Endnote 6 – Modi’in: Hometown of the Maccabees

The pottery vessel assemblage found at Jericho was of local production. The absence of imported vessels is explained by a ban imposed by Jewish Law; see Rachel Bar-Nathan, “Summary and Conclusions,” in Ehud Netzer, ed., Hasmonean and Herodian Palaces at Jericho, Vol. III: The Pottery (Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society, 2002), pp. 196–199.