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Investigates a crucial period in the history of Philistine occupation in the southern Levant. Analysis of animal bones from the 12th-10th centuries BCE from Tel Miqne-Ekron; Dietary preference; Notions of sacred animal use; Definition of zooarchaeological signatures for urban cycling and tribute payment; Mortality profiles for sheep and goats; Anthropological questions about Philistine society.

Examines animal bones excavated in 1998 in the Northeast Acropolis of the Philistine capital city of Ekron at Tel Migne in the Bronze Age and Iron Age. Social implications of subsistence analysis of the faunal remains; Exploration of the role of pastoral economy in the region's geopolitical history; Disappearance of pigs from the Philistines' meals in Late Iron Age I.

Examines excavations in 1998 at Tel Migne, the Philistine capital city of Ekron in the Late Iron Age II. Focus on Philistine studies; Findings which reveal the history of Tel Migne; Description of objects, rooms and buildings found; Significance of the two main buildings of the elite zone in the center of the city.

The article presents the author's insights on his study of material excavated in 2006 in Cave T1 at Tell es-Safi/Gath on the border of the southern Coastal Plain and the Judean Shephelah in Israel. The author states that the excavation managed to collect important data relating to Philistine burials including pottery, better-preserved bones, and Egyptian amulets. Further research studies on the implications of Cave T1 data regarding Philistine burial customs are also discussed.

The article offers information on the excavation of Cave T1 es-Safi/Gath, a natural cave under the direction of Aren Maeir, professor at Bar-Ilan University. It says that Cave T1 excavation still managed to collect archival materials and important datas relating to Philistine burials. It states that a pottery was found in the cave and includes other materials including scarabs, Egyptian amulets, and bracelets.

Explores Philistine and Canaanite material culture assemblages as a means to understand the dynamic interaction between the newcomers and indigenous population. Type list of Philistine cultural traits; Coexistence of the two assemblages; Characteristics of the Philistine pottery; Continuity or discontinuity in the organization of space over time; Spatial distribution of material culture based on both a functional and stylistic analysis of the artifacts.

The article focuses on a research conducted by Samuel H. Kress Fellow Linda Meiberg on figural motifs on Philistine pottery and their connection to the Aegean world. Meiberg noted that the figural motifs on the Philistine wares are faithful in particular aspects of style to earlier and contemporary pottery from the Aegean world. Moreover, the individual elements were not employed because these were just a few of the stylistic convention that were transmitted to the southern Levantine coast.

The author discusses her research on the Philistine settlement at Tel Miqne-Ekron, a major archaeological site located in southwest Jerusalem. She states that the goal of her study is to complete the Field 1 Northeast final report, which provides a continuous stratigraphic record of the excavations in the area. In addition, she states that the result of her research confirms the origins of the Philistines.