An iron and bronze workshop in the lower city of Tell es-Safi/Gath, dated to the mid-late Iron
IIA, contributes new data on the chronology, organization, and practice of metal production …

More than a century of study of the Philistines has revealed abundant remains of their
material culture. Concurrently, our understanding of the origins, developmental processes …

Abstract The Philistine culture (Iron Age, ca. 1200-604 BCE) profoundly impacted the
southern Levant's cultural history, agronomy, and dietary customs. Nevertheless, our …

Most scholars in the late 20th and early 21st century believed that cultic activity in the
kingdoms of Israel and Judah was practiced in various temples that were scattered …

The paper surveys and discusses the updated archaeological evidence for Philistine cult
and religion, and cult and religion in Philistia during the Iron Age. The evidence can be …

Astragali, the knuckle or ankle bones of mammals, have been collected, used and modified
by humans in different parts of the world for millennia. Large hoards dating from Iron Age IIA …

In this paper we examine why common methodologies for determining 'religious
architecture'do not account for the diverse and fluid ways in which religious behavior can be …

This paper presents two brief alphabetic inscriptions from Area D in the lower city of Tell eṣ-
Ṣâfi/Gath, both deriving from Iron Age IIA contexts. The first is written in an Early Alphabetic …

More than twenty years of excavations at Tell es-Safi/Gath (Maeir 2017; in press b) have
provided substantial amounts of data and insights on a broad range of periods, cultures and …

This article investigates a connection between hoards of astragali (ankle bones) and the
ritual use of these bones in the practice of extispicy. A number of sites in the southern Levant …