@article{f5435a5fa9444163a0ef5c0a489d0b6c,
title = "Excavations at Kiriath-jearim, 2019: Preliminary Report: Preliminary Report",
abstract = "In this article we report the results of the second season of excavations at Kiriath-jearim (Deir el-ʿAzar). The following topics are emphasized: layout and date of the supposed monumental Iron IIB summit compound; nature of the Iron IIC settlement; date of the Hellenistic fortification; characteristics of the Early Roman period activity. An archaeo-historical analysis follows the presentation of the new data, including updates on past interpretations.",
keywords = "Kiriath-jearim, Deir el-'Azar, Northern Kingdom, Jeroboam II, Ark Narrative, Ptolemaic period, Seleucid period, Roman Legion",
author = "Israel Finkelstein and Thomas Romer and Christophe Nicolle and Dunseth, {Zachary C.} and Assaf Kleiman and Juliette Mas and Naomi Porat and Naama Walzer",
note = "Funding Information: The Shmunis Family Excavations at Kiriath-jearim is a joint project of Tel Aviv University and the Coll{\`e}ge de France, funded by Sana and Vlad Shmunis (USA). Israel Finkelstein of Tel Aviv University and Thomas R{\"o}mer and Christophe Nicolle of the Coll{\`e}ge de France direct the project. Staff of the second season consisted of Margaret Cohen (coordinator of the expedition), Sabine Kleiman and Joelle Cohen-Finkelstein (registration and administration), Assaf Kleiman, Zachary C. Dunseth, Naama Walzer and Juliette Mas (supervisors of Areas A, B and C respectively), and Yana Kirilov, Hadar Azrad and Eythan Levy (field archaeologists). About 50 students from Israel, France, Switzerland and other countries participated in the dig. Members of the expedition were lodged in the hostel of the local Ark of the Covenant convent; we are grateful to the nuns and staff of the convent for their congeniality. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020 The Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University.",
year = "2021",
month = jan,
day = "2",
doi = "10.1080/03344355.2021.1904680",
language = "English",
volume = "48",
pages = "47--72",
journal = "Tel Aviv",
issn = "0334-4355",
publisher = "Maney Publishing",
number = "1",
}