Abstract
The article presents and discusses the results of Residue Analysis performed on 27 pottery vessels, placed as offerings in burials dating to the Iron I period (ca. 1050–900 BCE) at the site Ḥorvat Tevet (Israel). The results show that heated beeswax was used during the burial ceremonies and placed in variety of vessels. These results shed new light on burial practices of South Levantine rural communities. They also contribute to the growing body of evidence regarding bee-product economy in the Southern Levant during the beginning of the Iron IIA.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 102904 |
| Journal | Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports |
| Volume | 36 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Apr 2021 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
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Funding
We would like to thank The Mass Spectrometry Division of the Department of Chemistry in Bar Ilan University for helping with the analysis of the MS spectra. This study is an outcome of the research project “The Archaeological Expression of Palace-Clan Relations in the Iron Age Levant: A Case Study from the Jezreel Valley, Israel”, which is funded by the Gerda Henkel Stiftung (AZ 20/F/19) and directed by Omer Sergi, Kren Covello-Paran and Hannes Bezzel. This study is an outcome of the research project “The Archaeological Expression of Palace-Clan Relations in the Iron Age Levant: A Case Study from the Jezreel Valley, Israel”, which is funded by the Gerda Henkel Stiftung (AZ 20/F/19) and directed by Omer Sergi (Tel Aviv University), Karen Covello-Paran (Israel Antiquities Authority) and Hannes Bezzel (University of Jena).
| Funders | Funder number |
|---|---|
| Israel Antiquities Authority | |
| Karen Covello-Paran | |
| Mass Spectrometry Division of the Department of Chemistry in Bar Ilan University | |
| Gerda Henkel Foundation | AZ 20/F/19 |
| Tel Aviv University |
Keywords
- Beeswax
- Iron Age
- N-alkanes
- Pit burials
- Residue Analysis
- Southern Levant
- Ḥorvat Tevet