Gunneweg, Jan and Yellin, J. 1991, The origin of the Tel-Batash-Timna ceramics of the 7th century BC in the light of instrumental neutron activation analysis, Neutron Activation and Plasma Emission Spectrometric Analysis in Archaeology, (M.J. Hughes, M. Cowell & D.R.Cook Eds) British Museum Occasional Paper 82, 91-103 What was the relation of Batash with the land of the Philistines? According to the INAA results from the Jerusalem laboratory, the pottery found could be traced to Ashdod and to the Ekron region as well as to Lachish which probably means that the sharp distinctions between various regions in Israel of the 7th century BC were not that rigorous as was usually accepted. Comments? Please write: Jan Gunneweg To return, click Archaeometry abstracts of our work or click "BACK" or click the Homepage . Jan Gunneweg Ph.D., The Hebrew University, revised November 2005