The Biblical Archaeology Society is proud to announce “Buy Low, Sell High: The Marketplace at Ashkelon” by Daniel M. Master and Lawrence E. Stager (BAR 40:01) as the winner of the Best of BAR award for articles published in 2013–2014. The article looks at the site of Ashkelon, a powerful Philistine city on the Mediterranean coast during the Iron Age. Ashkelon’s marketplace reveals the workings of both the local and international economy before Nebuchadnezzar destroyed the city in 604 B.C.E. Using the artifacts discovered at Ashkelon, the article shows how archaeologists have been able to reconstruct the daily lives […]
