... burials. Yet other burials, such as the pit burials at Ashkelon, demonstrate new attitudes toward the dying infant. Theories of place-making related to residential burials are applied to interpret these burials and the personhood of the dying individuals. The extramural burials are not as numerous...

... is essential for the interpretation of whether or not infanticide occurred. Using this approach we evaluate the evidence for the occurrence of infanticide at two archaeological sites, Ashkelon in Roman-period Israel, and the Romano-British Hambleden site in Buckinghamshire. Reference List Aldrete, G. S...

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... as applying only to adults, here the function of written and structural memorials is explored with respect to children. An inscribed jar burial (Ashkelon), tomb inscriptions (Beit Lei), and inscribed amulets (Ketef Hinnom) attest to an intentional measure of protection extended to the dying child’s person...

... and at Ras Shamra-Ugarit on the mainland. They span the entire Late Bronze Age and perhaps continue into the very early Iron Age. The earliest discoveries were made at the end of the nineteenth century; most recently, Cypro-Minoan has been recognized at Ras Shamra-Ugarit and perhaps at Ashkelon. The script...

...This articleexamines major changes in Philistia during the Iron Age II. The four excavated cities of Philistia, which include Tel Miqne-Ekron, Ashdod, Ashkelon and Tell es-Safi/Gath, show variable characteristics in the different sub-periods of the Iron II. The article suggests that the ‘urban...