DAN IV – The Iron Age I Settlement

The Avraham Biran Excavations (1966-1999)

by David Ilan, with contributions by David Ben-Shlomo, Thomas Beyl, Deirdre Fulton, Ayelet Gilboa, Nissim Golding-Meir, Jonathan S. Greer, Conn Herriott, Ross Voss, Paula Waiman-Barak, Paula Wapnish, Shoh Yamada and Alexander Zukerman

Book cover: DAN IV – The Iron Age I Settlement

Extent: 654 pages

Publisher: Hebrew Union College Press

Subjects: Ancient Near East

Language: English

Hardback (Out of print)

(April 2020)

ISBN: 9780878201822

Price: $125.00

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PDF (Published)

(April 2020)

ISBN: 9780878201839

Price: $100.00

In this comprehensive final report David Ilan and 12 other contributing authors present the rich finds from the Iron Age I (circa 1200-950 BCE) levels at Tel Dan, gleaned in the course of Avraham Biran’s 1966-1999 excavations at the site. The architecture, ceramics, metal, flint, bone and ground stone objects and ecofacts, all contribute to the portrayal of a cosmopolitan society that thrived, initially, under Egyptian imperial rule, subsequently forging its own way with the departure of Egyptian hegemony. The early Iron Age levels at Tel Dan show material evidence for the presence of local peoples, Egyptians, Cypriots, Aegeans, and Syrians, who together, negotiated a new identity, as Danites.

Preface - Andrew Rehfeld, President Acknowledgments Chapter 1: The Natural Environment Chapter 2: Stratigraphy and Architecture (with a contribution by Ross Voss) Chapter 3: The Local Pottery Chapter 4: Notes on the Philistine, Aegean and Cypriot-style Decorated Pottery Alexander Zukerman Chapter 5: "Phoenician" Painted Ware Thomas Beyl Chapter 6A: A Petrographic Study of Early Iron Age Containers at Tel Dan Paula Waiman-Barak and Ayelet Gilboa Chapter 6B: Chemical and Petrographic Analysis of Aegean/Philistine Pottery from Tel Dan David Ben-Shlomo Chapter 6C: Petrographic Analysis of Iron Age I Painted Pottery from Tel Dan Nissim Golding-Meir Chapter 7: Ground Stone and Natural Stone Objects Chapter 8: Scale Weights Chapter 9: The Chipped Stone Assemblage Conn Herriott Chapter 10: Use-wear Analysis of Sickle Blades Shoh Yamada Chapter 11: The Metal Objects Chapter 12: The Bone and Ivory Objects Chapter 13: Seals and Impressions Chapter 14: Various Objects of Stone, Faience, and Ceramic Chapter 15: Figurines and Ritual Objects Chapter 16: Ritual Contexts Chapter 17: The Animal Bone Remains Jonathan S. Greer, Deirdre Fulton, and Paula Wapnish Chapter 18: Archaeobotany Chapter 19: Commodity Storage: Pits, Pithoi and Installations Chapter 20: Chronology Chapter 21: Conclusion: Economy, Society and Polity at Tel Dan in the Iron Age I

  • By (author) David Ilan