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Aren M. Maeir
Researcher at Bar-Ilan University
Publications - 140
Citations - 2054
Aren M. Maeir is an academic researcher from Bar-Ilan University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Bronze Age & Southern Levant. The author has an hindex of 22, co-authored 130 publications receiving 1791 citations. Previous affiliations of Aren M. Maeir include Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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Rapid phytolith extraction for analysis of phytolith concentrations and assemblages during an excavation: an application at Tell es-Safi/Gath, Israel
Ofir Katz,Ofir Katz,Dan Cabanes,Stephen Weiner,Aren M. Maeir,Elisabetta Boaretto,Elisabetta Boaretto,Ruth Shahack-Gross,Ruth Shahack-Gross +8 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a rapid phytolith extraction procedure is described, that allows PHYCLOSIS concentrations and morphotype assemblages to be analyzed within hours, in order to better understand how plants were used during an archaeological excavation.
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The taphonomy and preservation of wood and dung ashes found in archaeological cooking installations: case studies from Iron Age Israel
Shira Gur-Arieh,Shira Gur-Arieh,Ruth Shahack-Gross,Aren M. Maeir,Gunnar Lehmann,Louise A. Hitchcock,Elisabetta Boaretto +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a study of 11 purported archaeological cooking installations from three different Bronze and Iron Age sites in Israel in which they deployed a variety of microarchaeological techniques.
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On the constitution and transformation of philistine identity
TL;DR: This article argued that the cultural boundary markers that distinguished their society in the Iron Age I (twelfth- eleventh century BC) diminished in importance and disappeared suddenly in the early Iron Age IIA (tenth century BC), with the ascendancy of the Judahite kingdom.
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Iron and bronze production in Iron Age IIA Philistia: new evidence from Tell es-Safi/Gath, Israel
Adi Eliyahu-Behar,Adi Eliyahu-Behar,Naama Yahalom-Mack,Naama Yahalom-Mack,Sana Shilstein,Sana Shilstein,Alexander Zukerman,Cynthia Shafer-Elliott,Aren M. Maeir,Elisabetta Boaretto,Israel Finkelstein,Steve Weiner +11 more
TL;DR: A metallurgically-oriented excavation in Area A at Tell es-Safi/Gath yielded evidence for iron and bronze production dating to the early Iron Age IIA.