Yotam Tepper

2024

Al-Lajjun: a Social and geographic account of a Palestinian Village during the British Mandate Period

Marom, R., Tepper, Y. & Adams, M. J., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies.

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Domestic Waste as a Window into Crusader-Period Le Lyon (Kibbutz Megiddo/Lajjun, Israel): Insights from a Household Midden and Its Ceramic Assemblage

Stern, E. J., Shapiro, A., Adams, M. J., Marom, N., Ktalav, I. & Tepper, Y., May 2024, In: Bulletin of ASOR. 391, 1, p. 47-75 29 p.

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Old Ground Plan - New Insights: The Central Church Compound in Shivta Revised

Maayan-Fanar, E. & Tepper, Y., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Palestine Exploration Quarterly.

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Sounds in the desert: New evidence of ambos in Shivta churches: (In memory of Prof. Moshe Fischer)

Maayan-Fanar, E. & Tepper, Y., 2024, In: Palestine Exploration Quarterly. 156, 1, p. 43-64 22 p.

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קבורות קרמציה בשדות הקבורה שהקרבת לגיו/כפר עותנאי

⁨טפר, י.⁩, 2024, In: ארץ ישראל: מחקרים בידיעת הארץ ועתיקותיה. 35, p. 437-449 13 p.

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שגשוג ודעיכה ביישובי הנגב בתקופות הרומית והביזנטית: מבט מחודש

⁨שיאון, ע.⁩ & ⁨טפר, י.⁩, 2024, In: ארץ ישראל: מחקרים בידיעת הארץ ועתיקותיה. 35, p. 527-540 14 p.

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2023

A MILESTONE WITHOUT A ROAD: A DISTANCE MARKER BELOW AN ARCH OF THE HIGH AQUEDUCT TO CAESAREA

ECKER, A., TEPPER, Y. & KARASIK, A., Mar 2023, In: ATIQOT. 110, p. 129-148 20 p.

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Ancient DNA from a lost Negev Highlands desert grape reveals a Late Antiquity wine lineage

Cohen, P., Bacilieri, R., Ramos-Madrigal, J., Privman, E., Boaretto, E., Weber, A., Fuks, D., Weiss, E., Erickson-Gini, T., Bucking, S., Tepper, Y., Cvikel, D., Schmidt, J., Gilbert, T. P., Wales, N., Bar-Oz, G. & Meiri, M., 25 Apr 2023, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 120, 17, e2213563120.

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An integrated spatial approach to archaeological prospection using GIS and pedestrian survey data at Tell Abu Shusha, Israel

Price, S. J., Adams, M. J. & Tepper, Y., 1 Apr 2023, In: Archaeological Prospection. 30, 2, p. 233-247 15 p.

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A unique lead ornament from Shivta: identification considerations

Maayan-Fanar, E., Tepper, Y. & Asscher, Y., 2023, In: Levant. 55, 2, p. 242-253 12 p.

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Coins in Niches: Enigmatic Coin Deposits in the Southern Church of Shivta

Tepper, Y. & Farhi, Y., 2023, In: ATIQOT. 112, p. 157-174 18 p.

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In Situ Implementation of Imaging Techniques Reveals Key Motifs in the Early Byzantine Wall Painting of Christ’s Baptism at Shivta, Israel

Linn, R., Maayan-Fanar, E. & Tepper, Y., Mar 2023, In: Near Eastern Archaeology. 86, 1, p. 58-63 6 p.

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Lajjun: forgotten provincial capital in Ottoman Palestine

Marom, R., Tepper, Y. & Adams, M. J., 2023, In: Levant. 55, 2, p. 218-241 24 p.

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Pictorial graffiti of a horse rider and an orans from Byzantine Shivta: some thoughts on context and interpretation

Maayan-Fanar, E. & Tepper, Y., 2023, In: Time and Mind.

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The Principia of the Sixth Legion at Legio/Caparcotani: Ground Penetrating Radar and Excavations in a Legionary Base

Tepper, Y., Adams, M. J. & Ernenwein, E., Jun 2023, In: ATIQOT. 111, p. 149-174 26 p.

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Unprecedented yet gradual nature of first millennium CE intercontinental crop plant dispersal revealed in ancient Negev desert refuse

Fuks, D., Melamed, Y., Langgut, D., Erickson-Gini, T., Tepper, Y., Bar-Oz, G. & Weiss, E., 27 Nov 2023, In: eLife. 12, e85118.

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2022

A Fragmentary Sculpture of Victoria from the Legionary Base at Legio

Fischer, M., Adams, M. J., Ami, N. L. B. & Tepper, Y., 2022, In: Israel Exploration Journal. 72, 2, p. 219-235 17 p.

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A Group of Pilaster Capitals from Shivta: Marble Import in the Byzantine Negev

Fischer, M. & Tepper, Y., 2022, In: Palestine Exploration Quarterly. 154, 1, p. 35-51 17 p.

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An Angel from Shivta

Maayan-Fanar, E., Tepper, Y. & Asscher, Y., 2022, In: Strata. 39, p. 145-166 22 p.

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Caravanserai middens on desert roads: A new perspective on the Nabataean-Roman trade network across the Negev

Bar-Oz, G., Galili, R., Fuks, D., Erickson-Gini, T., Tepper, Y., Shamir, N. & Avni, G., 28 Jun 2022, In: Antiquity. 96, 387, p. 592-610 19 p.

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Relict olive trees at runoff agriculture remains in Wadi Zetan, Negev Desert, Israel

Tepper, Y., Porat, N., Langgut, D., Barazani, O., Kumar Bajpai, P., Dag, A., Ehrlich, Y., Boaretto, E. & Bar-Oz, G., Feb 2022, In: Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. 41, 103302.

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The Baptistery in the North Church of Shivta: structure, ritual, art

Maayan-Fanar, E. & Tepper, Y., 1 Sep 2022, In: Byzantinische Zeitschrift. 115, 3, p. 907-948 42 p.

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2021

A Fishpond from the Roman and Byzantine Periods at ‘Illut

Dalali-Amos, E. & Tepper, Y., Jun 2021, In: ATIQOT. 103, p. 29-48 and 205-206

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An Angel from Shivta

Maayan-Fanar, E., Tepper, Y. & Asscher, Y., 2021, In: Bulletin of the Anglo-Israel Archaeological Society. 39, p. 145-166 22 p.

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A Roman Military Funerary Inscription from the Legionary Base of the VI Ferrata at Legio, Israel

Tepper, Y., Eck, W., Leyfirer, G. & Adams, M. J., 2021, In: Tel Aviv. 48, 2, p. 248-266 19 p.

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A stamp with Latin inscription from Sobata/Shivta in the Negev

Eck, W. & Tepper, Y., 2021, In: Scripta Classica Israelica. 40, p. 145-150 6 p.

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Corals in the desert recent discoveries of red sea corals in byzantine and early islamic sites in the negev desert

Bar-Oz, G., Tepper, Y. & Shafir, R., 1 Sep 2021, In: Near Eastern Archaeology. 84, 3, p. 238-245 8 p.

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Environment and horticulture in the Byzantine Negev Desert, Israel: sustainability, prosperity and enigmatic decline

Langgut, D., Tepper, Y., Benzaquen, M., Erickson-Gini, T. & Bar-Oz, G., 20 Aug 2021, In: Quaternary International. 593-594, p. 160-177 18 p.

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Fish in the desert: Identifying fish trade routes and the role of Red Sea parrotfish (Scaridae) during the Byzantine and Early Islamic periods

Blevis, R., Bar-Oz, G., Tepper, Y. & Zohar, I., Apr 2021, In: Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. 36, 102808.

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FTIR BONE CHARACTERIZATION and RADIOCARBON DATING: TIMING the ABANDONMENT of BYZANTINE PIGEON TOWERS in the NEGEV DESERT, ISRAEL

Yan, X., Tepper, Y., Bar-Oz, G. & Boaretto, E., 13 Dec 2021, In: Radiocarbon. 63, 6, p. 1715-1735 21 p.

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Long-distance trade and consumption of mollusks in the Byzantine and Early Islamic periods in the Negev Desert

Ktalav, I., Tepper, Y., Gambash, G., Lehnig, S. & Bar-Oz, G., Jun 2021, In: Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. 37, p. 1-15 102927.

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Poplar trees in Israel's desert regions: Relicts of Roman and Byzantine settlement

Ashkenazi, E., Tepper, Y., Zituni, R., Langgut, D., Dafni, A. & Bar-Oz, G., Oct 2021, In: Journal of Arid Environments. 193, 104574.

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בריכת דגים מהתקופות הרומית–הביזנטית בעלוט

Translated title of the contribution: A Fishpond from the Roman and Byzantine Periods at ‘Illuṭ \⁨עמוס, ע.⁩ & ⁨טפר, י.⁩, 2021, In: עתיקות. 103, p. *29-48*

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2020

Byzantine-Early Islamic resource management detected through microgeoarchaeological investigations of trash mounds (Negev, Israel)

Butler, D. H., Dunseth, Z. C., Tepper, Y., Erickson-Gini, T., Bar-Oz, G. & Shahack-Gross, R., Oct 2020, In: PLoS ONE. 15, 10, e0239227.

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Climate stability and societal decline on the margins of the Byzantine empire in the Negev Desert

Vaiglova, P., Hartman, G., Marom, N., Ayalon, A., Bar-Matthews, M., Zilberman, T., Yasur, G., Buckley, M., Bernstein, R., Tepper, Y., Weissbrod, L., Erickson-Gini, T. & Bar-Oz, G., 30 Jan 2020, In: Scientific Reports. 10, 1, 1512.

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Sustainable farming in the Roman-Byzantine period: Dating an advanced agriculture system near the site of Shivta, Negev Desert, Israel

Tepper, Y., Porat, N. & Bar-Oz, G., Jun 2020, In: Journal of Arid Environments. 177, 104134.

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The rise and fall of viticulture in the Late Antique Negev Highlands reconstructed from archaeobotanical and ceramic data

Fuks, D., Bar-Oz, G., Tepper, Y., Erickson-Gini, T., Langgut, D., Weissbrod, L. & Weiss, E., 18 Aug 2020, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 117, 33, p. 19780-19791 12 p.

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מי אתה מיסטר קולט? [מתוך המדור: שבטה]

⁨טפר, י.⁩ & ⁨פלג, מ.⁩, 2020, In: ארץ וטבע: המגזין הגיאוגרפי הישראלי. 192, p. 34-43 10 p.

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2019

Ancient trash mounds unravel urban collapse a century before the end of Byzantine hegemony in the southern Levant

Bar-Oz, G., Weissbrod, L., Erickson-Gini, T., Tepper, Y., Malkinson, D., Benzaquen, M., Langgut, D., Dunseth, Z. C., Butler, D. H., Shahack-Gross, R., Roskin, J., Fuks, D., Weiss, E., Marom, N., Ktalav, I., Blevis, R., Zohar, I., Farhi, Y., Filatova, A. & Gorin-Rosen, Y. & 2 others, Yan, X. & Boaretto, E., 2019, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 116, 17, p. 8239-8248 10 p.

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Archaeobotanical proxies and archaeological interpretation: A comparative study of phytoliths, pollen and seeds in dung pellets and refuse deposits at Early Islamic Shivta, Negev, Israel

Dunseth, Z. C., Fuks, D., Langgut, D., Weiss, E., Melamed, Y., Butler, D. H., Yan, X., Boaretto, E., Tepper, Y., Bar-Oz, G. & Shahack-Gross, R., 1 May 2019, In: Quaternary Science Reviews. 211, p. 166-185 20 p.

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New investigation of unpublished painted plaster fragments with Greek inscriptions from Colt's excavation at Shivta

Linn, R., Acker, A. & Tepper, Y., 2019, In: מכמנים. 28, p. 47-57 11 p.

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New Investigation of Unpublished Painted Plaster Fragments with Greek Inscriptions from Colt's Excavation at Shivta

Linn, R., Ecker, A. & Tepper, Y., 2019, In: מכמנים. 28, p. 47*-57* 11 p.

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Study of the early Christian transfiguration wall painting in Shivta, Israel

Maayan, E., Linn, R., Bar-Oz, G. & Tepper, Y., 2019, In: ARAM periodical. 31, 1&2, p. 195-206 12 p.

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Zooarchaeology of the social and economic upheavals in the Late Antique-Early Islamic sequence of the Negev Desert

Marom, N., Meiri, M., Tepper, Y., Erickson-Gini, T., Reshef, H., Weissbrod, L. & Bar-Oz, G., 1 Dec 2019, In: Scientific Reports. 9, 1, 6702.

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המכלול המבוצר בחורבת עלק: הערכה חדשה לאור החפירות המחודשות באתר

⁨טפר, י.⁩ & ⁨פלג-ברקת, א.⁩, 2019, In: קדמוניות: כתב-עת לעתיקות ארץ-ישראל וארצות המקרא. נ"ב, 158, p. 92-98 7 p.

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הממצאים מ"המזוודה שנשכחה" בהקשרם הארכאולוגי לאור המידע מחפירות משלחת קולט בשבטה ותרומתם לחקר האתר

⁨טפר, י.⁩, 2019, In: מכמנים. 28, p. 101-122 22 p.

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טקסט ערבי קדום על אוסטרקונים מהמאות הח' והט' לספירה מחפירות משלחת קולט בשבטה

Translated title of the contribution: Deciphering early Arab texts on 8th and 9th centuries CE ostracons from the Colt expedition findings in Shivta⁨עמיתי-פרייס, נ.⁩, ⁨טפר, י.⁩ & ⁨לין, ר.⁩, 2019, In: מכמנים. 28, p. 85-100 16 p.

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