Author Description

Introduction / Lawrence E. Stager -- The Philistines as a Hellenistic phenomenon / Lawrence E. Stager -- Grid 38 / Adam J. Aja -- Grid 50 / Adam J. Aja -- Philistine architecture conventions at Ashkelon / Adam J. Aja -- Early Philistine coastal pottery / Daniel M. Master, Joshua T. Walton, and Assaf Yasur-Landau -- The twelfth century B.C. Aegean-style pottery at Ashkelon / Penelope A. Mountjoy -- Decoration in Philistine bichrome pottery / Meghan Wylie -- A pictorial krater from Philistine Ashkelon / Penelope A. Mountjoy and Lawrence E. Stager -- Funerary iconography on an infant burial jar / Kathleen J. Birney and Brian R. Doak -- Lamp-and-bowl deposits / Dana DePietro -- Petrographic analysis / Daniel M. Master -- Glyptic finds (1999-2013 excavations seasons) / Baruch Brandl -- Glyptic finds (1985-2000 excavation seasons) / Othmar Keel -- Egyptian amulets / Christian Herrmann -- Chariot fittings / Lawrence E. Stager -- Jewelry / Abigail Limmer -- Metal artifacts and metallurgical waste / Adam J. Aja -- Weaving implements / Joshua T. Walton and Adam J. Aja -- Ground stone / Sara L. Hoffman -- Lithic assemblage / Francesca Manclossi and Steven A. Rosen -- Two bundles of hacksilber / Christine M. Thompson -- Catalogue of weights / Daniel M. Master -- Cylinder seals / Joanna S. Smith -- Stamp seals and an impression / Laura Wright -- Egyptianized statuette / Dana DePietro -- Catalogue of zoomorphic vessels / Daniel M. Master -- Catalogue of faience and alabaster vessels / Daniel M. Master -- Conclusion catalogue of ivory and worked bone / Paula Hesse -- Hieratic ostracon / Stefan Jakob Wimmer -- A twelfth century seal with three signs -- Cypro-Minoan handles / Daniel M. Master -- Infants / Marina Faerman, Netta Lev-Tov Chattah, and Patricia Smith -- Faunal remains / Paula Hesse and Deirdre N. Fulton -- Plant remains / Mordechai E. Kislev, Orit Simchoni, and Yoel Melamed -- Fish bones / Omri Lernau -- Flotation analysis / Egon H.E. Lass -- An early iron age assemblage