Open Access Journal: ‘Atiqot

'Atiqot is the refereed journal of the Israel Antiquities Authority. It is published four times a year. The contents of the printed version is uploaded to the e-journal website. No changes are made to articles post-publication. The printed journal is available via the IAA website.

For details on how to submit, see our Guide to Contributors.

Range of Topics.‘Atiqot covers a large chronological span, from prehistory up to the Ottoman period. Excavations are studied from various aspects and disciplines—often the result of the close interaction between researchers of the IAA and outside specialists. Thus, a report should include, in addition to the stratigraphic analysis, comprehensive treatments of the archaeological data, including studies of the various groups of finds, such as ceramics, glass, stone and metal objects, coins, jewelry, textiles, etc., as well as the geological, botanical, faunal and anthropological evidence. Laboratory analyses, such as petrography, radiocarbon dating and metallurgy, should be included where relevant.

The archaeological data published in ‘Atiqot are not confined to a specific range of periods or topics, but to a geographical area—the Land of Israel—which has been influenced by almost every ancient culture that existed in the Levant. The journal thus presents comprehensive research on the region and its connections with the neighboring countries. The publication is devoted to final reports and shorter articles, although occasionally a volume is dedicated to a particular topic (e.g., burial caves, agricultural installations), period (e.g., prehistoric, Islamic) or site (e.g., Acre, Jerusalem).

Excavation Reports. The papers published in ‘Atiqot are primarily the result of salvage excavations conducted by the IAA. Their results are sometimes unexpectedly important, filling in gaps that could not be understood by localized studies of the larger tells. ‘Atiqot is one of the few vehicles for imparting this important data and therefore a primary asset to any scholar in archaeology.

Bilingual Journal. The journal is bilingual, publishing articles in English or Hebrew; all Hebrew reports are accompanied by English summaries keyed to illustrations in the main text.

Current Issue

‘Atiqot 85 (2016) ISBN 978-965-406-541-2

• Lod (Newe Yaraq): A Late Roman Pottery Kiln and Pottery Neolithic A (Jericho IX/Lodian) Remains (with contributions by Anat Cohen-Weinberger, Tamar Schick, Hamoudi Khalaily and Moshe Sade)
  (pp. 1–36)

  Edwin C.M. van den Brink and Catherine Commenge

  Keywords: Lod Basin, lower Shephelah, coastal plain, Ayyalon streambed, pottery production, technology, praefurnium, Lyddan jars, petrography, textile, flints, animal bones, fauna, economy, roof tile, stone vessel (qalal), Jewish population, Chalcolithic, Early Bronze Age I, Middle Bronze Age II, Late Bronze Age II, Iron Age I, Persian period
• Remains of the Wadi Rabah Culture and the Early Bronze Age IA–B at ‘En Esur (‘Ein Assawir), Area I (with a contribution by Yossi Nagar) (Hebrew, pp. 1*–21*; English summary, p. 103)

  Eli Yannai

  Keywords: architecture, typology, anthropology, burial
• Remains of the Wadi Rabah Culture, Early Bronze Age IB and the Intermediate Bronze Age at ‘En Esur (‘Ein Assawir), Area J (Hebrew, pp. 23*–43*; English summary, pp. 104–106)

  Eli Yannai

  Keywords: architecture, typology
• An Early Bronze Age IB–II Settlement at Abu Qurinat (Hebrew, pp. 45*–55*; English summary, p. 107)

  Svetlana Talis

  Keywords: Negev, domestic architecture, pottery, typology, flint, grinding tools
• An Intermediate Bronze Age Cemetery at Qanat el-Ja‘’ar, near ‘En Ha-Naziv (Hebrew, pp. 57*–86*; English summary, p. 108)

  Zach Horowitz

  Keywords: Bet She’an Valley, cemetery, burial goods, burial customs, interred, anthropology, typology, metal artifacts.
• Anthropological Remains from the Cemetery at Qanat el-Ja‘’ar (Hebrew, pp. 87*–89*; English summary, p. 109)

  Yossi Nagar

  Keywords: Bet She’an Valley, cemetery, burial customs, anthropology, population
• Remains from Iron Age IIB until the Ottoman Period at I‘billin (Hebrew, pp. 91*–126*; English summary, pp. 110–111)

  Rafeh Abu-Raya

  Keywords: western Galilee, ethnicity, Christianity, Judaism, population, burial, quarry, iron trowel, Persian, Hellenistic, Late Roman, Umayyad, Abbasid, Fatimid, Crusader, Mamluk
• The Glass Finds from I‘billin (Hebrew, pp. 127*–131*; English summary, p. 112)

  Yael Gorin-Rosen

  Keywords: western Galilee, glass production, furnace
• Coins from I‘billin (pp. 101–102)

  Robert Kool

  Keywords: numismatics
• Excavations near the Triple Gate of the Temple Mount, Jerusalem (pp. 37–95)

  Yuval Baruch and Ronny Reich

  Keywords: Second Temple period, King Herod, Umayyad buildings, miqweh, piazza, water channel, latrine, pottery, stone objects, figurine, inscription, numismatics, art, Josephus, Mishna, Iron Age II
• Coins from the Excavations near the Triple Gate of the Temple Mount, Jerusalem (pp. 97–100)

  Donald T. Ariel

  Keywords: numismatics

Past Issues

•   ‘Atiqot 50 (2005)  978-965-406-345-6  December / 2005 
•   ‘Atiqot 51 (2006)  978-965-406-346-3  March / 2006 
•   ‘Atiqot 52 (2006)  978-965-406-338-8  June / 2006 
•   ‘Atiqot 53 (2006)  978-965-406-337-1  September / 2006 
•   ‘Atiqot 54 (2006)  978-965-406-336-4  December / 2006 
•   ‘Atiqot 55 (2007)  978-965-406-287-9  February / 2007 
•   ‘Atiqot 56 (2007)  978-965-406-282-4  June / 2007 
•   ‘Atiqot 57 (2007)  978-965-406-267-1  November / 2007 
•   ‘Atiqot 58 (2008)  978-965-406-251-0  March / 2008 
•   ‘Atiqot 59 (2008)  978-965-406-247-3  June / 2008 
•   ‘Atiqot 60 (2008)  978-965-406-241-1  December / 2008 
•   ‘Atiqot 61 (2009)  978-965-406-242-8  December / 2009 
•   ‘Atiqot 62 (2010)  978-965-406-240-4  March / 2010 
•   ‘Atiqot 63 (2010)  978-965-406-239-8  June / 2010 
•   ‘Atiqot 64 (2010)  978-965-406-238-1  October / 2010 
•   ‘Atiqot 65 (2011)  978-965-406-243-5  January / 2011 
•   ‘Atiqot 66 (2011)  978-965-406-246-6  April / 2011 
•   ‘Atiqot 67 (2011)  978-965-406-258-9  July / 2011 
•   ‘Atiqot 68 (2011)  978-965-406-281-7  November / 2011 
•   ‘Atiqot 69 (2012)  978-965-406-289-3  March / 2012 
•   ‘Atiqot 70 (2012)  978-965-406-316-6  June / 2012 
•   ‘Atiqot 71 (2012)  978-965-406-344-9  September / 2012 
•   ‘Atiqot 72 (2012)  978-965-406-348-7  December / 2012 
•   ‘Atiqot 73 (2013)  978-965-406-368-5  March / 2013 
•   ‘Atiqot 74 (2013)  978-965-406-374-6  May / 2013 
•   ‘Atiqot 75 (2013)  978-965-406-377-7  July / 2013 
•   ‘Atiqot 76 (2013)  978-965-406-381-4  October / 2013 
•   ‘Atiqot 77 (2014)   978-965-406-403-3  March / 2014 
•   ‘Atiqot 78 (2014)  978-965-406-449-1  July / 2014 
•   ‘Atiqot 79 (2014)  978-965-406-504-7  December / 2014 
•   ‘Atiqot 80 (2015)  978-965-406-506-1  February / 2015 
•   ‘Atiqot 81 (2015)  978-965-406-508-5  June / 2015 
•   ‘Atiqot 82 (2015)  978-965-406-520-7  August / 2015 
•   ‘Atiqot 83 (2015)  978-965-406-531-3  December / 2015 
•   ‘Atiqot 84 (2016)  978-965-406-534-4  March / 2016