Middle-Late Bronze Age
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A Late Bronze Age fragment of a clay cuneiform tablet with the Gilgamesh Epic was found in the 1950s on the surface at Megiddo. The presence of scribes in Megiddo is evident from the el-Amarna letters. This is the only first-class literary Mesopotamian text ever to be found in Canaan.
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Several micro-archaeological methods are suggested in this study in order to identify cess deposits. These methods were deployed at a Near Eastern mound (Megiddo, Israel), yet are applicable to any archaeological site anywhere in the world.
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In this article, we present new evidence pertaining to the transition from the Late Bronze to the Iron I at Megiddo and analyse data from past excavations. Meticulous excavations of stratigraphic sequences in different parts of the site, accompanied by good control over ceramic typology and a rigorous programme of radiocarbon dating, enable observing minute developments in the history of the site.
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A unique assemblage of tools dating to the Middle Bronze Age was uncovered at Megiddo (Israel). The assemblage included pestles, pounding stones, many worked stones and various colored materials. We used mainly Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) in order to identify the bulk materials of the artifacts, as well as the materials adhering to the surfaces of the artifacts.
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Four small ceramic juglets that had been used as containers for offerings in an elite Middle Bronze Age III (ca. 1650–1550 BCE) masonry tomb uncovered at Tel Megiddo in the Jezreel Valley, Israel were tested using organic residue analysis. Notably, residues of vanillin, 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde, and acetonvanillone were identified in three of the four juglets examined.
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A unique assemblage of tools dating to the Middle Bronze Age was uncovered at Megiddo (Israel). The assemblage included pestles, pounding stones, many worked stones and various colored materials. We used mainly Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) in order to identify the bulk materials of the artifacts, as well as the materials adhering to the surfaces of the artifacts.
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Megiddo (Israel) is a key site for the study of the stratigraphy, chronology, and history of the Bronze and Iron ages in the Levant. The article presents a Bayesian chronological model for seven ceramic typology phases and 10 stratigraphic horizons at this site, covering the Late Bronze and much of the Iron Age.
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The article presents an intra-site investigation of the Strata VIIA and VIA faunal remains at Megiddo, Israel, which date to the LB III and late Iron I respectively. We examined social disparity between the populations of two areas of the city. Our finds indicate a difference in social status and division of labour: a dichotomy between producer-consumers and consumers, who most probably interacted.