Ilan Sharon

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used micromorphology, Fourier transform infrared spectrometry (FTIR), X-ray powder diffractometry (XRD), and XRF spectrometers to characterize natural sediments sampled on and in the proximity of the tell and monitor their transformations due to exposure to high temperatures in an oven and in open fires, focusing on the transformations of the clay mineral components of mud-brick materials.

TL;DR: The presence of many phytolith-rich layers in late Bronze and Iron Age deposits at Tel Dor, Israel, are indicative of specific locations where plants were concentrated as discussed by the authors, which has significant implications for the concept of urbanism during these periods.

TL;DR: In this article, a detailed geoarchaeological study of the micro-stratigraphy of a sedimentary sequence associated with early Iron Age Phoenician monumental architecture is presented.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed a lower chronology of ancient Israel in the 11th-9th centuries BCE, about 75100 yr lower than the conventional one, which bears crucial implications not only for biblical history and historiography but also for cultural processes around the Mediterranean.

TL;DR: The debate over the chronology of the early Iron Age in Israel by far transcends Palestinian archaeology, history, and biblical historiography as mentioned in this paper, and it is a topic that transcends all of these three areas.