About the Authors

Don H. Butler

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

dhbutler3@alaska.edu (DHB); guybar@research.haifa.ac.il (GBO); rgross@univ.haifa.ac.il (RSG)

Current address: Department of Anthropology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska, United States of America

Affiliation Laboratory for Sedimentary Archaeology, Department of Maritime Civilizations, Recanati Institute of Maritime Studies, Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel

Zachary C. Dunseth

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Affiliations Laboratory for Sedimentary Archaeology, Department of Maritime Civilizations, Recanati Institute of Maritime Studies, Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel, Jacob M. Alkow Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Cultures, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

Yotam Tepper

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Zinman Institute of Archaeology, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel, Israel Antiquities Authority, Tel Aviv, Israel

Tali Erickson-Gini

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Archaeological Division, Israel Antiquities Authority, Omer, Israel

Guy Bar-Oz

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

dhbutler3@alaska.edu (DHB); guybar@research.haifa.ac.il (GBO); rgross@univ.haifa.ac.il (RSG)

Affiliation Zinman Institute of Archaeology, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel

Ruth Shahack-Gross

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

dhbutler3@alaska.edu (DHB); guybar@research.haifa.ac.il (GBO); rgross@univ.haifa.ac.il (RSG)

Affiliation Laboratory for Sedimentary Archaeology, Department of Maritime Civilizations, Recanati Institute of Maritime Studies, Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.