ISBN10: 9652210668, ISBN13: 9789652210661, [publisher: Jerusalem : Published by the W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research : Israel Exploration Society] Hardcover xxvi, 509 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm. CONTENTS : Introduction and Appreciation / Sidnie White Crawford -- Sy Gitin: A Tribute / Ernest S. Frerichs -- Bibliography of Seymour Gitin -- Part I: Tel Miqne-Ekron and Philistia -- Ceramic Pomegranates and Their Relationship to Iron Age Cult / Trude Dothan and David Ben-Shlomo -- The Dynamic Settlement History of Philistine Ekron: A Case Study of Central Place Theory / Yosef Garfinkel -- Sailing Up to Ekron: A Nautical Seal from Tel Miqne-Ekron / Barry M. Gittlen -- A Tale of Two Tells: A Comparative Perspective on Tel Miqne-Ekron and Tell es-Safi/Gath in Light of Recent Archaeological Research / Aren M. Maeir and Joe Uziel -- Loomweights and Textile Production at Tel Miqne-Ekron: A Preliminary Report / Orit Shamir -- A Pictorial Krater from Philistine Ashkelon / Lawrence E. Stager and Penelope A. Mountjoy -- A Wild Goat Oinochoe Sherd from Tel Miqne-Ekron / Jane C. Waldbaum -- Part II: The Archaeology of the Southern Levant from the Late Bronze Age through the Roman Period -- Burial Customs in Southern Judah: The Case of Tel Halif / Oded Borowski -- Archaeology and the Fall of the Northern Kingdom: What Really Happened? / William G. Dever -- The Stone Tools from Khirbet 'Aujah el-Foqa / David Eitam -- Iron Age I Khirbet et-Tell and Khirbet ...