Heated beeswax usage in mortuary practices: The case of Ḥorvat Tevet (Jezreel Valley, Israel) ca. 1000 BCE

Ayala Amir; Yuval Gadot; Jordan Weitzel; Israel Finkelstein; Ronny Neumann; Hannes Bezzel; Karen Covello-Paran; Omer Sergi

doi:10.1016/j.jasrep.2021.102904

Heated beeswax usage in mortuary practices: The case of Ḥorvat Tevet (Jezreel Valley, Israel) ca. 1000 BCE

Ayala Amir^*, Yuval Gadot, Jordan Weitzel, Israel Finkelstein, Ronny Neumann, Hannes Bezzel, Karen Covello-Paran, Omer Sergi

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The article presents and discusses the results of Residue Analysis performed on 27 pottery vessels, placed as offerings in burials dating to the Iron I period (ca. 1050–900 BCE) at the site Ḥorvat Tevet (Israel). The results show that heated beeswax was used during the burial ceremonies and placed in variety of vessels. These results shed new light on burial practices of South Levantine rural communities. They also contribute to the growing body of evidence regarding bee-product economy in the Southern Levant during the beginning of the Iron IIA.

Original language	English
Article number	102904
Journal	Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports
Volume	36
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2021.102904
State	Published - Apr 2021

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Israel Antiquities Authority
Karen Covello-Paran
Mass Spectrometry Division of the Department of Chemistry in Bar Ilan University
Gerda Henkel Foundation	AZ 20/F/19
Tel Aviv University

Keywords

Beeswax
Iron Age
N-alkanes
Pit burials
Residue Analysis
Southern Levant
Ḥorvat Tevet

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