1. Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
2. Research Unit of Islamic Archeology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
3. Geological Survey of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel
4. Department of Environment, Planning and Sustainability, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
5. The Laboratory of Archaeobotany and Ancient Environments, Institute of Archaeology, and The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel