The New Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations in the Holy Land

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ENTRIES of Archaeological sites	Authors
`Abila`	W. Harold Mare
`Abu Ghosh`	Monique Lechevallier, Michael Avi-Yonah
`Abu Hawam, Tell`	Jacqueline Balensi, M. Dolores Herrera, Michal Artzy
`Abu Salima, Tell`	Ronny Reich
`Abu Tuwein, Khirbet`	Amihai Mazar
`Acco`	Moshe Dothan, Sarah Ben-Arieh, Moshe W. Prausnitz, Zeev Goldmann
`Maritime Acco`	Avner Raban
`Achzib`	Moshe W. Prausnitz, Eilat Mazar
`Ader`	Moshe Kochavi
`Afula`	Moshe Dothan
`Ai`	Joseph A. Callaway
`Ain Ghazal`	Editorial Board
`Ajjul, Tell el`	Olga Tufnell, Aharon Kempinski
`Ali, Tel`	Yosef Garfinkel
`Ammudim, Horvat`	Lee I. Levine
`Amud, Nahal`	Erella Hovers, Ofer Bar-Yosef
`Anafa, Tel`	Sharon Herbert
`Anim, Horvat`	David Amit
`Aphek (in Sharon)`	Abraham Eitan, Pirhiya Beck, Moshe Kochavi
`Apollonia-Arsuf`	Israel Roll, Etan Ayalon
`Arad`	Yohanan Aharoni, Miriam Aharoni, Ruth Amiran, Ornit Ilan
`Arbel`	Zvi Ilan, Abraham Izdarechet
`Aroer (in Judea)`	Avraham Biran
`Aroer (in Moab)`	Emilio Olavarri-Goicoechea
`Ashdod`	Moshe Dothan
`Ashdod-Yam`	Jacob Kaplan
`Ashkelon`	Lawrence E. Stager
`Atlit`	C. N. Johns
Maritime `Atlit	Ehud Galili, Avner Raban, Elisha Linder
`Avot, Horvat`	Eliot Braun
`Azekah`	Ephraim Stern
`Azor`	Jean Perrot, Amnon Ben-Tor, Moshe Dothan
Bab edh-Dhra`	R. Thomas Schaub
`Banias`	Zvi Uri Ma`oz
Baq`ah Valley	Patrick E. McGovern
Bar`am	Nahman Avigad
`Basta`	Erella Hovers
`Batash, Tel`	Amihai Mazar, George L. Kelm
`Batash, Teluliyot`	Jacob Kaplan
`Be'er Resisim`	William G. Dever
`Beersheba`	Jean Perrot, Iris Eldar, Yaacov Baumgarten, Ze'ev Herzog
`Beidha`	David Gilead
`Beisamun`	Monique Lechevallier
`Beit Mirsim, Tell`	William F. Albright, Raphael Greenberg
`Beiyudat, Khirbet el-`	Hanania Hizmi
`Belvoir`	Meir Ben-Dov
`Bene-Berak`	Jacob Kaplan
`Berakhot, Horvat`	Yizhar Hirschfeld, Yoram Tsafrir
`Beth Alpha`	Nahman Avigad
`Bethel`	James Leon Kelso
`Beth Guvrin`	Michael Avi-Yonah, Amos Kloner
Beth ha-`Emeq	Aharon Kempinski
`Bethlehem`	Moshe Stekelis, Michael Avi-Yonah, Vassilios Tzaferis
`Beth Loya, Horvat`	Joseph Patrich, Yoram Tsafrir
`Beth-Shean`	Amihai Mazar, Gideon Foerster, Nehemiah Tzori
Beth She`arim	Nahman Avigad, Benjamin Mazar
`Beth-Shemesh`	Shlomo Bunimovitz, Zvi Lederman, Dan Bahat
`Beth Yerah`	Ruth Hestrin
`Beth-Zur`	Robert W. Funk
`Bira, Tel`	Moshe W. Prausnitz
`Boqer, Nahal`	Tamar Noy
`Bozrah`	Ronny Reich
`"Bull" Site`	Amihai Mazar
Buqei`a, el-	Frank M. Cross, Jr.
`Caesarea`	Kenneth G. Holum, Avner Raban, Antonio Frova, Avraham Negev, Michael Avi-Yonah, Lee I. Levine, Ehud Netzer
`Capernaum`	Stanislao Loffreda, Vassilios Tzaferis
`Chariton`	Yizhar Hirschfeld
`Chinnereth, Tel`	Volkmar Fritz
`Chorazin`	Zeev Yeivin
`Churches`	Michael Avi-Yonah, Rudolf Cohen, Asher Ovadiah
`Cypros`	Ehud Netzer
`Dabiyye`	Zvi Uri Ma`oz
`Dalit, Tel`	Ram Gophna
`Daliyeh, Wadi ed-`	Nancy L. Lapp
`Dan`	Avraham Biran
`Dawwara, Khirbet ed-`	Israel Finkelstein
`Deir, Khirbet ed-`	Yizhar Hirschfeld
Deir `Ain `Abata	Konstantinos D. Politis
Deir `Alla, Tell	G. van der Kooij
`Deir el-Balah`	Trude Dothan
`Deir Qeruh`	Zvi Uri Ma`oz
`Dhobai, Wadi`	Efrat Yeivin
`Dibon`	A. D. Tushingham
`Dolmens`	Mattanyah Zohar
`Dor`	Ephraim Stern
`Maritime Dor`	Avner Raban, Kurt Raveh, Sean A. Kingsley
`Dothan`	David Ussishkin, Robert E. Cooley, Gary D. Pratico
`Ebal, Mount`	Adam Zertal
`Ein el-Jarba`	Jacob Kaplan
`Ein Samiya and Dhahr Mirzbaneh`	Zeev Yeivin
`Elusa`	Avraham Negev
`Emmaus`	Michael Avi-Yonah, Mordechai Gichon
`Enan`	Jean Perrot
`En Besor`	Ram Gophna
`En Boqeq`	Mordechai Gichon
`En-Gedi`	Benjamin Mazar, Dan Barag
`En Gev`	Ofer Bar-Yosef, Benjamin Mazar, Moshe Kochavi
`En Nashut`	Zvi Uri Ma`oz
`En Shadud`	Eliot Braun
`Eqed, Horvat`	Mordechai Gichon
`Erani, Tel`	Shmuel Yeivin, Aharon Kempinski
`Erav, Horvat`	Zvi Ilan
`Esdar, Tell`	Moshe Kochavi
`Eshtemoa`	Zeev Yeivin
`Esur, Tel`	Moshe Dothan
`Euthymius' Monastery`	Yizhar Hirschfeld
`Evron`	Avraham Ronen
Ezba` Cave	Ofer Bar-Yosef
Far`ah, Site II	Isaac Gilead
Far`ah, Tell el- (North)	Roland de Vaux, Pierre de Miroschedji, Alain Chambon
Far`ah, Tell el- (South)	Yael Yisraeli, Ram Gophna
`Fejja`	Jacob Kaplan
`Ful, Tell el-`	Nancy L. Lapp
`Galilee`	Avraham Ronen, Zvi Gal, Mordechai Aviam
`Gamala`	Shmaryahu Gutman
`Gaza`	Asher Ovadiah
`Gedor, Tel`	Sarah Ben-Arieh
`Gerar, Site E`	Isaac Gilead
`Gerasa`	Shimon Applebaum, Arthur Segal
`Gerisa, Tel`	Ze'ev Herzog
`Gerizim, Mount`	Itzhak Magen
`Gesher`	Yosef Garfinkel
Gesher Benot Ya`aqov	Na`ama Goren-Inbar
`Geulah Cave`	Ernst Wreschner
`Gezer`	William G. Dever
`Ghassul, Tuleilat el-`	Thomas E. Levy
`Gibeon`	James B. Pritchard
`Gilat`	Thomas E. Levy, David Alon
`Gilgal`	Tamar Noy
`Giloh`	Amihai Mazar
`Ginnosar`	Shelley Wachsmann, Kurt Raveh
Giv`atayim	Jacob Kaplan
Giv`at Orha	Zvi Uri Ma'oz
Giv`it, Horvat	Zvi Ilan
`Golan`	Zvi Uri Ma`oz, Na`ama Goren-Inbar, Claire Epstein
`Gush Halav`	Eric M. Meyers, Fanny Vitto
`Hadar, Tel`	Moshe Kochavi
`Hadera`	Yigael Yadin
`Ha-Gosherim`	Tamar Noy
`Halif, Tel`	Joe D. Seger, Oded Borowski
`Hamadya`	Jacob Kaplan
`Hammah, Tell el-`	Jane Cahill, David Tarler
`Hammam, Khirbet el-`	Adam Zertal
`Hammat Gader`	Michael Avi-Yonah, Yizhar Hirschfeld
`Hammath-Tiberias`	Moshe Dothan
`Harif, Mount`	Nigel Goring-Morris
`Haror, Tel`	Eliezer D. Oren
`Hartuv`	Amihai Mazar, Pierre de Miroschedji
`Hashavyahu, Mezad`	Joseph Naveh
`Haspin`	Zvi Uri Ma`oz
`Hatula`	Avraham Ronen, Monique Lechevallier
`Hayonim Cave`	Ofer Bar-Yosef
`Hayyat, Tell el-`	Steven E. Falconer, Bonnie Magness-Gardiner
`Hazeva, Mezad`	Rudolf Cohen
`Hazor`	Yigael Yadin, Amnon Ben-Tor
`Hebron`	Avi Ofer
`Hefer, Tel`	Yosef Porath, Samuel M. Paley
`Heptapegon`	Michael Avi-Yonah, Avraham Negev
`Hermon, Mount`	Shimon Dar
`Herodium`	Gideon Foerster, Ehud Netzer
`Heshbon`	Lawrence T. Geraty
`Hesi, Tell el-`	Valerie M. Fargo
`Hippos (Sussita)`	Claire Epstein
`Holon`	Tamar Noy
`Husifah`	Michael Avi-Yonah
`Husn, el-`	Moshe Kochavi
`Hyrcania`	Joseph Patrich
`Ira, Tel`	Itzhaq Beit-Arieh
`Iraq el-Emir`	Paul W. Lapp, Nancy L. Lapp
`Iskander, Khirbet`	Suzanne Richard
`Izbet Sartah`	Moshe Kochavi, Israel Finkelstein
`Jaffa`	Jacob Kaplan, Haya Ritter-Kaplan
`Japhia`	Dan Barag
`Jarmuth, Tel`	Pierre de Miroschedji
Jebel Qa`aqir	William G. Dever
`Jemmeh, Tell`	Gus W. Van Beek
`Jericho`	Kathleen M. Kenyon, Gideon Foerster, Ehud Netzer, Rachel Hachlili
`Jerusalem`	Benjamin Mazar, Yigal Shiloh, Nahman Avigad, Hillel Geva, Dan Bahat, Meir Ben-Dov, Myriam Rosen-Ayalon
`Jokneam`	Amnon Ben-Tor
`Jordan Valley`	Yosef Garfinkel
`Judea`	Erella Hovers, Avi Ofer
`Judean Desert Caves`	David Gilead, Joseph Aviram, Yohanan Aharoni, Yigael Yadin, Pesah Bar-Adon, Joseph Patrich, Ephraim Stern
`Judeideh, Tell`	Magen Broshi
`Kabri`	Aharon Kempinski
`Kadesh-Barnea`	Rudolf Cohen, Isaac Gilead
`Kanaf, Horvat`	Zvi Uri Ma`oz
`Karkom, Mount`	Emmanuel Anati
`Kebara Cave`	Tamar Schick
`Kedesh (in Upper Galilee)`	Yohanan Aharoni, Miriam Tadmor, Asher Ovadiah, Moshe Fischer, Israel Roll
`Kedesh, Tel (in Jezreel Valley)`	Ephraim Stern
Kefar Gil`adi	Jacob Kaplan
`Kefar Menahem`	Na`ama Goren-Inbar
`Keisan, Tell`	Jean-Baptiste Humbert
`Kheleifeh, Tell el-`	Nelson Glueck, Gary D. Pratico
`Kilyeh, Khirbet el-`	Itzhak Magen
`Kinneret`	Benjamin Mazar
`Kishion, Tel`	Carmela Arnon, Ruth Amiran
{Kishor, Horvat }	Amos Kloner
`Kissufim`	Rudolf Cohen
`Kitan, Tel`	Emanuel Eisenberg
`Kudadi, Tell`	Nahman Avigad
`Kurnub`	Avraham Negev
`Kursi`	Vassilios Tzaferis
`Lachish`	David Ussishkin
`Latrun`	Meir Ben-Dov
`Lejjun, el-`	S. Thomas Parker
`Leviah Enclosure`	Moshe Kochavi
`Lod`	Jacob Kaplan
Ma`agan Mikha'el	Elisha Linder
`Ma'ahaz, Tel`	Ruth Amiran, Ram Gophna
`Ma'aravim, Tel`	Eliezer D. Oren, Amihai Mazar
Ma`ayan Barukh	Avraham Ronen
`Mafjar, Khirbet el-`	Robert W. Hamilton
`Makhruq, Khirbet el-`	Zeev Yeivin, Emanuel Damati, Emanuel Eisenberg
`Makmish`	Nahman Avigad
`Malhata, Tel`	Moshe Kochavi, Yaacov Baumgarten, Iris Eldar
`Malhata, Tel (Small)`	Ruth Amiran, Ornit Ilan
`Mamre`	Itzhak Magen
`Maon (in Judea)`	Zvi Ilan, David Amit
Ma`on (Nirim)	Dan Barag
Ma`oz Hayyim	Vassilios Tzaferis
`Mareshah (Marisa)`	Michael Avi-Yonah, Amos Kloner
`Marine Archaeology`	Avner Raban
`Marjameh, Khirbet`	Amihai Mazar
`Mar Saba`	Joseph Patrich
`Martyrius Monastery`	Itzhak Magen
`Marwa`	Shimon Applebaum
`Masada`	Yigael Yadin, Ehud Netzer
`Masos, Tel`	Aharon Kempinski
`Mazar, Tell`	Alon De Groot
`Mazor`	Jacob Kaplan
`Medeba (Madaba)`	Michele Piccirillo
`Megadim, Tel`	Magen Broshi
`Megiddo`	Yohanan Aharoni, Yigael Yadin, Yigal Shiloh
`Meiron`	Eric M. Meyers, Dan Barag
Me`ona	Eliot Braun
`Meroth`	Zvi Ilan
`Mevorakh, Tel`	Ephraim Stern
`Mezer`	Moshe Dothan
`Michal, Tel`	Ze'ev Herzog
`Midras, Horvat`	Amos Kloner
`Mikhmoret, Tel`	Samuel M. Paley, Robert R. Stieglitz, Yosef Porath
`Minha, Horvat`	Jean Perrot
`Minnim, Horvat`	Oleg Grabar
`Miqne, Tel (Ekron)`	Trude Dothan, Seymour Gitin
`Mizpe Shivta`	Yaacov Baumgarten
`Mizpe Yammim, Mount`	Rafael Frankel
`Monasteries`	Joseph Patrich, Rudolf Cohen
`Montfort`	Rafael Frankel
`Mor, Tel`	Moshe Dothan
Na`aran	Michael Avi-Yonah
`Nabratein`	Eric M. Meyers
`Nagila, Tel`	Ruth Amiran, Abraham Eitan
`Nahal Hemar Cave`	Ofer Bar-Yosef, Tamar Schick, David Alon
`Nahal Qanah Cave`	Tsvika Tsuk, Avi Gopher
`Nahariya`	Ora Yogev, Moshe Dothan, Dan Barag
`Naharon, Tel`	Fanny Vitto
`Nami, Tel`	Michal Artzy
`Nasbeh, Tell en-`	Jeffrey R. Zorn
`Nazareth`	Bellarmino Bagatti, Vassilios Tzaferis
`Nebo, Mount`	Michele Piccirillo
`Negev`	Nigel Goring-Morris, Rudolf Cohen, Avraham Negev
`Nessana`	Avraham Negev, Tamar Noy
`Netiv ha-Gedud`	Avi Gopher
`Nimrod Fortress`	Giora Solar
`Oboda`	Avraham Negev
`Ohalo II`	Dani Nadel
`Oren, Nahal`	Tamar Noy
`Or ha-Ner`	Yoram Tsafrir
`Ostrakine`	Eliezer D. Oren
`Pella`	Robert H. Smith
`Petra`	Avraham Negev
`Poleg, Nahal`	Ram Gophna
`Qafzeh Cave`	Ofer Bar-Yosef, Bernard Vandermeersch
`Qalandiyeh`	Itzhak Magen
`Qashish, Tel`	Amnon Ben-Tor
`Qasile, Tell`	Trude Dothan, Imanuel Dunayevsky, Amihai Mazar
`Qasrawet`	Eliezer D. Oren
`Qasrin`	Zvi Uri Ma`oz, Ann Killebrew
`Qatif`	Isaac Gilead
`Qedumim`	Itzhak Magen
`Qiri, Tel`	Amnon Ben-Tor
`Qitmit, Horvat`	Itzhaq Beit-Arieh
`Qom, Khirbet el-`	William G. Dever
Qumran, Khirbet and `Ein Feshkha	Roland de Vaux, Magen Broshi
`Rabah, Wadi`	Jacob Kaplan
`Rabbath-Ammon`	Mariusz Burdajewicz, Arthur Segal
`Rabud, Khirbet`	Moshe Kochavi
`Raddana, Khirbet`	Joseph A. Callaway
`Radum, Horvat`	Itzhaq Beit-Arieh
`Ram, er-`	Avraham Negev
`Ramat ha-Nadiv`	Yizhar Hirschfeld, Rivka Birger-Calderon
`Ramat Matred`	Yohanan Aharoni, Rudolf Cohen
`Ramat Rahel`	Yohanan Aharoni
`Ramla`	Myriam Rosen-Ayalon
`Rehob`	Fanny Vitto
`Rehovot-in-the-Negev`	Yoram Tsafrir, Kenneth G. Holum
`Rephaim, Nahal`	Emanuel Eisenberg, Gershon Edelstein
`Ridan, Tel`	Fanny Vitto, Gershon Edelstein
`Rimmon, Horvat`	Amos Kloner
`Rogem Hiri`	Yonathan Mizrachi, Mattanyah Zohar
Ro`i, Site 2	Yaacov Baumgarten
`Rosh ha-Niqra, Tel`	Miriam Tadmor
`Rosh Zayit, Horvat`	Zvi Gal
`Rumeith, Tell er-`	Nancy L. Lapp
`Ruqeish`	Eliezer D. Oren
Sa`idiyeh, Tell es-	James B. Pritchard, Jonathan N. Tubb
`Samaria (city)`	Nahman Avigad
`Samaria (region)`	Erella Hovers, Adam Zertal, Israel Finkelstein, Shimon Dar, Itzhak Magen
`Sartaba-Alexandrium`	Yoram Tsafrir
`Sefunim Cave`	Avraham Ronen
`Sena'im, Mount`	Shimon Dar, Yohanan Mintzker
`Sepphoris`	Zeev Weiss
Sera`, Tel	Eliezer D. Oren
`Serabit el-Khadem`	Itzhaq Beit-Arieh
`Shaalbim`	Dan Barag
Sha`ar ha-`Amaqim	Arthur Segal, Yehuda Naor
Sha`ar ha-Golan	Yosef Garfinkel, Emanuel Eisenberg
`Sharon Plain`	Avraham Ronen
`Shechem`	Edward F. Campbell, Itzhak Magen
Shema`, Khirbet	Eric M. Meyers
`Shepherds' Field`	Vassilios Tzaferis
`Shilha, Horvat`	Amihai Mazar, Zvi Ilan, David Amit
`Shiloh`	Aharon Kempinski, Israel Finkelstein
`Shiqmim`	Thomas E. Levy, David Alon
`Shiqmona`	Joseph Elgavish
`Shunah, Tell esh-`	Yosef Garfinkel
`Shunera Dunes`	Nigel Goring-Morris
`Shuni`	Eli Shenhav
`Shuqba Cave`	Ofer Bar-Yosef
`Sinai`	Ofer Bar-Yosef, Eliezer D. Oren, Itzhaq Beit-Arieh, Avraham Negev
`Skhul Cave`	Tamar Noy
`Sobata`	Avraham Negev
`Soreg, Tel`	Moshe Kochavi
`Sorek, Nahal`	Ram Gophna
`Sumaqa, Horvat`	Shimon Dar
`Susiya, Khirbet`	Avraham Negev, Zeev Yeivin
`Synagogues`	Lee I. Levine, Itzhak Magen
`Taanach`	Albert E. Glock
`Tabun Cave`	Avraham Ronen
`Tamar, Mezad`	Mordechai Gichon
`Tannur, Khirbet et-`	Nelson Glueck
`Tawilan`	Piotr Bienkowski
Tel `Amal	Gershon Edelstein, Nurit Feig
`Tel Aviv`	Jacob Kaplan, Haya Ritter-Kaplan
`Teman, Horvat`	Zeev Meshel
`Tiberias`	Gideon Foerster, Fanny Vitto, Yizhar Hirschfeld
`Tilla, Horvat`	Amos Kloner
Timna`	Beno Rothenberg
`Ubeidiya	Ofer Bar-Yosef
`Umm el-Biyara`	Piotr Bienkowski
`Umm er-Rasas`	Michele Piccirillo
`Uvda Valley`	Ora Yogev
`Uza, Horvat`	Itzhaq Beit-Arieh
`Wad Cave, el-`	Mina Weinstein-Evron
`Wawiyat, Tell el-`	Beth Alpert Nakhai, J. P. Dessel, Bonnie L. Wisthoff
`Yaqush`	Douglas L. Esse
`Yavneh-Yam`	Jacob Kaplan
`Yeroham, Mount`	Moshe Kochavi, Rudolf Cohen
Yesud ha-Ma`ala	Avraham Biran
`Yiftahel`	Mordechai Lamdan, Moshe Davies, Yosef Garfinkel, Eliot Braun
Yin`am, Tel	Harold Leibowitz
`Yotvata`	Zeev Meshel
`Zaf, Tel`	Ram Gophna
`Zafit, Tel`	Ephraim Stern
`Zeror, Tel`	Moshe Kochavi
`Zippor, Tel`	Avraham Biran
`Ziqim`	Tamar Noy