Articles include: Metals in ancient Israel: archaeological
interpretation of chemical analysis (S. Shalev); High-performance liquid
chromatographic analysis of an ancient Tyrian purple dyeing vat from Israel
(Z.C. Koren); New heavy isotope studies in archaeology (P. Budd, R. Haggerty,
A.M. Pollard, B. Scaife & R.G. Thomas); Stable isotopes of carbon and
oxygen as a possible new tool for estimating firing temperatures of ancient
pottery (A. Nissenbaum & A. Killebrew); Thermoluminescence dating and
the problem of geochemical evolution of sediments - a case study: the Mousterian
levels at Hayonim (N. Mercier, H. Valladas, J.L. Joron, S. Schiegl, O.
Bar-Yosef & S. Weiner); Mineral assemblages in Kebara and Hayonim Caves,
Israel: excavation strategies, bone preservation, and wood ash remnants
(S. Weiner, S. Schiegl, P. Goldberg & O. Bar-Yosef); On early myths
and formative technologies: a study of Pre-Potter Neolithic B sculptures
and modeled skulls from Jericho (Y. Goren & I. Segal); A multi-disciplinary
contribution to the provenance determination of ancient Greek and Roman
marble artifacts (L. Moens, P. de Paepe & M. Waelkens); Trace element
characteristics of central Anatolian obsidian flows and their relevance
to prehistory (J. Yellin).
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