Excavations at the Ottoman Military Compound (Qishle) in Jaffa, 2007, 2009

The excavations published in this volume are the first systematic investigation of Ottoman remains in the lower town of Jaffa and the only such volume in Israel dedicated largely to a final excavation report of Ottoman period remains. This is profound, because cultural heritage remains from after 1799 CE have not been previously identified in legal terms as antiquities in the manner in which earlier remains are treated as archaeological. Salvage archaeological work, particularly in an urban environment, still faces many limitations. These excavations, in the former Israeli police compound of Jaffa, complete the archaeological investigation of the northern part of Jaffa’s lower town. In addition to the stratigraphy (chs. 2–3), the volume presents ceramic finds of the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine periods (ch.  4–6), Crusader pottery (ch. 7), porcelain and ceramic vessels of the Ottoman period (ch. 8), coins (ch. 17) and small finds of other materials (ch. 18–25), as well as weapons (chs. 14–16).

Chapter 1: Introduction (Yoav Arbel)

Chapter 2: The Northeastern Bastion of Jaffa’s Fortifications (Tzvi Shacham)

Chapter 3: Stratigraphy (Yoav Arbel)

Chapter 4: Pottery of the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine Periods (Peter Gendelman)

Chapter 5: Amphora Stamps and Fragments (Gerald Finkielsztejn)

Chapter 6: A Terracotta Figurine (Adi Erlich)

Chapter 7: Crusader Pottery (Katherine Strange Burke / Edna J. Stern)

Chapter 8: Porcelain and Ceramic Vessels of the Ottoman Period (Anna de Vincenz)

Chapter 9: Backstamps on Nineteenth-Century European Pseudo-Porcelain and Stoneware Sherds (Yoav Arbel)

Chapter 10: Dendrochronological Dating and Provenancing of the Late Ottoman Buildings (Brita Lorentzen, Peter I. Kuniholm and Tomasz Wazny)

Chapter 11: Iron Forging in Ottoman Jaffa: A Metallographic Study of Iron Slags (Sylvain Bauvais)

Chapter 12: Reconstructing the Population History of Jaffa: Human Remains from the Qishle (Yossi Nagar)

Chapter 13: Fragment of an Arabic Inscription (Moshe Sharon)

Chapter 14: A Hoard of Weapons from the Late Nineteenth–Early Twentieth Centuries (Alexander Glick)

Chapter 15: Cannon Balls from the Qishle (Alexander Glick)

Chapter 16: Musket Balls (Yoav Arbel)

Chapter 17: Coins from the Qishle (Robert Kool)

Chapter 18: Glass Vessels (Yael Gorin-Rosen)

Chapter 19: Glass Bracelets and Beads (Anna de Vincenz)

Chapter 20: Horseshoes, Burial Goods and Other Metal Finds (Kate Raphael

Chapter 21: Stone Objects (Naomi Sidi)

Chapter 22: Lithic Assemblage (Omry Barzilai)

Chapter 23: Archaeozoological Finds (Moshe Sade)

Chapter 24: Mollusks (Inbar Ktalav)

Chapter 25: Miscellaneous Finds (Naomi Sidi / Limor Talmi / Ayelet Geri-Dayan)

Chapter 26: Conclusions (Yoav Arbel)

List of Loci