Arch-Tech
Oct 15
Advancing Marine Archaeology
By: Thomas E. Levy, Gilad Shtienberg, Assaf Yasur-Landau
The oceans and seas are the last great frontier for Near Eastern archaeology. Year after year, the Mediterranean Sea yields rich new data from prehistory […]
Feb 5
Arch-Tech: Slumbering Dreams
By: Zuzana Chovanec
Organic chemistry has opened a new range of research opportunities for archaeology. Among the latest approaches is Organic Residue Analysis (ORA), which examines organic remains. […]
Oct 20
Arch-Tech: Purple Threads from the Days of David and Solomon
By: Megan Sauter
In January 2021, researchers at the site of Timna, in southern Israel’s arid Negev region, announced a unique discovery. They had recovered wool fabric not only dated all the way back to the tenth century B.C.E.—but also dyed purple! These are the first Iron Age purple textiles from the entire southern Levant.
