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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Corporate Authors: Walter de Gruyter & Co, Emery and Claire Yass Publications in Archaeology
Other Authors: Adams, Matthew J. (Matthew Joel) (Editor), Cradic, Melissa S. (Melissa Sarah) (Editor), Finkelstein, Israel (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: University Park, Pennsylvania Eisenbrauns 2025
Series:Monograph series (Makhon le-arkheʼologyah ʻa. sh. Sonyah u-Marḳo Nadler) ; no. 43.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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