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New paper online!

Iron Age Remains from Ashdod-Yam: An Interim Report (2013–2019)* von Alexander Fantalkin, Eli Itkin, Owen Chesnut, Matasha Mazis, Marta Lorenzon, Liora Bouzaglou, Tzilla Eshel und Jacob Sharvit.

2024/09/16 by

The Iron Age remains at Ashdod-Yam, an ancient coastal city in southern Israel, have been re-examined. A recently published article in the Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies presents a detailed interim report of the excavations conducted between 2013 and 2019.

Massive mudbrick fortification walls of the Iron Age city of Ashdod-Yam (ca. 8th century BCE) (Fantalkin et al. 2024, figs. 4, 13)

The article provides a comprehensive analysis of the archaeological remains discovered during excavations at Ashdod-Yam, a historic site on Israel's southern coastal plain, between 2013 and 2019.

The first investigation of Iron Age remains at Ashdod-Yam was conducted by Jacob Kaplan between 1965 and 1968. Since 2013, archaeologists from the Institute of Archaeology at Tel Aviv University have carried out extensive excavations at the site. The article presents an interim report on the architectural remains and other associated finds, which are attributed to two strata: Stratum IV (Iron Age IIB) and Stratum III (Iron Age IIC).

These new findings allow for a reassessment and analysis of the site's significance within a broader regional context during the late Iron Age.

You can read the full article here.