We are pleased to announce the publication of Tel Miqne-Ekron: Objects and Material Culture Studies, Middle Bronze Age II through Iron Age II, a major new volume by Seymour (Sy) Gitin, Director Emeritus of the W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research. This volume is published under the auspices of the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East on behalf of the W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
This book is the first of two volumes presenting the results of the analyses of objects and material culture excavated over fourteen seasons at Tel Miqne-Ekron (1981–1996). It brings together a wide range of finds dating from the Middle Bronze Age II through the Iron Age II, offering a detailed and synthetic view of the site’s material record.
Individual chapters examine flaked stone assemblages; stone tools and vessels; vessel plugs, covers, and reworked sherds; weights, scale pans, and other small stone objects; and zoomorphic terracottas. The volume also includes a series of technical studies, such as microwear analysis of flint artifacts, archaeobotanical research, forensic analysis of last-use living surface samples, geoarchaeological analysis of the surrounding landscape, geological provenancing of grindstones and other stone artifacts, and the provenancing of asphalt. Together, these studies illuminate production, use, and consumption practices at Ekron across multiple periods.
Publication details:
Gitin, S. Tel Miqne-Ekron: Objects and Material Culture Studies, Middle Bronze Age II through Iron Age II. Vol. 14/1. University Park, PA: Eisenbrauns, 2025.
The Albright Institute congratulates Sy Gitin on this publication and is proud to highlight the work of one of its long-standing scholarly leaders.
The volume is published by Eisenbrauns, an imprint of Penn State University Press. Full publication information and purchasing options are available via the publisher’s webpage, as well as through major academic booksellers and online retailers.