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Indeed, before our excavation some scholars identified other sites as Archelais.

For this analysis, I am indebted to Professor Ehud Netzer.

Geographica XVI 2:41.

The excavations at Archelais (Khirbet el-Beiyudat) were carried out between 1986 and 1999 and were conducted on behalf of the staff officer of archaeology in Judea and Samaria and directed by the author.

Z. Zevit, The Religions of Ancient Israel, A Synthesis of Parallactic Approaches (London-New York: Continuum, 2001), pp. 328–343; Katz, “Architectural Terracotta Models from Eretz Israel, from the Fifth to the Middle of First Millennia B.C.E.”

M. Haran, Temples and Temple-Service in Ancient Israel (Winona Lake, MN: Eisenbrauns, 1985), pp. 235–238; S. Gitin, “Incense Altars from Ekron, Israel and Judah: Context and Typology,” Eretz-Israel 20 (1989), pp. 58–59; S. Gitin, “New Incense Altars from Ekron: Context, Typology and Function,” Eretz-Israel 23 (1992), pp. 45*–49*.

A. Mazar, D. Namdar, N. Panitz-Cohen, R. Neumann and S. Weiner, “The Iron Age Beehives at Tel Rehov in the Jordan Valley: Archaeological and Analytical Aspects,” Antiquity (in press).

A. Mazar, H. Bruins, N. Panitz-Cohen, and J. van der Plicht, “Ladder of Time at Tel Rehov: Stratigraphy, Archaeological Context, Pottery and Radiocarbon Dates,” in T. Levy and T. Higham, eds., The Bible and Radiocarbon Dating: Archaeology, Text and Science (London: Equinox, 2005), pp. 193–255.