Geoarchaeology of Israel / / ed. by Howard R. Feldman.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Academic Studies Press Complete eBook-Package 2019
• HerausgeberIn: Feldman, Howard R.,
• Place / Publishing House: Boston, MA : : Academic Studies Press, , [2019]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Touro University Press
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (270 p.)

This book includes an analysis of the Jehoash Inscription Tablet, which describes renovations made to the First Temple and is considered the only written evidence of its existence. At the same time, a new technique for authenticating artifacts is described: this is especially important in determinin...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Chapter 1. Introduction
• Chapter 2. Amnon Rosenfeld-In Memoriam (1944-2014)
• Chapter 3. Archaeometric Analysis of the Jehoash Inscription Tablet
• Chapter 4. The Jehoash Inscription Tablet-After the Verdict
• Chapter 5. Archaeometric Evidence for the Authenticity of the Jehoash Inscription Tablet
• Chapter 6. Environmental Dust as a Tool to Study the Archaeometry of Patinas on Ancient Artifacts
• Chapter 7. A Stone Oil Lamp with Seven Nozzles from the Late Second Temple Period
• Chapter 8. The Stone Oil Lamp with the Menorah-After the Verdict
• Chapter 9. The Connection of the James Ossuary to the Talpiot (Jesus Family Tomb) Ossuaries
• Chapter 10. On the Authenticity of the James Ossuary and Its Possible Link to the Jesus Family Tomb
• Chapter 11. Implications of the "Forgery Trial" Verdict on the Authenticity of the James Ossuary
• Chapter 12. An Archaeometric Analysis of the "Miriam Ossuary"-Zissu and Goren, 2011
• Chapter 13. Determining the Authenticity of Artifacts by Oxygen Isotope Analysis
• Chapter 14. Some West African Brass Figurines of the Jenne-Dogon Culture
• Chapter 15. Further Research: Abstracts
• Appendix. Original Publications and Contributing Authors
• Index