For the pottery unearthed in the excavations of the site, see Eilat Mazar, Preliminary Report on the City of David Excavations 2005 at the Visitors Center Area (Jerusalem: Shalem Press, 2007); Eilat Mazar, The Palace of King David: Excavations at the Summit of the City of David, Preliminary Report of Seasons 2005–2007 (Jerusalem: Shoham Academic Research and Publication, 2009).