04/2026 New paper by Prof. Cheryl Makarewicz et al.

Congratulations to Prof. Cheryl Makarewicz et al. on their new paper "In foreign pastures: Livestock mobility at Hazor and the permeability of Iron Age geopolitical borders in the Southern Levant" published in PLOS One. Using isotope analysis of livestock teeth from Tel Hazor, the study examines where Iron Age II sheep and goats were grazed during periods of conflict and peace between the Israelite and Aramean states. The authors conclude that Iron Age geopolitical conflicts between the elites in this region did not restrict the everyday movements of common agro-pastoralists.