Reports findings from the 1996, 2002, 2006, 2012, 2013, and 2017 excavation seasons at the Apollonia-Arsuf archaeological site, located on a fossilized sandstone dune ridge on the Mediterranean coast of Israel.
PREFACE
Oren Tal
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
Oren Tal
SECTION ONE: STRATIGRAPHY AND ARCHITECTURE
CHAPTER 2 AREA AA (2012−2013)
Tamar Harpak and Oren Tal
CHAPTER 3 AREA AA1 (2012−2013)
Itai Elad, Tamar Harpak and Oren Tal
CHAPTER 4 AREA AA2 (2012−2013)
Tamar Harpak and Oren Tal
CHAPTER 5 AREAS AA3, AA4 AND BB (2012−2013)
Tamar Harpak and Oren Tal
CHAPTER 6 AREA CC (2012−2013)
Tamar Harpak and Oren Tal
CHAPTER 7 AREAS CC2, DD1, DD2, DD3 AND TT8 (1996, 2012−2013)
Itai Elad, Tamar Harpak and Oren Tal
CHAPTER 8 AREA M (2006, 2009)
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CHAPTER 9 AREA N (2002) AND AREA N1 (2017)
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CHAPTER 10 AREA O (2006, 2009)
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CHAPTER 11 BURIALS AND SKELETAL REMAINS
Yossi Nagar
CHAPTER 12 CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY
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SECTION TWO: THE FINDS
CHAPTER 13 POTTERY
Itamar Taxel
CHAPTER 14 LAMPS
Oren Tal, Itamar Taxel and Marcio Teixeira Bastos
APPENDIX 14.1 OPTICAL MINERALOGY ANALYSIS OF SAMARITAN OIL LAMPS
Mark Iserlis
CHAPTER 15 STONE VESSELS
Itamar Taxel
201
CHAPTER 16 GLASS
Ruth E. Jackson-Tal
207
CHAPTER 17 SMALL FINDS
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246
CHAPTER 18 COINS (AREAS AA−DD, M, N, O)
Gabriela Bijovsky (with a contribution by Issa Baidoun)
263
CHAPTER 19 TWENTIETH CENTURY MILITARIA
Alexander Glick
SECTION THREE: FAUNA
CHAPTER 20 THE ANIMAL ECONOMY OF BYZANTINE SOZOUSA AND ITS IMMEDIATE HINTERLAND (AREAS M, O, AA1 AND CC)
Miriam Pines and Lidar Sapir-Hen
APPENDIX 20.1 MEASURMENTS (STANDARDIZED MEASURMENTS TAKEN ACCORDING TO VON DEN DRIESCH 1976)
Miriam Pines and Lidar Sapir-Hen
CHAPTER 21 MOLLUSC REMAINS (AREAS AA−DD)
Oz Rittner and Henk K. Mienis
SECTION FOUR: REGIONAL STUDIES
CHAPTER 22 APOLLONIA GLASS AND ITS MARKETS: AN ANALYTICAL PERSPECTIVE
Ian C. Freestone
CHAPTER 23 CARPE MOMENTO: IN QUEST OF THE MATERIAL EVIDENCE OF THE BATTLE OF ARSUF (7 SEPTEMBER 1191)
Rafael Y. Lewis
SECTION FIVE: SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
CHAPTER 24 THE SITE AND ITS IMMEDIATE HINTERLAND IN LATE BYZANTINE TIMES
Oren Tal
LIST OF LOCI
Tamar Harpak, Oren Tal and Hagi Yohanan
