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  1. Identification of the ancient anthropogenic Catena by deciphering hidden physical and chemical markers through pOSL and pXRF analysis

    Article • CATENA, March 2025, Elsevier

    Itzhaq Shai

  2. Object Biographies, Object Agency and a Local Community's Encounter with and Response to Foreign Commodities: The Pithoi from LB Tel Burna as a Case Study

    Article • Cambridge Archaeological Journal, April 2024, Cambridge University Press

    Itzhaq Shai

  3. Big-cat hunting in the Bronze and Iron Ages of the Near East: a view from Tel Burna

    Article • Antiquity, October 2023, Antiquity Publications

    Itzhaq Shai

  4. New fingerprint evidence for female potters in Late Bronze Age Canaan: The demographics of potters and division of labour at Tel Burna

    Article • Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, September 2023, Elsevier

    Itzhaq Shai

  5. Archaeology in Judea and Samaria 30 years after the Oslo Accords

    Article • Israel Affairs, August 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Itzhaq Shai

  6. Agricultural and Economic Change in the Iron II Judean Shephelah as a Result of Geopolitical Shifts: A View from Tel Burna

    Article • January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Itzhaq Shai

  7. Tree of Life Motif, Late Bronze Canaanite Cult, and a Recently Discovered Krater from Tel Burna

    Article • Journal of the American Oriental Society, September 2022, American Oriental Society

    Itzhaq Shai

  8. Daily life and cultural appropriation in Early Bronze Age Canaan: Games and gaming in a domestic neighbourhood at Tell eṣ-Ṣâfi/Gath, Israel

    Article • Palestine Exploration Quarterly, May 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Itzhaq Shai

  9. The contribution of POSL and PXRF to the discussion on sedimentary and site formation processes in archaeological contexts of the southern Levant and the interpretation of biblical strata at Tel Burna

    Article • Quaternary International, April 2022, Elsevier

    Itzhaq Shai

  10. Food for Thought or Threads for Weaving: Can We Identify the Uses for Ancient Flax Seeds Discovered in the Southern Levant?

    Article • January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Itzhaq Shai

  11. Excavating unstable ground: trends in archaeological research in Judea and Samaria, 1967-77

    Article • Israel Affairs, December 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Itzhaq Shai

  12. Ashkelon: The Seventh Century B.C. By Lawrence E. Stager; Daniel M. Master; and J. David Schloen

    Article • Journal of the American Oriental Society, December 2021, American Oriental Society

    Itzhaq Shai

  13. When the Defence Minister was an Antiquities Enthusiast: Moshe Dayan’s Influence on Archaeology in the West Bank Following the Six-Day War

    Article • Public Archaeology, October 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Itzhaq Shai

  14. ArchaeoLife and environment

    Article • Quaternary International, April 2020, Elsevier

    Itzhaq Shai

  15. Tel Burna after a Decade of Work

    Article • Near Eastern Archaeology, March 2020, University of Chicago Press

    Itzhaq Shai

  16. Bedrock Installations Used and Reused Outside Tel Burna

    Article • January 2020, Ariel University Press

    Itzhaq Shai

  17. Underground – Archaeological Research in the West Bank, 1948–1967: Management, Complexity, and Israeli Involvement

    Article • Bulletin of the History of Archaeology, January 2020, Ubiquity Press, Ltd.

    Itzhaq Shai

  18. Foreword

    Article • July 2019, De Gruyter

    Itzhaq Shai

  19. The Late Bronze Age at Tell es-Safi/Gath and the site’s role in Southwestern Canaan

    Article • July 2019, De Gruyter

    Itzhaq Shai

  20. Tel Burna in the Late Bronze – assessing the 13th century BCE landscape of the Shephelah

    Article • July 2019, De Gruyter

    Itzhaq Shai

  21. Raw material variety and acquisition of the EB III ground stone assemblage of Tell es-Safi/Gath (Israel)

    Article • January 2019, JSTOR

    Itzhaq Shai

  22. Two Cypriot Pithoi from Late Bronze Age Tel Burna

    Article • Tel Aviv, January 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Itzhaq Shai

  23. Household Rituals and Sacrificial Donkeys: Why Are There So Many Domestic Donkeys Buried in an Early Bronze Age Neighborhood at Tell eṣ-Ṣâfi/Gath?

    Article • Near Eastern Archaeology, September 2018, University of Chicago Press

    Itzhaq Shai

  24. Correction: Earliest evidence for equid bit wear in the ancient Near East: The "ass" from Early Bronze Age Tell eṣ-Ṣâfi/Gath, Israel

    Article • PLOS One, August 2018, PLOS

    Itzhaq Shai

  25. Multi-element mapping of anthropogenically modified soils and sediments at the Bronze to Iron Ages site of Tel Burna in the southern Levant

    Article • Quaternary International, July 2018, Elsevier

    Itzhaq Shai

  26. Earliest evidence for equid bit wear in the ancient Near East: The "ass" from Early Bronze Age Tell eṣ-Ṣâfi/Gath, Israel

    Article • PLOS One, May 2018, PLOS

    Itzhaq Shai

  27. A scanning method for the identification of pottery forming techniques at the mesoscopic scale: A pilot study in the manufacture of Early Bronze Age III holemouth jars and platters from Tell es-Safi/Gath

    Article • Journal of Archaeological Science Reports, April 2018, Elsevier

    Itzhaq Shai

  28. Provisioning the Early Bronze Age City of Tell es-Safi/Gath, Israel: Isotopic Analyses of Domestic Livestock Management Patterns

    Article • Open Quaternary, February 2018, Ubiquity Press, Ltd.

    Itzhaq Shai

  29. The Agricultural Landscape of Tel Burna: Ecology and Economy of a Bronze Age/Iron Age Settlement in the Southern Levant

    Article • Journal of Landscape Ecology, December 2017, De Gruyter

    Itzhaq Shai

  30. The Early Bronze Age at Tell eṣ-Ṣâfi/Gath

    Article • Near Eastern Archaeology, December 2017, University of Chicago Press

    Itzhaq Shai

  31. The Late Bronze Age at Tell eṣ-Ṣâfi/Gath

    Article • Near Eastern Archaeology, December 2017, University of Chicago Press

    Itzhaq Shai

  32. Ancient settlement activities as important sources of nutrients (P, K, S, Zn and Cu) in Eastern Mediterranean ecosystems – The case of biblical Tel Burna, Israel

    Article • CATENA, September 2017, Elsevier

    Itzhaq Shai

  33. Tel Burna: A Judahite Fortified Town in the Shephelah

    Article • April 2017, De Gruyter

    Itzhaq Shai

  34. Early Bronze Age pebble installations from Tell es-Safi/Gath, Israel: evidence for their function and utilization

    Article • Levant, January 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Itzhaq Shai

  35. “I Can Count All My Bones” A Preliminary Report of the Late Bronze Faunal Remains from Area B1 at Tel Burna, Israel

    Article • January 2017, Lockwood Press

    Itzhaq Shai

  36. The life-history of basalt ground stone tools from early urban domestic contexts: A chronicle from the EBA III of Tell es-Safi/Gath, Israel

    Article • Journal of Lithic Studies, October 2016, Edinburgh University Library

    Itzhaq Shai

  37. Provenance and exchange of basalt grinding stones of EB III Tell es-Safi/Gath, Israel

    Article • Journal of Archaeological Science Reports, October 2016, Elsevier

    Itzhaq Shai

  38. Preliminary Analysis of the Fauna from the Early Bronze Age III Neighbourhood at Tell es-Safi/Gath, Israel

    Article • July 2016, JSTOR

    Itzhaq Shai

  39. Burial Caves from the Late Bronze and Iron Ages at Horvat Lavnin in the Judean Shephelah

    Article • Tel Aviv, July 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Itzhaq Shai

  40. Isotopic Evidence for Early Trade in Animals between Old Kingdom Egypt and Canaan

    Article • PLOS One, June 2016, PLOS

    Itzhaq Shai

  41. Faience beads from Early Bronze Age contexts at Tell es-Safi/Gath, Israel

    Article • Journal of Archaeological Science Reports, June 2016, Elsevier

    Itzhaq Shai

  42. Understanding Early Bronze Age Urban Patterns from the Perspective of Non-Elite Neighbourhood:

    Article • June 2016, JSTOR

    Itzhaq Shai

  43. The Early Bronze Age Fortifications At Tell Es-Safi/Gath, Israel

    Article • Palestine Exploration Quarterly, January 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Itzhaq Shai

  44. Early Bronze Age Pottery Covered with Lime-Plaster: Technological Observations

    Article • Tel Aviv, January 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Itzhaq Shai

  45. All for Archaeology and Archaeology for All: The Tel Burna Archaeology Project's Approach to Community Archaeology

    Article • Journal of Community Archaeology & Heritage, January 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Itzhaq Shai

  46. A Note on an Amenhotep III Plaque from Tel Burna

    Article • Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections, November 2015, University of Arizona

    Itzhaq Shai

  47. Late Bronze Age Cultic Activity in Ancient Canaan: A View from Tel Burna

    Article • Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, November 2015, University of Chicago Press

    Itzhaq Shai

  48. Supra-regional trade networks and the economic potential of Iron Age II sites in the southern Levant

    Article • Journal of Archaeological Science Reports, September 2015, Elsevier

    Itzhaq Shai

  49. The Origins of Late Philistine Decorated Ware: A Note

    Article • Tel Aviv, May 2015, Maney Publishing

    Itzhaq Shai

  50. The Early Bronze Age Remains at Tell eṣ-Ṣāfi/Gath: An Interim Report

    Article • Tel Aviv, May 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Itzhaq Shai

  51. The Iron Age Remains at Tel Nagila

    Article • Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, August 2011, University of Chicago Press

    Itzhaq Shai

  52. Differentiating Between Public And Residential Buildings: A Case Study From Late Bronze Age II Tell Eṣ-Ṣafi/Gath

    Article • January 2011, De Gruyter

    Itzhaq Shai

  53. The Settlement History of Tel Burna: Results of the Surface Survey

    Article • Tel Aviv, November 2010, Maney Publishing

    Itzhaq Shai

  54. An Aegean Fire-Stand from Tel Nagila

    Article • Palestine Exploration Quarterly, November 2009, Taylor & Francis

    R Kletter, Itzhaq Shai

  55. Understanding Philistine Migration: City Names and Their Implications

    Article • Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, May 2009, University of Chicago Press

    Itzhaq Shai

  56. Cooking Identities: Aegean-Style Cooking Jugs and Cultural Interaction in Iron Age Philistia and Neighboring Regions

    Article • American Journal of Archaeology, April 2008, University of Chicago Press

    Itzhaq Shai

  57. Associations between earliness, Ascochyta response, and grain yield in chickpea

    Article • Crop & Pasture Science, January 2006, CSIRO Publishing

    Itzhaq Shai

  58. Late Philistine Decorated Ware ("Ashdod Ware"): Typology, Chronology, and Production Centers

    Article • Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, August 2004, University of Chicago Press

    Itzhaq Shai

  59. Pre-lmlkJars: A New Class of Iron Age IIA Storage Jars

    Article • Tel Aviv, March 2003, Maney Publishing

    Itzhaq Shai