Rishon le-Zion I

The Rishon le-Zion Middle Bronze Age cemeteries were discovered at the beginning of 1991 in the area known as the Rishon le-Zion Sand Dunes and excavated in the 1990s within a decade of salvage excavations. Volume 1 is devoted to the description of ca. 200 graves excavated within 6 different areas. All graves are illustrated by photos and detailed plans. Volume 2 focuses on the excavated objects, i.e. pottery, weapons, metal belts and other metal finds, beads and organic material. Of special interest is the large collection of ca. 150  Egyptian scarabs, now published and illustrated in its entirety.

Volume 1

Lists

Chapter 1: Introduction (Yosi Levy)

Chapter 2: Area B (Yosi Levy and Raz Kletter)

Chapter 3: Area F (Raz Kletter, Eriola Jakoel, and Yosi Levy)

Chapter 4: Area A (Yosi Levy, Eriola Jakoel, and Raz Kletter)

Chapter 5: Areas C and E2 (Raz Kletter and Yosi Levy) 

Volume 2

Chapter 6: The Pottery Assemblage (Joe Uziel and Itzhaq Shai) 

Chapter 7: Metal Finds (Tal Kan-Cipor – Meron and Sariel Shalev)

Chapter 8: Metal Belts (Irit Ziffer) 

Chapter 9: Dendroarchaeological Research (Nili Liphschitz)

Chapter 10: Scarabs (Daphna Ben-Tor) 

Chapter 11: Beads and Pendants (Amir Golani and Eriola Jakoel)

Chapter 12: Organic Materials from Middle Bronze Age Tombs (Naama Sukenik and Orit Shamir) 

Chapter 13: Summary of Human Remains (Yossi Nagar and Vered Eshed)

Chapter 14: Faience Seal (Irit Ziffer) 

Chapter 15: Decorated Dagger (Irit Ziffer)

Chapter 16: Conclusions (Raz Kletter and Yosi Levy)

Appendix 1: Locus Lists (Raz Kletter)

Index 

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