Tel Shiqmona during the Iron Age: A first glimpse into an ancient Mediterranean purple dye ‘factory’

• Golan Shalvi ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Golanshalvi@gmail.com

  Affiliations Institute for the Study of Ancient Culture, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, School of Archaeology and Maritime Civilizations, Zinman Institute of Archaeology, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1071-7825

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• Naama Sukenik,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Treasures Department, Israel Antiquities Authority, Jerusalem, Israel

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• Paula Waiman-Barak,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Sonia & Marco Nadler Institute of Archaeology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

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• Zachary C. Dunseth,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Anthropology, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America, Recanati Institute for Maritime Studies, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2081-0089

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• Shay Bar,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Archaeology and Maritime Civilizations, Zinman Institute of Archaeology, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel

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• Sonia Pinsky,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Archaeology and Maritime Civilizations, Zinman Institute of Archaeology, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel

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• David Iluz,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel, Environmental Sciences and Agriculture Department, Beit Berl College, Beit Berl, Israel

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• Zohar Amar,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The Martin (Szusz) Department of Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology, Bar Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel

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• Ayelet Gilboa

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

  Affiliation School of Archaeology and Maritime Civilizations, Zinman Institute of Archaeology, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel

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