Megiddo VII the Shmunis excavations of a monumental middle Bronze tomb and its environs
"Megiddo VII reports in meticulous detail the archaeological findings from two elite, interrelated tombs from the Late Bronze I period, both exceptionally preserved and richly furnished: Tomb 16/H/50, a monumental masonry-constructed chamber tomb from the Middle Bronze III, and Burial 16/H/45,...
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University Park, Pennsylvania
Eisenbrauns
2025
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| Series: | Monograph series (Makhon le-arkheʼologyah ʻa. sh. Sonyah u-Marḳo Nadler) ;
no. 43. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : the excavation of Tomb 16/H/50 and Burial 16/H/45 / Matthew J. Adams, Melissa S. Cradic and Israel Finkelstein
- Stratigraphy, architecture and funerary practices in Tomb 16/H/50 and Burial 16/H/45 / Melissa S. Cradic and Matthew J. Adams
- The human skeletal remains from Tomb 16/H/50 / Rachel E. Kalisher
- The human skeletal remains from Burial 16/H/45 / Rachel E. Kalisher
- Cranial trephination and infectious disease in the eastern Mediterranean : the evidence from two elite brothers from Late Bronze Megiddo / Rachel E. Kalisher, Melissa S. Cradic, Matthew J. Adams, Mario A.S. Martin and Israel Finkelstein
- Food offerings in elite tombs : faunal remains from Tomb 16/H/50 and Burial 16/H/45 / Lidar Sapir-Hen
- The local ceramics / Helena Roth and Assaf Yasur-Landau
- Cypriot pottery from Tomb 16/H/50 and Burial 16/H/45 / Assaf Yasur-Landau
- Bone‑inlaid boxes from Tomb 16/H/50 / Liat Naeh
- Jewelry from Burial 16/H/45 and Tomb 16/H/50 / Amir Golani
- A scarab from Tomb 16/H/50 / Ido Koch
- Chemical and isotopic analysis of silver, copper and gold artifacts from Tomb 16/H/50 / Tzilla Eshel, Yigal Erel, Ofir Tirosh and Naama Yahalom‑Mack
- Dna of individuals from Tomb 16/H/50 and Burial 16/H/45 / Lily Agranat‑Tamir, Benjamin Yakir, Shai Carmi, Mario A.S. Martin, Israel Finkelstein and Liran Carmel
- Multi‑isotope study of bone collagen from Tomb 16/H/50 / Linda M. Reynard, Melissa S. Cradic, Robert S. Homsher and Noreen Tuross
- Strontium isotope analysis of human remains at Middle Bronze Age to Late Bronze Age Megiddo / Stefanie Eisenmann, Laurel Poolman, Julia Schwarz, Astrid Wickler, Dominic Anders, Marina Vohberger‑Herles, Petrus Le Roux, Jana Ilgner, Patrick Roberts and Philipp W. Stockhammer
- Combustion fuel sources and aquatic invertebrate biomarkers in the dental calculus from Tomb 16/H/50 and Burial 16/H/45 / Stephen Buckley, Joann Fletcher, Cynthianne Spiteri and Philipp W. Stockhammer
- Proteomic and micro‑remains analysis of human dental calculus from Middle Bronze III and Late Bronze I Megiddo / Ashley Scott, Robert C. Power, Stefanie Eisenmann, Israel Finkelstein, Philipp W. Stockhammer and Christina Warinner
- First evidence for vanillin in the Old World : its use as mortuary offering in Middle Bronze Canaan / Vanessa Linares, Matthew J. Adams, Melissa S. Cradic, Israel Finkelstein, Oded Lipschits, Mario A.S. Martin, Ronny Neumann, Philipp W. Stockhammer and Yuval Gadot
- Burial offerings in intramural tombs at Middle Bronze Age Megiddo / Ayala Amir, Rachel E. Kalisher, Melissa S. Cradic, Matthew J. Adams, Mario A.S. Martin, Ronny Neumann, Yuval Gadot and Israel Finkelstein
- Paleoethnobotanical assessment of a funerary charcoal assemblage from Tomb 16/H/50 / Mordechay Benzaquen and Dafna Langgut
- Macrobotanical remains : seeds and fruits / John M. Marston and Kali R. Wade
- Phytolith results from Tomb 16/H/50 / Kali R. Wade and John M. Marston
- Using morphometrics to identify cereal phytoliths in Tomb 16/H/50 / Emily Brown, Kali R. Wade and John M. Marston