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Burial offerings in intramural tombs at Middle Bronze Age Megiddo |
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| Authors: | Ayala Amir Rachel Kalisher Melissa S Cradic Matthew J Adams Mario A S Martin Ronny Neumann Yuval Gadot Israel Finkelstein |
| Institution: | 1. The Sonia and Marco Nadler Institute of Archaeology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel;2. Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA;3. Department of History and Judaic Studies Program, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, New York, USA;4. Department of Languages and Literatures of Europe and the Americas, University of Hawaii at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA;5. Department of Molecular Chemistry and Materials Science, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel;6. The Sonia and Marco Nadler Institute of Archaeology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
School of Archaeology and Maritime Cultures, The University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, Haifa, Israel |
| Abstract: | Tel Megiddo is a major type-site for the Middle Bronze in the Levant. During this period a new burial custom appeared in which the dead were interred beneath occupied houses. This tradition is well attested in Area K at the site. Area H, near the palatial complex, revealed a monumental masonry-constructed chamber tomb. This article presents the results of residue analysis conducted on ceramic vessels placed in these tombs as burial offerings. Hundreds of intramural Middle Bronze tombs with ceramic offerings were excavated in the Levant, but this is the first time the content of the vessels is revealed. |
| Keywords: | burial offerings Megiddo Middle Bronze residue analysis social stratification wine |