For olive-presses in general, see Gustaf Dalman, Arbeit und Sitte in Palästina, vol. 4 (Gütersloh, 1935), pp. 153–290. M. Heltzer and D. Eitam, eds., Olive Oil in Antiquity: Papers of the Conference Held in Haifa (Haifa: Univ. of Haifa, 1987).