherds from the Mamluk–early Ottoman period belong to glazed ve…
The Last Years of Crusader Acre (‘Akko) and Resettlement in the Ottoman Period: Archaeological Evidence from the Boverel Quarter (pp. 141–186)
An excavation conducted in a two-story Ottoman-period building within the Old City of ‘Akko uncovered a flagstone floor, which was probably the original floor of the late Ottoman building, dating to the later half of the eighteenth, or the early nineteenth, century CE (Stratum I). Below the floor was evidence of an early Ottoman, seventeenth-century CE occupation (Stratum II), and beneath it, a Crusader thirteenth-century CE building, which was d…
Crusader-Period Ceramics from the Knights’ Hotel Site, ‘Akko
The Crusader-period ceramic assemblage unearthed in the Knights’ Hotel site in ‘Akko contains a large variety of daily wares. The assemblage consists of local and imported wares from various regions, some of which were identified through petrographic analysis. The imported wares indicate trade connections with Mediterranean port cities, and the petrographic analysis identified a new group of vessels from Egypt’s northern Nile region. The article …
The Crusader, Mamluk and Early Ottoman-Period Pottery from Khirbat Din‘ila: Typology, Chronology, Production and Consumption Trends (pp. 71–104)
At Khirbat Din‘ila, pottery from the Crusader, Mamluk and perhaps, early Ottoman periods was uncovered. The majority of the assemblage dates to the Mamluk period (fourteenth–fifteenth centuries CE). This is the first Mamluk pottery assemblage in the southwestern Levant in general and Galilee in particular to be comprehensively studied, utilizing quantitative analysis and petrographic analyses. Unglazed wares are very common, comprising vessels us…
Mamluk and Early Ottoman Pottery from Ramla: Defining Local and Imported Fabrics (pp. 129–170)
This article presents a study of the Mamluk–early Ottoman-period ceramic assemblage from the excavation on Ha-Eẓel Street, Ramla. The study set out to determine the geological source of the raw materials, and to explore fabrics and forms of local and imported wares to pinpoint the production locale of each. For the imports, the tracing of the fabric composition was based on previously published production centers. This study is a pioneer effort t…
Excavations at the Dar el-Gharbiya Neighborhood of Kafr Yasif: A Crusader Estate in the Territory of ‘Akko (with a contribution by Yael Gorin-Rosen)(pp. 233–261)
Six excavation squares and three test trenches were opened. In Square A, a building was unearthed, probably first constructed in the Byzantine period and reused, probably as a stable, in the Crusader period (twelfth century); the last phase of the building (also a stable?) dates to the Mamluk period (fourteenth–fifteenth centuries). The earliest architectural stratum in Squares B and D dates to the late Byzantine or Early Islamic period, followed…
Mi‘ilya: Evidence of an Early Crusader Settlement (pp. 63*–76*)
A salvage excavation carried out on the upper hill of the village of Mi‘iliya exposed remains from the Late Bronze Age, Iron Age and Crusader period. Fifty-six diagnostic sherds, dating to the Crusader period, were found in a pit. Most of them represent local Crusader types, with a few belonging to imported types. The chronological range of the Crusader-period pottery dates from the mid-twelfth to the early thirteenth centuries CE
Phoenician Cremation Burials at Tel Bira
The Excavations at Lower Ḥorbat Manot: A Medieval Sugar-Production Site
A Burial Cave at Lower Ḥorbat Manot: Additional Evidence for the Intermediate Bronze Age (EB IV–MB I) Settlement Pattern in the ‘Akko Plain and Western Galilee
Coffee, Tobacco and Commerce: A Late Ottoman–Early British Mandate Roadside Coffeehouse at Horses’ Beach, ‘Akko (Acre)
The limited remains of a structure exposed in an excavation carried out just outside ‘Akko’s Land Gate probably formed part of a late Ottoman–early British Mandate roadside coffeehouse for travellers and merchants passing through the city. The associated finds included local and regional glazed pottery, European porcelain bowls and coffee cups, tobacco pipes and nargile heads, and glass items, reflecting the encounter and interaction of local tra…
The Mamluk–Early Ottoman Marketplace of Qāqūn in Northern Israel
In 2015–2016, the first archaeological excavations were carried out in the ruined village of Qāqūn in the northern Sharon plain, located along the major international road from Egypt to Syria. Settled since ancient times, a fortress was constructed at Qāqūn in the Crusader period, and an adjacent khān road inn was built in the Mamluk period. The excavations and the subsequent interdisciplinary analyses of the numismatic finds, the animal species,…
History (16 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (15 works) · Archaeology (14 works) · Ancient history (13 works) · Geography (10 works) · Art (9 works) · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History (6 works) · Archaeological Research and Protection (5 works) · Medieval History and Crusades (5 works) · Mamluk (4 works)