@book {1355990, title = {Excavations at Dor, Final Report. Directed by Ephraim Stern (1986{\textendash}2000) \& Ilan Sharon and Ayelet Gilboa (2002{\textendash}2004).}, year = {2018}, publisher = {Qedem Reports 10-12; The Institute of Archaeology {\textendash} The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in cooperation with The Israel Exploration Society}, organization = {Qedem Reports 10-12; The Institute of Archaeology {\textendash} The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in cooperation with The Israel Exploration Society}, abstract = {Vol. IIA: Area G, The Late Bronze and Iron Ages:Synthesis, Architecture, and Stratigraphy(Qedem Reports 10)With contributions by: John E. Berg, Elizabeth Bloch-Smith, Allen EstesVol. IIB: Pottery, Artifacts, Ecofacts, and Other Studies (Qedem Reports 11)With contributions by:Daniella E. Bar-Yosef Mayer, L{\'a}szl{\'o} Bartosiewicz, Hagar Ben Basat, John E. Berg,Elisabetta Boaretto, Adi Eliyahu-Behar, Marina Faerman, Christian Herrmann,Tzipi Kahana, Othmar Keel, Elicia Lisk, Stefan M{\"u}nger, Yossi Salmon, Irina Segal, Sariel Shalev, Sana Shilstein, Patricia Smith, Ragna Stidsing, Philipp W. Stockhammer, Yana Vitalkov, Naama Yahalom-Mack and Irit ZoharVol. IIC: Pottery Plates and Index of Loci (Qedem Reports 12)From 1986 to 2000 excavations in Area G at Tel Dor, on the coast of Israel, were conducted under the general direction of Ephraim Stern of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, with additional work carried out in 2002 and 2004 under the direction of Ilan Sharon of the Institute of Archaeology of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Ayelet Gilboa of the University of Haifa. Excavations in Area G, in the center of the mound, revealed an occupational history stretching from the Roman period back to the end of the Late Bronze Age, spanning a period of 1450 years from ca. 1250 BCE to ca. 200 CE. The occupational phases in this report include (according to the Dor chronological system) G/5 of Ir2c , G/6a of early Ir2a, G/6b{\textendash}c and G/7a{\textendash}b of Ir1|2, G/7c{\textendash}d or Ir1b, G/8 of Ir1a|b, G/9a{\textendash}b of Ir1a late, G/10a{\textendash}c of Ir1a early, G/11{\textendash}12 of LBIIB.\ Remains of G/5 from the end of the Iron Age were poorly preserved due to later Persian period pitting (G/4) and subsequent leveling and construction activities in the Hellenistic to Roman periods (G3/{\textendash}G1) but contained remains suggestive of the period of Assyrian domination at Dor. The major constructional episode (G/6{\textendash}G/9) represents a continual rebuilding of walls and a raising of floor levels over a period of 200 or more years in a large courtyard house. The continuity in the architectural remains is mirrored in the gradual evolution of the local pottery, from typical Canaanite pottery of the Late Bronze Age to Phoenician Iron Age types. G/9 ended with a massive destruction and preserved many in situ remains. Among the significant discoveries of these three phases were: in G/9, a courtyard apparently used for the processing of grains along with evidence for activities on a second story, in G/8a cult deposit and in G/7 the skeleton of a woman who died as a result of a wall collapse. Phase G/10 represents a copper/bronze metallurgical center, as attested by finds of crucibles, prills, a furnace, bellows pot, firing pits and a buildup of multiple ashy lenses. Only small areas of Phases G/11, and especially G/12, were exposed but are suggestive of the dumping of wastes associated with metallurgical activities. Despite the limited exposure, several typological horizons within the LBIIB were discerned, the latest of which (within stratigraphic Phase 11) exhibits a terminal Late\ Bronze phase, in which most of the Aegean type-wares are of Cypriot provenience. Dor{\textquoteright}s international connections are attested by the afore-mentioned Aegean-type pottery in G12 and G/11, and from G/10 to G/6a by Egyptian-style storage jars made of Nile clays and by Iron Age Cypriot imports of CGI{\textendash}II. These final report volumes covering the Bronze and Iron Ages at Tel Dor, Area G, thus provide new data on the development of an important southern Phoenician city.The three volumes on the Bronze and Iron Age excavations in Area G are the second set of final report publication from Tel Dor. The final report on the Persian to Roman period remains from Area G is in an advanced stage of preparation.\ }, author = {Ilan Sharon and Ayelet Gilboa and Jeffrey R. Zorn and Sveta Matskevitch} }