Dead Sea : new discoveries in the Cave of Letters / edited by Carl E. Savage, Philip Reeder, Richard A. Freund, and Harry M. Jol.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Savage, Carl E., editor.

Freund, Richard A., editor.

Jol, H. M. (Harry M.), editor.

Series:

Crosscurrents, new studies on the Middle East ; vol. 2.

Crosscurrents: New Studies On The Middle East ; vol. 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Letters, Cave of the (Israel).

Excavations (Archaeology)--Judean Desert.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Israel--Cave of the Letters.

Middle East--Judean Desert.

Physical Description:

xxix, 295 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Peter Lang, [2018]

Contents:

1. The 1999-2001 acknowledgements and summary of research at the Cave of Letters / Richard A. Freund

2. Depositional processes and paleoenvironmental implications of the Cave of Letters and other rift shoulder deposits / Amos Frumkin

3. Overview of new geoarchaeological discoveries in the Cave of Letters / John F. Shroder

4. Mapping the Cave of Letters / Philip Reeder

5. : Ground penetrating radar subsurface imaging within the Cave of Letters / Harry Jol

6. Electrical imaging and metal detection in the Cave of Letters / Paul D. Bauman

7. Radio carbon dating of the Cave of Letters / Elisabetta Boaretto

8. Microclimatic variations and patterns of cave use at Cave of Letters / Philip Reeder

9. Return to Locus 57Y: a re-examination of some of the bronze artifacts from Hall A of the Cave of the Letters / Richard A. Freund

10. The niche of skulls in the Cave of Letters / Nicolae Roddy

11. A first century occupation in the Cave of Letters? Results from the B/C passage / Carl Savage

12. Textiles, threads and cordage from the Cave of Letters: 2000-2001 excavations / Orit Shamir

13. The meaning of Bar Kokhba coins and their distribution / Fred Strickert

14. The date of the Psalms Scroll from the Cave of Letters / Walter C. Bouzard

15. Archaeology, museology, and identity: the display of the Cave of Letters materials in the Shrine of the Book (1965-2004) / Adolfo Roitman

Addendum 1: Dendroarchaeological investigations at the Cave of Letters / Nili Liphschitz

Addendum 2: Provenance determination of some selected pottery shards from the Cave of Letters by instrumental neutron activation analysis / by Jan Gunneweg and Marta Balla

Addendum 3: Rock breaking at the Cave of Letters / Shachar Argov.

ISBN:

9781433134272

1433134276

OCLC:

947191019

Publisher Number:

99975776439