The Level VI North-East Temple at Tel Lachish

Weissbein, Itamar; Garfınkel, Yosef; Hasel, Michael G; Klingbeil, Martin G.; Brandl, Baruch; Misgav, Hadas

doi:10.1080/00758914.2019.1695093

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“…The North-East Temple at Tel Lachish represents another interesting structural design incorporating ritual practices that may have simultaneously accommodated mobility impairments. This temple can be classified as a tower temple, a subset of the Syrian model, with examples found at Megiddo and Shechem (Weissbein, et al, 2019). The North-East Temple at Lachish may also be a precursor to the basic layout seen at ‘Ain Dara, Motza, and the Jerusalem Temple as described in the Hebrew Bible.…”

Section: Levantine Temples and The Hebrew Biblementioning

confidence: 99%

Reading Ancient Temples through the Lens of Disability Studies and Mobility Design

Zucconi

2023

Biblical Theology Bulletin: Journal of Bible and Culture

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Modern archaeological scholarship typically overlooks the experiences of people with disabilities, assuming that ancient societies, like contemporary ones, focused on the able-bodied. However, recent developments in the field have demonstrated the possibility of uncovering previously hidden aspects, such as prostheses and votive offerings related to disabilities at healing shrines. Nevertheless, excavations and material culture interpretations still often neglect the lived experiences of individuals with disabilities in antiquity. This article proposes a novel approach that integrates disability studies and mobility design into archaeology to shed light on the lives of the disabled. It applies these concepts to examine access to temples for people with disabilities in ancient Greece, Egypt, and Canaan/Israel, serving as a proof of concept to show that archaeologists can uncover insights into disability by understanding the theological underpinnings of religious site construction.

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Section: Levantine Temples and The Hebrew Biblementioning

confidence: 99%

Reading Ancient Temples through the Lens of Disability Studies and Mobility Design

Zucconi

2023

Biblical Theology Bulletin: Journal of Bible and Culture

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“…From 2013 until 2017, Garfinkel, Hasel, and Klingbeil excavated at Lachish, focussing on the northern and northeastern edge of the tell and west of the Solar Shrine. They have published some of their results (Garfinkel et al 2019a(Garfinkel et al , 2019bSass et al 2015;Weissbein et al 2019Weissbein et al , 2016, but the faunal analysis is still in progress.…”

Section: Previous Work At Lachishmentioning

confidence: 99%

Animal husbandry from the Middle Bronze Age through the Iron Age in the Shephelah—faunal remains from the new excavations at Lachish

Vermeersch

Riehl

Starkovich

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Archaeol Anthropol Sci

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Lachish (Tell ed-Duweir) is located in the southern part of the Judean foothills, known as the Shephelah, and is one of the larger and most extensively excavated multi-period sites in the southern Levant. We present the faunal results of the first three seasons of the most recent excavations, the Austrian-Israeli Expedition to Tel Lachish. The expedition focusses on two areas of the tell encompassing the Middle Bronze Age III through the Iron Age II, area S (deep section) and area P (palace area). The aims for the faunal analysis are threefold: comparing the results between the two areas, seeing how our results compare to previous analyses, and comparing Lachish to other synchronous sites in the Shephelah. We observe differences in subsistence strategies between the areas in addition to diachronic differences. Ovicaprids dominate all assemblages, but we see shifts in the sheep to goat ratio and mortality profiles through time indicating changes in subsistence strategies. Our new results largely agree with the results from previous analyses, showing the value of previous studies and their potential compatibility with newer research. A synchronic comparison of Lachish within the Shephelah shows the occupants of the site were largely self-sufficient but possibly engaged in an exchange of resources in the vicinity.

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“…Covering some 7.5 hectares in area, the site has been excavated by four different expeditions. One of the most important discoveries of the fourth expedition (2013-2017; Garfinkel et al 2013Garfinkel et al , 2019aWeissbein et al 2019) is a Canaanite temple located in the north-eastern corner of the site (Figure 3). It was attributed to Level VI and dated to the twelfth century BC (as defined by Ussishkin 2004).…”

Section: The Sceptre From Lachishmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…2013, 2019a; Weissbein et al . 2019) is a Canaanite temple located in the north-eastern corner of the site (Figure 3). It was attributed to Level VI and dated to the twelfth century BC (as defined by Ussishkin 2004).…”

Section: The Sceptre From Lachishmentioning

confidence: 99%