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Robert Alexander Stewart Macalister
fl. 1898–1947
Excavator and archaeologist, active 1898–1947. Excavated with F. J. Bliss; worked with John Linton Myres.
Life and work
- 1902With Bliss, excavated Tell es-Safi and Tel Sandahannah and published Excavations in Palestine (1902), whose pottery of the Philistine type they described as Palestinian.
- 1902Excavated Tel es-Safi at the end of the nineteenth century and published the late pre-Israelite pottery corpus in 1902.
Higginbotham Carolyn R., Egyptianization and Emulation in Palestine (2000)
- 1902Discovered three latrunculi-type boards at Maresha, as cited in the report (Bliss and Macalister 1902).
- 1902–1909Excavated Gezer in 1902–1905 and 1907–1909, recording Cypriot grey-slip ware and a Cypriot cow-shaped vessel from Tomb 7.
- 1902–1909Excavated Gezer in 1902–1909; his report discusses Cypriote pottery and pins found there, including a pin probably introduced into Palestine from Cyprus.
Macalister, Robert Alexander Stewart, The Excavation Of Gezer 1902 1905 And 1907 1909. Volume II
- 1912Still in 1912 described the sub-Mycenaean pottery from Gezer as belonging to the 'S...' period, after its foreign origin was known.
- 1912Published The Excavation of Gezer (1912), including a tomb with Cypriot pottery, and illustrated for the Palestine Exploration Fund the influence of Cyprus on Palestine before and during the Philistine occupation.
- 1912Published The Excavations of Gezer III (1912), which illustrates a copper or bronze hook from Tomb 30 containing Cypriot pottery.
- 1913Excavator of Gezer and author of Bible Side-lights and The Philistines (1913), cited for a bronze cobra from the standing stones at Gezer.
- 1913Wrote The Philistines (London, 1913), cited on Cypriot-related religious material; no direct Cypriot action given.
James George Frazer, The Golden Bough-part -iv (adonis Attis Osiris -vol - I) (1914)
- 1926His excavations at Jerusalem, with Duncan (published 1926), recovered imported Cypriot White Slip and Base Ring sherds within the Jebusite wall and 207 pottery fragments from Field 9.
Zeidan Kafafi; Robert Schick, Jerusalem Before Islam (2007), p. 60
- 1947archaeologist who observed earthquake effects at Gezer; scholar cited for Gezer potters' marks (vol. II) in Claude Schaeffer's papers (Collège de France), 2 documents, 1947.
- UndatedExcavator of Gezer, who worked with Bliss on the chronology of pottery and published the Excavations of Gezer, whose vases are compared with Cypriot pottery.
- UndatedWorked with the author at four sites on pottery chronology and was extending these studies at Gezer when the text was written.
- UndatedWas associated with Bliss at four sites for pottery chronology and was extending these studies at Gezer at the time of writing.
Bliss, Frederick Jones, 1859-1937, The development of Palestine exploration (1906)
- UndatedWorked with Bliss on pottery-scale chronology at four sites, and was extending these studies at Gezer at the time of writing.
Frederick Jones Bliss, The Development of Palestine Exploration (1903)
- UndatedDescribed Philistine-type pottery from Palestine as 'Palestinian' of the pre-Israelite period in Excavations in Palestine, before its foreign origin was realized.
Cambridge At The University Press, The Cambridge Ancient History Vol Xi (1931)
- UndatedPublished a reddish clay lamp from Tel Sandahannah (ancient Marisa) with four crosswise double bands.
- UndatedPublished the Sandahanna lamp illustrated at fig.62:2 in their 1902 excavation report, cited as the source for lamp 47.1811.
- UndatedReported a bronze model of a cobra found in an enclosure near the standing stones at Gezer, cited in Bible Side-lights.
Frazer, James George, 1854-1941, The golden bough : a study in magic and religion (1911)
- UndatedDirected the author's attention to excavations at Taanach and wrote Bible Side-lights, which describes a bronze cobra found at Gezer.
Frazer , James George, Adonis Attis Osiris Pt.4 Vol.1 (1936)
- UndatedExcavator at Gezer whose work is cited for a bronze model of a cobra found at the standing stones there.
James George Frazer, Adonis Attis Osiris Vol-I (1919) (1919)
- UndatedExcavator at Gezer whose publication describes a bronze cobra model and sepulchral jars found in a rock-hewn altar enclosure.
- UndatedIllustrated the influence of Cyprus on Palestine before and during the Philistine occupation, for the Palestine Exploration Fund.
- UndatedUncovered the chest-shaped incense altars at Gezer, including one from Tomb 153, which he labeled as the tomb's context.
Betlyon, W. John, A People Transformed Palestine in the Persian Period
Connections
4 peopleFieldwork & employment
- Excavated with F. J. BlissExcavations in Palestine 1898–1900 Jeremias, Alfred, 1864-1935, Das Alte Testament im lichte des alten Orients (1916)1898–1900
Colleagues & contacts
- Worked with F. J. BlissExcavations at Gezer; Tel Safit excavations L.a. Waddell, The Phcenician Origin Of Britons Scots Anglo-saxons (1924); Michaël Jasmin, L'étude de la transition du Bronze récent II au Fer I en Palestine méridionale (2006), p. 811899–1906
- Connected with John Linton MyresGezer tombs: opinion on the artistic finds S. R. Driver, 1909, Modern Research as Illustrating the Bible (Schweich Lectures 1908), p. 731907
- Connected with P. VincentExcavations at Gezer مجلة سوريا للفنون والاثار 51912
- Connected with Kathleen M. KenyonJebusite Ramp Zeidan Kafafi; Robert Schick, Jerusalem Before Islam (2007), p. 601926
- Worked with John Linton MyresGezer tombs Driver, S. R. (Samuel Rolles), 1846-1914, Modern research as illustrating the Bible (1909); S. R. Driver, The British Academy: Modern Research as Illustrating the Bible (1909)
Mentioned in
12 mentionsDocuments · 8
- Palestine and Syria with Routes through Mesopotamia and Babylonia and the Island of Cyprus
1912
excavated Gezer
Baedeker 1912
- Geological Studies in Field Archaeology
1970
excavated the High Place area
Bullard 1970
- A tale of two Yusifs: recovering Arab agency in Palestine Exploration Fund excavations 1890-1924
2017
PEF excavator and researcher
Irving 2017
- The archaeology of the Bronze Age Levant: From urban origins to the demise of city-states, 3700-1000 BCE
2019
Greenberg 2019
- A People Transformed Palestine in the Persian Period
Betlyon 2005
- Greek and Hellenistic Wheel- and Mould-Made Closed Oil Lamps in the Holy Land Collection of the Israel Antiquities Authority
Sussman 2009
- People · 4listed under Connections
Sources
- 1.Bliss, Frederick Jones, 1859-1937, The developments of Palestine exploration; being the Ely lectures for 1903 (1906).
- 2.Bliss, Frederick Jones, 1859-1937, The development of Palestine exploration; being the Ely lectures for 1903 (1906).
- 3.Bury, J.B.; Cook, S.A.; Adcock, F.E., Cambridge ancient History vol.2 (Egyptian and Hittite Empires) (1924).
- 4.Bliss, Frederick Jones, 1859-1937, The development of Palestine exploration (1906).
- 5.Frederick Jones Bliss, The Development of Palestine Exploration (1903).
- 6.Journal of Religious Psychology (1905).
- 7.Higginbotham Carolyn R., Egyptianization and Emulation in Palestine (2000).
- 8.Cambridge At The University Press, The Cambridge Ancient History Vol Xi (1931).
- 9.Jolanta Młynarczyk, Alexandrian and Alexandria-Influenced Mould-Made Lamps of the Hellenistic Period (1997).
- 10.Varda Sussman, Greek and Hellenistic Wheel- and Mould-Made Closed Oil Lamps in the Holy Land Collection of the Israel Antiquities Authority (2009).
- 11.Ian Stern; Einat Ambar-Armon; Donald T. Ariel; Shirley Ben-Dor Evian; Lisa Ayla Cakmak; Avner Ecker; Adi Erlich; Esther Eshel; Gerald Finkielsztejn; David Ilan; Ruth Jackson-Tal; Michael Langlois; Lee Perry-Gal; Ariel Polokoff; Renate Heginbottom-Rosenthal; Orit Shamir, Excavations at Maresha Subterranean Complex 169 Final Report Seasons 2000–2016 (2019).
- 12.James George Frazer, Adonis Attis Osiris Vol-I (1914).
- 13.Frazer, James George, 1854-1941, The golden bough : a study in magic and religion (1911).
- 14.Frazer , James George, Adonis Attis Osiris Pt.4 Vol.1 (1936).
- 15.James George Frazer, Adonis Attis Osiris Vol-I (1919) (1919).
- 16.James George Frazer, Adonis Attis Osiris Vol I (1914).
- 17.James George Frazer, The Golden Bough-part -iv (adonis Attis Osiris -vol - I) (1914).
- 18.Hugh Chisholm, The Britannica year book (1913).
- 19.Chisholm, Hugh, 1866-1924, Britannica year-book, 1913 - a survey of the world's progress since the completion in 1910 of the Encyclopaedia Britannica (1913).
- 20.Hans-Günter Buchholz, Ugarit, Zypern und Ägäis: Kulturbeziehungen im zweiten Jahrtausend v.Chr. (1999).
- 21.Betlyon, W. John, A People Transformed Palestine in the Persian Period.
- 22.Zeidan Kafafi; Robert Schick, Jerusalem Before Islam (2007).
- 23.Macalister, Robert Alexander Stewart, 1870-1950, The excavation of Gezer, 1902-1905 and 1907-1909 (1912).
- 24.Macalister, Robert Alexander Stewart, The Excavation Of Gezer 1902 1905 And 1907 1909. Volume II.
- 25.Collège de France, Paris, Fonds Claude Schaeffer (34 CDF), 34 CDF art. 175, «["Enkomi C.F.F Schaeffer Plates IV-VII"]», 1947of 48, Collège de France, Paris, Fonds Claude Schaeffer (34 CDF), 34 CDF art. 242, «[Cahier de notes concernant Chypre, Gaza, Jéricho, l'Egypte, la Syrie (chronologies)]», undatedof 107. Online
- 26.Jeremias, Alfred, 1864-1935, Das Alte Testament im lichte des alten Orients (1916).
- 27.L.a. Waddell, The Phcenician Origin Of Britons Scots Anglo-saxons (1924).
- 28.Michaël Jasmin, L'étude de la transition du Bronze récent II au Fer I en Palestine méridionale (2006).
- 29.مجلة سوريا للفنون والاثار 5.
- 30.S. R. Driver, 1909, Modern Research as Illustrating the Bible (Schweich Lectures 1908).
- 31.Driver, S. R. (Samuel Rolles), 1846-1914, Modern research as illustrating the Bible (1909).
- 32.S. R. Driver, The British Academy: Modern Research as Illustrating the Bible (1909).
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