Department of Archaeology

2024

A Chalcolithic presence east of the Sea of Galilee: The earliest finds on Mt. Sussita

Hruby, K., Kowalewska, A., Rosenberg, D. & Eisenberg, M., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Palestine Exploration Quarterly.

University of Haifa

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

A Late Pleistocene Eastern Mediterranean palaeoclimate record based on stable carbon isotopes (Δ¹³C) of archaeological charcoal: New data from the Epipalaeolithic sequence of Ein Qashish South, Israel

Belli, C., Weinstein-Evron, M., Caracuta, V., Nadel, D., Yeshurun, R., Regev, L., Boaretto, E. & Yaroshevich, A., Sep 2024, In: Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. 57, 104597.

University of Haifa, Weizmann Institute of Science

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A note on predator-prey dynamics in radiocarbon datasets

Marom, N. & Wolkowski, U., 2024, In: Peer Community Journal. 4, e29.

University of Haifa

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A unique Frankish-period object from Miʿilyā–Castellum Regis

Khamisy, R. G., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Levant.

University of Haifa

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Between Gaulanitis and Hippos: The Roman Road in the Southern Golan Heights in Context

Pažout, A., Eisenberg, M. & Osband, M., 2024, In: Tel Aviv. 51, 1, p. 95-117 23 p.

University of Haifa

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Cervidae antlers exploited to manufacture prehistoric tools and hunting implements as a reliable source of ancient DNA

Tejero, J. M., Cheronet, O., Gelabert, P., Zagorc, B., Álvarez-Fernández, E., Arias, P., Averbouh, A., Bar-Oz, G., Barzilai, O., Belfer-Cohen, A., Bosch, M. D., Brück, F., Cueto, M., Dockner, M., Fullola, J. M., Gárate, D., Giannakoulis, M., González, C., Jakeli, N., Mangado, X., & 11 othersMeshveliani, T., Neruda, P., Nigst, P., Ontañón, R., Shemer, M., Šimková, P. G., Tapia, J., Sánchez de la Torre, M., Schwab, C., Weber, G. & Pinhasi, R., 15 Jun 2024, In: Heliyon. 10, 11, e31858.

University of Haifa, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

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Chronology of the late Lower and Middle Palaeolithic at Tabun Cave (Mount Carmel, Israel) with insights into diagenesis and dose rate variation using post-IR IRSL (pIRIR₂₉₀) dating and infrared spectroscopy

Richard, M., Mercier, N., Weinstein-Evron, M., Weissbrod, L. & Shimelmitz, R., Oct 2024, In: Quaternary Geochronology. 84, 101611.

University of Haifa

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Continuity and climate change: the Neolithic coastal settlement of Habonim North, Israel: the Neolithic coastal settlement of Habonim North, Israel

Nickelsberg, R., Levy, T. E., Shahack-Gross, R., Tamberino, A., McAvoy, S., Bermatov-Paz, G., Marom, N., Shalev, E. A., Weiss, E., Frumin, S. & Yasur-Landau, A., 4 Apr 2024, In: Antiquity. 98, 398, p. 1-20 20 p.

University of Haifa, Bar-Ilan University

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Death at the water hole: Opportunistic hunting and scavenging events in the upper sequence of Middle Paleolithic Nesher Ramla, Israel

Orbach, M., Hartman, G., Rivals, F., Zeigen, C., Zaidner, Y. & Yeshurun, R., 1 Sep 2024, In: Quaternary Science Reviews. 339, 108852.

University of Haifa, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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How far does culture go?

Nativ, A., Marom, N., Reshef, H. & Shimelmitz, R., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Archaeological Dialogues.

University of Haifa

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How robust is the taphonomic method in microvertebrate research? Analytical error evaluation in taphonomic data from hominin-bearing Layer C of Tabun Cave

Fried, T., Weissbrod, L., Shimelmitz, R. & Weinstein-Evron, M., 15 Aug 2024, In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 648, 112304.

University of Haifa

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How societies respond to environmental stressors needs detailed studies

Jaffe, Y., Caramanica, A. & Price, M., 27 Jun 2024, In: Nature. 630, 8018, p. 820 1 p.

University of Haifa

Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate

Identification and quantification of projectile impact marks on bone: new experimental insights using osseous points

Yeshurun, R., Doyon, L., Tejero, J. M., Walter, R., Huber, H., Andrews, R. & Kitagawa, K., Mar 2024, In: Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. 16, 3, 43.

University of Haifa

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In Dabouki Land: Interdisciplinary notes on the cultural history of a landrace grape cultivar in Israel

Schmidt, J., Ben-Bassat, Y. & Bar-Oz, G., Oct 2024, In: Journal of Arid Environments. 224, 105220.

University of Haifa

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Intraguild interactions among carnivorans of the last glacial: The case of wolves and bears from Muierilor Cave, Romania

Robu, M., Marom, N., Mirea, I. C., Faur, L. M., Petculescu, A., Kenesz, M., Shafir, R., Égüez, N. & Constantin, S., 15 Jun 2024, In: Quaternary Science Reviews. 334, 108720.

University of Haifa

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Ivories in the Late Chalcolithic Period and Their Significance for Understanding Contacts Between Egypt and the Southern Levant

Rosenberg, D. & Chasan, R., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of World Prehistory.

University of Haifa

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Lead isotopes may link the earliest silver hoard from Megiddo to the military campaign of Thutmose III

Eshel, T. & Finkelstein, I., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Archaeometry.

University of Haifa

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Leopard traps in the Judean Desert reveal long-term impact of humans on top predator populations

Davidovich, U., Wachtel, I., Halevi, R., Zidon, R., Lazagabaster, I. A., Rovelli, V., Meiri, M., Porat, R., Ullman, M., Jacobi, Y., Ilany, A., Marom, N. & Porat, N., 1 Jun 2024, In: Quaternary Science Reviews. 333, 108667.

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, University of Haifa, Tel Aviv University, Bar-Ilan University

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Newly Found Burial Catacombs and Inscriptions from the Necropolis at Beth Shearim

Erlich, A. & Price, J., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal for the Study of Judaism.

University of Haifa, Tel Aviv University

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One Thousand Years of Mediterranean Silver Trade to the Levant: A Review and Synthesis of Analytical Studies

Eshel, T., Erel, Y., Yahalom-Mack, N. & Gilboa, A., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Archaeological Research.

University of Haifa, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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Plants meet artefacts: Developing interdisciplinary approaches to identify plant processing, consumption and use in archaeology

Arranz-Otaegui, A., Cubas, M., Ibañez, J. J. & Rosenberg, D., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. 104617.

University of Haifa

Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

Rethinking Occupation Intensity during the Levantine Middle Epipalaeolithic: The use of Space and Site Formation Processes at the Geometric Kebaran site of Neve David, Israel

Friesem, D. E., Yeshurun, R., Dunseth, Z. C., Gur-Arieh, S. & Nadel, D., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory.

University of Haifa

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Sickle construction technologies at Middle Chalcolithic Tel Tsaf, Jordan Valley, Israel

Groman-Yaroslavski, I., Barshay, K., Klimscha, F., Garfinkel, Y. & Rosenberg, D., Feb 2024, In: Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. 16, 2, 30.

University of Haifa, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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Signalling Palaeolithic identity

Yeshurun, R., Mar 2024, In: Nature Human Behaviour. 8, 3, p. 414-415 2 p.

University of Haifa

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The Constructed Desert: A Sacred Cultural Landscape at Har Tzuriaz, Negev, Israel

Schwimer, L., Galili, R., Porat, N., Bar-Oz, G., Nadel, D. & Rosen, S. A., 25 May 2024, In: Cambridge Archaeological Journal. 34, 2, p. 271-289 19 p.

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, University of Haifa

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The Tel Tsaf decoration: Contextualizing a Chalcolithic pottery phenomenon on a regional scale

Hruby, K., Klimscha, F. & Rosenberg, D., Dec 2024, In: Archaeological Research in Asia. 40, 100541.

University of Haifa

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The V-shaped desert kites and their contribution to the Timnian economy

Nadel, D., Bar-Oz, G., Perevolotsky, A. & Malkinson, D., Feb 2024, In: Journal of Arid Environments. 220, 105120.

University of Haifa

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Unraveling the diversity and cultural heritage of fruit crops through paleogenomics

Meiri, M. & Bar-Oz, G., May 2024, In: Trends in Genetics. 40, 5, p. 398-409 12 p.

Tel Aviv University, University of Haifa

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Water voles of Lake Hula: assessing their past, present, and future

Marom, N., Peretz, A. O., Lazagabaster, I. A., Meiri, M. & Meiri, S., Apr 2024, In: European Journal of Wildlife Research. 70, 2, 34.

University of Haifa, Tel Aviv University

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XRF Analysis of Village and Urban Basalt Architecture in the Hippos Territorium during the Roman Period

Osband, M., Eisenberg, M. & Ferguson, J. R., 2024, In: Archaeometry. 66, 4, p. 719-738 20 p.

University of Haifa

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דור בתקופת הברונזה ובתקופת הברזל: סיכום ביניים אחרי ארבעים שנות חפירה מחקר

Translated title of the contribution: Dor in the Bronze and Iron Ages - an Interim Summary after Forty of Excavationגלבוע, א., מצקביץ, ס. & שרון, א., 2024, In: קדמוניות: כתב-עת לעתיקות ארץ-ישראל וארצות המקרא. נ"ז, 167, p. 12-32 21 p.

University of Haifa, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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2023

Ancient DNA from a lost Negev Highlands desert grape reveals a Late Antiquity wine lineage

Cohen, P., Bacilieri, R., Ramos-Madrigal, J., Privman, E., Boaretto, E., Weber, A., Fuks, D., Weiss, E., Erickson-Gini, T., Bucking, S., Tepper, Y., Cvikel, D., Schmidt, J., Gilbert, T. P., Wales, N., Bar-Oz, G. & Meiri, M., 25 Apr 2023, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 120, 17, 8 p., e2213563120.

Tel Aviv University, University of Haifa, Bar-Ilan University, Weizmann Institute of Science

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Archaeobotany of el-Wad Terrace, Mount Carmel (Israel): insights into plant exploitation along the Natufian sequence

Belli, C., Caracuta, V., Nadel, D., Boaretto, E., Yeshurun, R. & Weinstein-Evron, M., Sep 2023, In: Vegetation History and Archaeobotany. 32, 5, p. 453-474 22 p.

Weizmann Institute of Science, University of Haifa

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Between Israel and Phoenicia: The Iron IIA–B Fortified Purple-dye Production Centre at Tel Shiqmona

Shalvi, G. & Gilboa, A., 2023, In: Tel Aviv. 50, 1, p. 75-110 36 p.

University of Haifa

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Byzantine and Early Islamic Faunal Remains from Building 900 in the Southern Tyropoeon Valley

Marom, N., 2023, In: Atiqot. 112, p. 351-373 23 p.

University of Haifa

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Early Upper Paleolithic cultural variability in the Southern Levant: New evidence from Nahal Rahaf 2 Rockshelter, Judean Desert, Israel

Shemer, M., Boaretto, E., Greenbaum, N., Bar-Yosef Mayer, D. E., Tejero, J. M., Langgut, D., Gnezdilov, D. L., Barzilai, O., Marder, O. & Marom, N., 1 May 2023, In: Journal of Human Evolution. 178, 28 p., 103342.

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Tel Aviv University, University of Haifa, Weizmann Institute of Science

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Ending the war on error: Towards an archaeology of failure

Price, M. & Jaffe, Y., 1 Dec 2023, In: Antiquity. 97, 396, p. 1598-1606 9 p.

University of Haifa

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First Evidence of Trade in Galilean Salted Fish on the Carmel Coast in the Early Islamic Period

Harding, S., Lernau, O., Wouters, W., Marom, N. & Cvikel, D., 20 Aug 2023, In: European Journal of Archaeology. 26, 3, p. 320-340 21 p.

University of Haifa

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From Hafting to Retooling: Miniaturization as Tolerance Control in Paleolithic and Neolithic Blade Production

Kuhn, S. L. & Shimelmitz, R., Jun 2023, In: Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory. 30, 2, p. 678-701 24 p.

University of Haifa

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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

Shahack-Gross, R., Ogloblin Ramirez, I., Zajac, P. R., Arkin Shalev, E., Zilberman, T., Yasur, G., Matskevich, S., Martin, S. R., Gilboa, A., Sharon, I. & Yasur-Landau, A., Apr 2023, In: Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. 48, 103835.

University of Haifa, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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Hoofprints in the sand: A study on domestic sheep (Ovis aries) from Iron Age southern Phoenicia using traditional biometric methods

Harding, S., Vermeersch, S., Ujma, C., Deonarain, G., Susnow, M., Shafir, R., Gilboa, A., Lehmann, G. & Marom, N., 20 Jul 2023, In: Quaternary International. 662-663, p. 82-93 12 p.

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, University of Haifa

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Large Predator Hunting and Its Interpretation: Leopards, Bears and Lions in the Archaeological Record of the Southern Levant

Shimelmitz, R., Reshef, H., Nativ, A. & Marom, N., 15 Feb 2023, In: Cambridge Archaeological Journal. 33, 1, p. 137-156 20 p.

University of Haifa

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Microarchaeological approach to underwater stratigraphy of submerged settlements: A case study of Atlit-Yam Pre-Pottery Neolithic site, off the Carmel Coast, Israel

Ogloblin Ramirez, I., Grono, E., Zuckerman-Cooper, R., Langgut, D., Galili, E. & Friesem, D. E., 1 Sep 2023, In: Geoarchaeology - An International Journal. 38, 5, p. 534-564 31 p.

University of Haifa, Tel Aviv University

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Minimally destructive radiocarbon dating of caprine dung

Fuks, D., O'Neill-Munro, N., Reimer, P. J., Erickson-Gini, T., Bar-Oz, G., Galili, R. & Bucking, S., 5 Aug 2023, In: Radiocarbon. 65, 4, p. 832-847 16 p.

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, University of Haifa

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