The 9th century BCE destruction layer at Tell es-Safi/Gath, Israel: Integrating macro- and microarchaeology

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3471-3482

  Namdar, Dvory ^a,b   Zukerman, Alexander ^c   Maeir, Aren M ^d   Katz, Jill Citron ^e   Cabanes, Dan ^b   Trueman, Clive ^f   Shahack Gross, Ruth ^b   Weiner, Steve ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c FW Albright Institute of Archaeological Research   (Israel)

^d BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^e YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Destruction processes; Fired bricks; Microarchaeology; Micromorphology; Phytoliths; Residue analysis

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARTIFACT; CERAMICS; CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; ESTIMATION METHOD; LABORATORY METHOD; MICROMORPHOLOGY; PHYTOLITH; RECONSTRUCTION; WALL;

ISRAEL;

EID: 80054096921     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2011.08.009     Document Type: Article

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