Philistine Names and Terms Once Again: A Recent Perspective

aren m. maeir is professor of archaeology at Bar-Ilan University in Israel, director of the Tell es.-S.afi/Gath Archaeological Project, co-director of the Minerva Center for the Relations between Israel and Aram in Biblical Times, and co-editor of the Israel Exploration Journal. (The Institute of Archaeology, The Martin [Szusz] Department of Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, 52900 Israel; [email protected])

brent davis lectures in archaeology and ancient history at The University of Melbourne in Australia. With a background in both archaeology and linguistics, his interests include the cultures of the ancient eastern Mediterranean, as well as their languages and scripts. He has been conducting fieldwork for several years at the Philistine site of Tell es.-S.afi/Gath in Israel. (The University of Melbourne, 674 Arts West, Parkville 3010 VIC Australia; [email protected])

louise a. hitchcock is an associate professor of Aegean Archaeology at The University of Melbourne. She has authored Minoan Architecture: A Contextual Analysis (Jonsered: Paul Åströms, 2000), Aegean Art and Architecture (co-authored with Donald Preziosi) (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999), Theory for Classics: A Student's Guide (London: Routledge, 2008), and DAIS: The Aegean Feast; Proceedings of the 12th International Aegean Conference, University of Melbourne, Centre for Classics and Archaeology, 25–29 March 2008 (co-edited with Robert Laffineur and Janice Crowley) (Liège: Histoire de l'art et archéologie de la Grèce antique, Université de Liège; Austin: Program in Aegean Scripts and Prehistory, University of Texas at Austin, 2008) and numerous articles on Aegean archaeology. Her current research investigates Aegean, Cypriot, and Philistine connections at Tell es-Safi/Gath. (The University of Melbourne, 674 Arts West, Parkville 3010 VIC Australia; [email protected])