Tel Dor Excavation Project

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Summer 2012

A study season will be conducted between June 24 and July 20 in the project offices in Hamizgaga (Glasshouse) Museum, Kibbutz Nahsholim. Senior and junior staff members will be working on following projects:

  • Area B (early) Final Report - finalizing illustrations for pottery and stratigraphy chapters.
  • Area G (late) Final Report - stratigraphy chapters.
  • Area D (late) Final Report - publication planning, working on stratigraphy of the area and processing pottery.

Excavations at Tel Dor are planned to be resumed in 2013


New Publications

Monnickendam-Givon, B. 2011. Plain Ware of the Southern Carmel Coast during the Late Persian to Hellenistic Periods. Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Cabanes, D., S. Weiner, and R. Shahack-Gross. 2011. Stability of Phytoliths in the Archaeological Record: A Dissolution Study of Modern and Fossil Phytoliths. Journal of Archaeological Science 38:2480-2490.

Eliyahu, M., O. Barkai, Y. Goren, N. Eliaz, Y. Kahanov, and D. Ashkenazi. 2011. The Iron Anchors from the Tantura F Shipwreck: Typological and Metallurgical Analyses. Journal of Archaeological Science 38:233-245.

Karasik, A., and U. Smilansky. 2011. Computerized Morphological Classification of Ceramics. Journal of Archaeological Science 38:2644-2657.

Sapir-Hen, L., G. Bar-Oz, I. Sharon, A. Gilboa, and T. Dayan. 2012. Understanding Faunal Contexts of a Complex Tell: Tel Dor, Israel, as a Case Study. Journal of Archaeological Science 39:590-601.

Wootton, W. 2012. Making and Meaning: The Hellenistic Mosaic from Tel Dor. American Journal of Archaeology 116:209-234.

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Last Updates

05 April 2012
Tel Dor Bibliography (460 records) is available for authorized users in Endnote format at Endnote Web.
30 Sept 2011
Post-2011-Season database is available on-line (for authorized users only).