Caesarea Reports and Studies: Excavations 1995-2007 within the Old City and the Ancient Harbor

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The present volume is the fourth to appear, after Caesarea papers in 1992, Caesarea retrospective in 1996, and Caesareav papers 2 in 1999, containing reports and studies of the Combined Caesarea Expeditions along with other scholarship on the site. Contents: The warehouse quarter (area LL) and the Temple Platform (area TP), 1996-2000 and 2002 seasons (J. Stabler, K. G. Holum, F. H. Stanley, Jr., M. Risser, Anna Iamim); Preliminary coin report, areas LL and TP, 1996-2000 and 2002 seasons (P. Lampinen); Amphoras from the abandonment layer in area LL (L 1242, 1335) (M. Oren-Paskal); The belt of Stephanos: gold belt ornaments found in area LL1, 1996 and 1998 seasons (M. K. Risser); A Byzantine/Early Islamic bath on the S flank of the Temple Platform, excavations 1995 (A. Raban, S. Yankelevitz); Ceramic assemblages from the Byzantine/Early Islamic bath (Y. D. Arnon); The Fatimid hoard of metalwork, glass, and ceramics from TPS: preliminary report (Y. D. Arnon, A. Lester, R. Pollack); A market complex on SW flank of the Temple Platform, 1995 season (A. Raban, S. Yankelevitz); Underwater excavations in the Herodian harbor Sebastos, 1995-1999 seasons (A. Raban); The Caesarea Ancient Reservoir Project (CARP): preliminary results (R. J. Fitton, E. G. Reinhardt, H. P. Schwarcz); Site formation and stratigraphic development of Caesarea's ancient harbor (E. G. Reinhardt, A. Raban); Optical luminescence dating of sediments from Herod's harbor (W. J. Rink, E. G. Reinhardt); The fishing economy at Caesarea (A. Fradkin, O. Lernau); Archaeobotanical remains from Caesarea: the 1997 and 1998 seasons (J. Ramsay); New inscribed lead weights from Caesarea (Alla Kushnir-Stein, Lionel Holland); The ceramic oil lamps of the transitional and medieval periods (640-1300): a chronological and typological study (Yael D. Arnon); Combined references for the three contributions on ceramics (Oren-Paskal, 'Amphoras,' Arnon, 'Ceramic assemblages,' and Arnon, 'Oil Lamps').
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Kenneth G. Holum, Jennifer A. Stabler, and Eduard G. Reinhardt