Israel Antiquities Authority

Recent papers from Israel Antiquities Authority

1. Modelling symbols among the first-sedentary communities: Emergence of clay figurines in Epipaleolithic Southwest AsiaPLoS ONE · 2026
2. Early Blade Production in the Levantine Late Acheulian: Implications for the Origins of Blade TechnologyQuaternary · 2026
3. Between function and meaning: the reuse of Bronze Age elements in Iron Age HazorLevant · 2026
4. By Sea and on Land: The Journey of Elaborate Basalt Bowls During the Chalcolithic PeriodHeritage · 2026
5. Airflows redefine the cost of aerial transport in the wildScience · 2026
6. Biodiversity conservation in archaeological sites: a Mediterranean-wide assessmentScientific Reports · 2026
7. Species interactions, not Richness: How does long-term pastoral land use alter Mediterranean mammal communities?Biodiversity and Conservation · 2026
8. Mortars and plasters at Herod's Caesarea Maritima: integration of imported and local construction technologiesMaterials and Structures · 2026
9. The Effects of Seawater on the Durability of Planks in Withstanding Ram Attacks: Experimental ArchaeologyJournal of Marine Science and Engineering · 2026
10. Subsistence strategy and the divergent fates of PPNB megasites: Pig intensification as a key to settlement persistence into the seventh millennium BCJournal of Archaeological Science · 2026
11. Possible Evidence for Sea Salt Production by Solar Evaporation at a Newly Discovered Submerged Neolithic Site off the Carmel Coast, IsraelJournal of Marine Science and Engineering · 2026
12. Between the desert and the sown land: Negotiated interactions between hunter-gatherer and early farming communities at Nahal Efe (Negev, Israel) during the Middle PPNBJournal of Archaeological Science Reports · 2026
13. A recipe for recovery: diet as a decisive tool in species conservationOikos · 2026
14. Wild canids as reservoirs of zoonotic Bartonella species in IsraelParasites & Vectors · 2026
15. Materials Characterization and Technological Aspects of Hellenistic Grey Ware Lamps From Nysa‐Scythopolis (Israel): Evidence Suggesting Local Production?Archaeometry · 2026
16. The impacts of different visitor management strategies on wildlife activity in a popular desert nature reserveConservation Science and Practice · 2026
17. Ancient date palm cultivation in the southern Levant: a morphometric analysis of archaeological seeds from the Negev desertVegetation History and Archaeobotany · 2026
18. An ‘Assyro-Levantine’ Stamp Seal with a Worship Scene Found near Tel YavneTel Aviv · 2026
19. Golden Jackal ( Canis aureus ) Population Dynamics and Habitat Preferences Across Five DecadesEcological Research · 2026
20. Geochemical investigation of Late Roman glass and available raw material at the industrial complex of Tel Yavne, IsraelArchaeological and Anthropological Sciences · 2026