Burial offerings in intramural tombs at Middle Bronze Age Megiddo

Ayala Amir; Rachel Kalisher; Melissa S. Cradic; Matthew J. Adams; Mario A.S. Martin; Ronny Neumann; Yuval Gadot; Israel Finkelstein

doi:10.1111/arcm.12877

Burial offerings in intramural tombs at Middle Bronze Age Megiddo

Ayala Amir^*
, Rachel Kalisher
, Melissa S. Cradic
, Matthew J. Adams
, Mario A.S. Martin
, Ronny Neumann
, Yuval Gadot
, Israel Finkelstein

^*Corresponding author for this work

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1353-1373
Number of pages	21
Journal	Archaeometry
Volume	65
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/arcm.12877
State	Published - Dec 2023
Externally published	Yes

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© 2023 The Authors. Archaeometry published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of University of Oxford.

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Megiddo
Middle Bronze
burial offerings
residue analysis
social stratification
wine

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