scholarly journals Catalogues of Stepped Pools and Stone Vessels

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rick Bonnie
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
Raw Data ◽  
Field Surveys ◽  
Mediterranean Archaeology ◽  
Archaeological Excavations

<div>Dataset of: Rick Bonnie, Being Jewish in Galilee, 100-200 CE. An Archaeological Study, Studies in Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology, 11 (Turnhout: Brepols, 2019)</div><div><a href="http://www.brepols.net/Pages/ShowProduct.aspx?prod_id=IS-9782503555324-1">http://www.brepols.net/Pages/ShowProduct.aspx?prod_id=IS-9782503555324-1</a></div><div><br></div><div>This dataset lists, describes, and provides relevant bibliography to all known stepped pools in Galilee from the Hellenistic to Byzantine periods that have been exposed through archaeological excavations or field surveys and to all known archaeological sites in Galilee with evidence for stone vessels. The dataset is available in both PDF and CSV format. The PDF file provides a detailed description of and bibliography for each stepped pool. The CSV file contains the raw data that can be easily imported into spreadsheets and databases.</div>

scholarly journals Catalogues of Stepped Pools and Stone Vessels

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rick Bonnie
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
Raw Data ◽  
Field Surveys ◽  
Mediterranean Archaeology ◽  
Archaeological Excavations

<div>Dataset of: Rick Bonnie, Being Jewish in Galilee, 100-200 CE. An Archaeological Study, Studies in Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology, 11 (Turnhout: Brepols, 2019)</div><div><a href="http://www.brepols.net/Pages/ShowProduct.aspx?prod_id=IS-9782503555324-1">http://www.brepols.net/Pages/ShowProduct.aspx?prod_id=IS-9782503555324-1</a></div><div><br></div><div>This dataset lists, describes, and provides relevant bibliography to all known stepped pools in Galilee from the Hellenistic to Byzantine periods that have been exposed through archaeological excavations or field surveys and to all known archaeological sites in Galilee with evidence for stone vessels. The dataset is available in both PDF and CSV format. The PDF file provides a detailed description of and bibliography for each stepped pool. The CSV file contains the raw data that can be easily imported into spreadsheets and databases.</div>

Plant remains from Jiyeh/Porphyreon, Lebanon (seasons 2009–2014): preliminary results of archaeobotanical analysis and implications for future research

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. 487-510 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monika Badura ◽  
Ewelina Rzeźnicka ◽  
Urszula Wicenciak ◽  
Tomasz Waliszewski
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Iron Age ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Plant Remains ◽  
Residential Quarter ◽  
Unknown Area ◽  
Mediterranean Archaeology ◽  
Archaeological Excavations ◽  
Over Time

The seaside settlement of Jiyeh in Lebanon, now identified with the ancient Porphyreon, boasts a history dating back to the Late Bronze Age and Iron Age when Phoenicia occupied part of the Levantine coast (eastern Mediterranean). Extensive archaeological excavations by a team from the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology University of Warsaw have focused on the urban residential quarter, which consists of numerous houses and buildings separated by passages, containing material that has provided important insights into the lives of its inhabitants over time. However, as archaeobotanical studies had not been conducted there before, the question of plant use remains an important and largely unknown area of research. This article presents the first botanical results from Jiyeh (seasons 2009–2014) and considers their implications for future cooperation between archaeologists and natural scientists.

Lychnological miscellanea from Polish excavations in Egypt and the Eastern Mediterranean

2019 ◽  
pp. 469-554
Author(s):  
Iwona Zych
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Contextual Information ◽  
Review Article ◽  
The Past ◽  
Mediterranean Archaeology ◽  
Archaeological Excavations

A review article collecting obscure publications and mentions of finds of lamps (made of clay and glass, some of stone and metal as well) and lighting accessories, like wicks, wick holders and lamp stands and holders (polycandela) scattered in reports and papers of the archaeological excavations carried out or under the auspices of the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw, published in the past 60 years since the Centre’s founding in 1959. The article draws upon finds presented conjointly with reports from excavations, often including significant contextual information about the discoveries, which are still to see their final publication. This data is summarized in relevant cases, the author contributing, wherever possible, new insight and interpretations, citing new parallels and introducing occasional corrigenda.

3.2 ka BP Megadrought and the Late Bronze Age Collapse

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Kaniewski ◽  
Elise Van Campo
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Prime Factor ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Late Bronze Age ◽  
Southwest Asia ◽  
Aegean Region ◽  
Climate Shift ◽  
Dark Ages ◽  
Political Unrest ◽  
Mediterranean Archaeology

The collapse of Bronze Age civilizations in the Aegean, southwest Asia, and the eastern Mediterranean 3200 years ago remains a persistent riddle in Eastern Mediterranean archaeology, as both archaeologists and historians believe the event was violent, sudden, and culturally disruptive. In the first phase of this period, many cities between Pylos and Gaza were destroyed violently and often left unoccupied thereafter. The palace economy of the Aegean Region and Anatolia that characterized the Late Bronze Age was replaced by the isolated village cultures of the Dark Ages. Earthquakes, attacks of the Sea Peoples, and socio-political unrest are among the most frequently suggested causes for this phenomenon. However, while climate change has long been considered a potential prime factor in this crisis, only recent studies have pinpointed the megadrought behind the collapse. An abrupt climate shift seems to have caused, or hastened, the fall of the Late Bronze Age world by sparking political and economic turmoil, migrations, and famines. The entirety of the megadrought’s effects terminated the Late Bronze Age in the eastern Mediterranean.

scholarly journals Environmental evolution, faunal and human occupation since 2 Ma in the Anagni basin, central Italy

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabio Florindo ◽  
Fabrizio Marra ◽  
Diego E. Angelucci ◽  
Italo Biddittu ◽  
Luciano Bruni ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Central Italy ◽  
Time Frame ◽  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
Time Interval ◽  
Human Occupation ◽  
Environmental Evolution ◽  
Entire Interval ◽  
Field Surveys ◽  
Sedimentary Succession ◽  
Favorable Conditions

AbstractWe present the study of a composite, yet continuous sedimentary succession covering the time interval spanning 2.6–0.36 Ma in the intramontane basin of Anagni (central Italy) through a dedicated borecore, field surveys, and the review of previous data at the three palaeontological and archaeological sites of Colle Marino, Coste San Giacomo and Fontana Ranuccio. By combining the magneto- and chronostratigraphic data with sedimentologic and biostratigraphic analysis, we describe the palaeogeographic and tectonic evolution of this region during this entire interval. In this time frame, starting from 0.8 Ma, the progressive shallowing and temporary emersion of the large lacustrine basins and alluvial plains created favorable conditions for early hominin occupation of the area, as attested by abundant tool industry occurrences and fossils. This study provides new constraints to better interpret the hominin migratory dynamics and the factors that influenced the location and spatial distribution during the early occupation of this region.

scholarly journals Shallow Offshore Geophysical Prospection of Archaeological Sites in Eastern Mediterranean

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 1237
Author(s):  
Nikos Papadopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
Cultural Resources ◽  
Marine Environments ◽  
Resistivity Tomography ◽  
Cultural Resources Management ◽  
Coastal Marine ◽  
Ground Penetrating ◽  
Magnetic Gradiometry ◽  
Geophysical Prospection

Geophysical prospecting methods have been extensively used to outline buried antiquities in terrestrial sites. Despite the frequent application of these mapping and imaging approaches for the detection of archaeological relics in deep-water marine environments (e.g., shipwrecks), the aforementioned processes have minimal contribution when it comes to understanding the dynamics of the past in coastal and shallow aquatic archaeological sites. This work explores the possibilities of multicomponent geophysical techniques in revealing antiquities that have been submerged in diverse shallow coastal marine environments in the eastern Mediterranean. A group of four sites in Greece (Agioi Theodoroi, Olous, Lambayanna) and Cyprus (Pafos) spanning from prehistory to Roman times were chosen as test sites to validate the efficiency of electrical resistivity tomography, magnetic gradiometry, and ground penetrating radar methods. The comprehensive analysis of the geophysical data completed the picture for the hidden archeological elements in all the sites. The results manifest the significance and the potential of these methods for documenting and understanding the complex archaeological sites encountered in the Mediterranean. In view of climate change and the risks related to future sea level rise and erosion of low-level coastal areas, the results of this work could be integrated in a strategic framework to develop an effective interdisciplinary research model that can be applied to similar shallow water archaeological surveys, thus substantially contributing towards cultural resources management.

scholarly journals Champa Citadels: An Archaeological and Historical Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 70-105
Author(s):  
Trường Giang Đỗ ◽  
Tomomi Suzuki ◽  
Văn Quảng Nguyễn ◽  
Mariko Yamagata
Keyword(s):  
Fifteenth Century ◽  
Research Team ◽  
Ninth Century ◽  
Historical Study ◽  
Joint Research ◽  
Field Surveys ◽  
Historical Material ◽  
And Function ◽  
Role And Function ◽  
Archaeological Excavations

Abstract From 2009 to 2012, a joint research team of Japanese and Vietnamese archaeologists led by the late Prof. Nishimura Masanari conducted surveys and excavations at fifteen sites around the Hoa Chau Citadel in Thua Thien Hue Province, built by the Champa people in the ninth century and used by the Viet people until the fifteenth century. This article introduces some findings from recent archaeological excavations undertaken at three Champa citadels: the Hoa Chau Citadel, the Tra Kieu Citadel in Quang Nam Province, and the Cha Ban Citadel in Binh Dinh Province. Combined with historical material and field surveys, the paper describes the scope and structure of the ancient citadels of Champa, and it explores the position, role, and function of these citadels in the context of their own nagaras (small kingdoms) and of mandala Champa as a whole. Through comparative analysis, an attempt is made to identify features characteristic of ancient Champa citadels in general.

scholarly journals The marble head of a statuette from Mediana (excavations in 2001)

Starinar ◽  
2013 ◽  
pp. 237-243
Author(s):  
Bojana Plemic
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
The Other ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Archaeological Excavations

During the archaeological excavations in Mediana in 2001, the head of a marble statuette of exceptional beauty and craftsmanship was discovered. It was an isolated discovery, the sculpture probably having been imported from some Greek artistic centre or an eastern Mediterranean workshop, presenting a part of a larger ensemble of sculptures that had adorned an imperial villa with peristyle. Since the head was found in pieces and being just part of a sculptural representation with no reliable attributes, the question of its identification is a difficult task. It was possible to determine, using stylistic traits' analysis that the statuette was made under the influence of Hellenistic cult sculpture, namely that it followed the rules of the school of Praxiteles. On the other hand, the iconographic elements, in particular that of the hairstyle, lead us to the conclusion that this statuette could represent one of two Roman goddesses, either Venus or Diana.

scholarly journals A Neolithic mega-tsunami event in the eastern Mediterranean: Prehistoric settlement vulnerability along the Carmel coast, Israel

PLoS ONE ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (12) ◽  
pp. e0243619
Author(s):  
Gilad Shtienberg ◽  
Assaf Yasur-Landau ◽  
Richard D. Norris ◽  
Michael Lazar ◽  
Tammy M. Rittenour ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Optically Stimulated Luminescence ◽  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
Early Neolithic ◽  
Level Curves ◽  
Profound Influence ◽  
Marine Sand ◽  
Run Up ◽  
Global And Local ◽  
Tsunami Event

Tsunami events in antiquity had a profound influence on coastal societies. Six thousand years of historical records and geological data show that tsunamis are a common phenomenon affecting the eastern Mediterranean coastline. However, the possible impact of older tsunamis on prehistoric societies has not been investigated. Here we report, based on optically stimulated luminescence chronology, the earliest documented Holocene tsunami event, between 9.91 to 9.29 ka (kilo-annum), from the eastern Mediterranean at Dor, Israel. Tsunami debris from the early Neolithic is composed of marine sand embedded within fresh-brackish wetland deposits. Global and local sea-level curves for the period, 9.91–9.29 ka, as well as surface elevation reconstructions, show that the tsunami had a run-up of at least ~16 m and traveled between 3.5 to 1.5 km inland from the palaeo-coastline. Submerged slump scars on the continental slope, 16 km west of Dor, point to the nearby “Dor-complex” as a likely cause. The near absence of Pre-Pottery Neolithic A-B archaeological sites (11.70–9.80 cal. ka) suggest these sites were removed by the tsunami, whereas younger, late Pre-Pottery Neolithic B-C (9.25–8.35 cal. ka) and later Pottery-Neolithic sites (8.25–7.80 cal. ka) indicate resettlement following the event. The large run-up of this event highlights the disruptive impact of tsunamis on past societies along the Levantine coast.

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