Yotvata: The Ze'ev Meshel Excavations (1974–1980): The Iron I “Fortress” and the Early Islamic Settlement

Preface -- Chapter 1: Introduction: The Yotvata Oasis / Ze'ev Meshel -- Section I. Yotvata Hill The Iron I Fortress And Other Remains / Lily Singer-avitz. Part I: The Site In Context. Chapter 2: Yotvata: A Fortress On A Road Junction / Uzi Avner -- Part Ii: Architectural Remains. Chapter 3: The Excavations And Architectural Compnents / Lily Singer-avitz -- Part Iii: Artifacts. Chapter 4: The Pottery Assemblage Of The Iron Age 1 / Lily Singer-avitz -- Chapter 5: Petrographic Analysis Of The Iron I Pottery / David Ben-shlomo -- Chapter 6: The Ceramic Finds From The Nabataean Built Tomb / Tali Erickson-gini -- Chapter 7: The Chipped Stone Collections: Lithic Perspectives On An Oasis Site In The Arabah / Steve A Rosen -- Chapter 8: Shell Artifacts / Daniella E. Bar-yosef Mayer -- Chapter 9: Two Bone Objects / Etan Ayalon -- Chapter 10: Ostrich Eggshells / Lily Singer-avitz -- Chapter 11: Ground Stone Tools / Aaron Greener -- Chapter 12: Worked Wooden Objects From The Iron Age I / Yigal Sitry -- Chapter 13: A Wood Coffin From The Nabataean Built Tomb / Yigal Sitry -- Chapter 14: Cords And Basketry From The Iron I And Textiles From Nabatean Built Tomb / Naama Sukenik And Orit Shamir -- Part Iv: Ecofacts. Chapter 15: Archaeobotanical Remains From The Iron Age I Fortress And The Nabatean Built Tomb / Nili Liphschitz -- Chapter 16: Charcoal Samples From The Chalcolithic/early Bronze I Settlement / Mark Cavanagh, Mordechay Benzaquen And Dafna Langgut -- Chapter 17: Dendroarchaeological Report On The Coffin From The Nabatean Built Tomb / Mordechay Benzaquen And Dafna Langgut -- Chapter 18: Iron I And Chalcolithic/early Bronze I Fauna / Liora Kolska Horwitz -- Chapter 19: Radiocarbon Dates / Israel Carmi, Dror Segal, Linda Scott-cummings, Peter Kov Ik And Uzi Avner -- Part V: Concluding Remarks. Chapter 20: Mas S Eboth (standing Stones) In Gates / Uzi Avner -- Chapter 21: Summary And Conclusions / Lily Singer-avitz -- Addendum: Later Excavations In The Nabataean Built Tomb / Uzi Avner -- List Of Loci -- Section Ii: The Early Islamic Settlement / Etan Ayalon. Part Vi: Architectural Remains. Chapter 22: Architecture And Stratigraphy / Etan Ayalon -- Part Vii: Artifacts. Chapter 23: The Pottery / Itamar Taxel -- Chapter 24: Perfecting Local Production Of Desert Pottery: Petrographic Analysis Of Early Islamic Wares / Paula Waiman-barak And Willie Ondricek -- Chapter 25: Stone And Metal Objects / Itamar Taxel -- Chapter 26: Glass Finds / Ruth Jackson-tal -- Chapter 27: The Osraca / Nitzan Amitai-preiss -- Chapter 28: The Coins / Nitzan Amitai-preiss And Ariel Berman -- Chapter 29: Textile, Textile Impressions And A Plait / Orit Shamir -- Part Viii: Ecofacts. Chapter 30: Identification Of Dyes / Naama Sukenik, Zohar Amar And David Ilu -- Chapter 31: Archaeobotanical Remains From The Early Islamic Site / Nili Liphschitz -- Chapter 32: Faunal Remains / Vered Kishon And Shlomo Helbing -- Chapter 33: Molluscs / Hank K. Meinis -- Part Ix: Concluding Remarks. Chapter 34: Discussion And Conclusions / Itamar Taxel, Ze'ev Meshel And Itamar Taxel -- List Of Loci Lily Singer-avitz And Etan Ayalon ; With Contributions By Zohar Amar [and 29 Others]. Includes Bibliographical References. Electronic Reproduction. Baltimore, Md Available Via World Wide Web.