Biblical Archaeology Review

In this technique, used to give added strength to a wall, the long and short sides of the rectangular blocks are alternately laid parallel to the length of the wall.

See Ephraim Stern, “The Many Masters of Dor, Part 1: When Canaanites Became Phoenician Sailors,” BAR 19:01).

Using this technique, one digs around a feature until it is raised on a mesa-like pedestal, which is then undercut so that the feature can be removed intact, supported by part of the pedestal matrix.

C.E. (Common Era) and B.C.E. (Before the Common Era), used by this author, are the alternate designations corresponding to A.D. and B.C. Often used in scholarly literature.

See John C.H. Laughlin, “The Remarkable Discoveries at Tel Dan,” BAR 07:05; and Hershel Shanks, “Avraham Biran—Twenty Years of Digging at Tel Dan,” BAR 13:04.

See Ephraim Stern, “What Happened to the Cult Figurines? Israelite Religion Purified After the Exile,” BAR 15:04).

See Neil Asher Silberman, “Glossary: A Question of Defense—Glacis, Casemate Wall and Offset-Inset Wall,” BAR 15:03.

See Ephraim Stern, “Excavations at Tell Mevorakh Are Prelude to Tell Dor Dig,” BAR 05:03.

B.C.E. (Before the Common Era), used by this author, is the alternate designation corresponding to B.C. often used in scholarly literature.