Endnote 2 – The Babylonian Gap

On the stratigraphy of all these sites, see Ephraim Stern, ed., The New Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations in the Holy Land (NEAEHL), 4 vols. (Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society, 1993); on the Rishon le-Zion fort, see Samuel R. Wolff, “Archaeology in Israel,” American Journal of Archaeology 100 (1996), p. 744.