Lever-and-Screw Olive Presses: A Note

Y. Magen 2008 provides us with an invaluable addition to the corpus of oil presses in Judaea and Samaria. Two minor comments are, however, warranted. The first is that his maps of oil presses from the Early Islamic period includes many presses not dated to the Early Islamic period by the archaeologi...

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Main Author: Frankel, Rafael (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Soc. 2010
In: Israel exploration journal
Year: 2010, Volume: 60, Issue: 1, Pages: 94-97
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Summary:Y. Magen 2008 provides us with an invaluable addition to the corpus of oil presses in Judaea and Samaria. Two minor comments are, however, warranted. The first is that his maps of oil presses from the Early Islamic period includes many presses not dated to the Early Islamic period by the archaeologists who excavated them; the second is that his reconstruction of the lever-and-screw press is unwarranted.
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