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تنقيبات رهط: أوستركون وختم على مقبض جرة / An Arabic Ostracon And A Stamped Handle From Rahat, Nitzan Amitai-Preiss, Noe David Michael, Oren Shmueli, Elena Kogan-Zehavi

Cornerstone: Journal of Archaeological Sites (حجر الزاوية)

Two items bearing Arabic inscriptions were unearthed in the 2022 large-scale excavations on the outskirts of the city of Rahat, in the northern Negev; both objects were found within a large farmhouse. One object is an ostracon densely inscribed in Arabic, al-ṭirriyam min al naḥl al-u[lah], which translates as “The honey from the first bee/bees”—the word “honey” is written using a rare word. The other object is a stamped jar handle bearing an Arabic inscription written in two sizes of letters within a round feature, reading: Bara / kah/ Zaydī or Raydī, which translates as “Blessing [to] a man named …

ثلاثة نقوش يونانية من دير چڤعات بار / Three Greek Inscriptions From Giv‘Ot Bar, Leah Di Segni Di Segni

Cornerstone: Journal of Archaeological Sites (حجر الزاوية)

Three Greek inscriptions were discovered in the excavation of a small coenobium at Giv‘ot Bar (Area A). Inscription 1 was set in the mosaic pavement of the chapel, in front of the passage giving access to the easternmost room, which functioned as chancel (presbyterium). The inscription reads: “(cross) Selamon deacon (cross) and administrator and Fidus and Selmon and Zanios apocrisiarius. May the Lord bless the coenobium of Betomorsy. Amen”. Two other inscriptions were painted on building blocks found in the debris at the foot of the northeastern pillar in Room 5, near the entrance of the chapel. Inscription 2 reads: …

بناء المنجل الصواني وصيانته في جنوب بلاد الشام خلال الألفي السادس والخامس قبل الميلاد / Keeping The Razor Sharp: Hafting And Maintenance Of Sickles In The Southern Levant During The Sixth And Fifth Millennia Bce, Jacob Vardi, Isaac Gilead

Cornerstone: Journal of Archaeological Sites (حجر الزاوية)

The paper focuses on the major factors that determine the shape of the sickle inserts (i.e., sickle blades): the hafting and the maintenance of working edges procedures. Changes in morphological and metric traits of inserts between the Pottery Neolithic and the Chalcolithic periods reflect standardization in the fabrication of sickles and a rise in the level of specialization of cereal production in the Southern Levant in the fifth millennium BCE.

Cornerstone Journal Of Archaeological Sites Volume 11-Front Matter, Cornerstone Eleven

Cornerstone: Journal of Archaeological Sites (حجر الزاوية)

Front Matter

الماضي، الحاضر والمستقبل: مهام سلطة الآثار في مشروع شرق يڤنه/يبنا / Past, Present And Future: The Role Of The Israel Antiquities Authority In The Yavne Excavation Project, Diego Barkan, Amit Shadman

Cornerstone: Journal of Archaeological Sites (حجر الزاوية)

The Yavne excavation project was undertaken in an area of approximately 3466 dunams in advance of the construction of a vast new neighborhood adjacent to the existing railroad to respond to local population growth. This included, inter alia, the paving of new access roads to the neighborhood and the implementation of large-scale infrastructure, both of which would greatly affect the original landscape. The Yavne area is known to be dotted with archaeological remains, entailing excavation and documentation, and thus, the planning authorities were confronted with questions of sustainability and preservation of ancient cultures. The Yavne excavation was termed ‘mega-project’ as …

الجيومرفولوجية والترسبات في محيط تل يڤنه والسهل الساحلي الجنوبي للبلاد وتأثيرهما على المستوطنات القديمة / Geomorphology And Sedimentology In The Vicinity Of Tel Yavne, The Southern Coastal Plain, Yoel Raskin, Oren Ackermann, Yotam Asscher, Jenny Marcus, Nimrod Wieler

Cornerstone: Journal of Archaeological Sites (حجر الزاوية)

Tel Yavne is located in the inner part of the southern coastal plain, on the northern edge of the kurkar ridge (sandstone with carbonate aeolianite), east and north of Naḥal Soreq. The Naḥal Soreq valley was filled with sediments, some of which developed into grumusol-type soils. Today, Naḥal Soreq is a perennial stream, but it is likely that its riverbed, located some 250 m north of Tel Yavne, had conveyed a steady flow of water when the site was inhabited, serving as a source of water for the settlement and the industrial area at its foothill. The salvage excavations at …

يڤنه القديمة: نظرة أولية لنتائج التنقيبات العملاقة عند سفح تل يڤنه / Ancient Yavne: Preliminary Overview Of The Findings From The Extensive Excavations At The Foot Of Tel Yavne, Liat Nadav-Ziv, Elie Haddad, Jon Seligman, Pablo Betzer, Daniel Varga

Cornerstone: Journal of Archaeological Sites (حجر الزاوية)

In 2019, the Israel Antiquities Authority, in cooperation with the Municipality of Yavne and funded by the Israel Land Authority, initiated an extensive excavation at the foot of Tel Yavne. The excavation was conducted by two succeeding expeditions: the first, between 2019–2021, was headed by Dr. Elie Haddad, Liat Nadav Ziv and Dr. Jon Seligman, and the second, which began in 2021 and still ongoing, is headed by Pablo Betzer and Dr. Daniel Varga. Excavations at the site uncovered findings from the Chalcolithic period till the days of the British Mandate. The layout of the remains, their nature and intensity, …

اليابسة والبحر: العلاقات، أوجه التشابه والاختلاف بين يڤنه ويڤنه الشاطئية من الفترة الفارسية وحتى بداية الفترة الصليبية / Land And Sea: On The Relationships, Similarities And Differences Between Yavne And Yavne-Yam From The Persian To The Beginning Of The Crusader Period, Itamar Texel

Cornerstone: Journal of Archaeological Sites (حجر الزاوية)

This article reviews the history of two central ancient settlements located on the southern coastal plain: the city of Yavne and the port city of Yavne-Yam, from the Persian period until after the Crusader conquest (fifth century BCE–twelfth century CE), as they are reflected in the written sources and mainly, in the archaeological record. The settlements of Yavne and Yavne-Yam maintained a reciprocal relationship, as well as a relationship of dependence, probably based on their geographical proximity: Yavne served as an administrative and economic center, commanding the major crossroads, while Yavne-Yam served as a natural anchorage, offering convenient access to …

إكتشاف موقع جديد من العصر النحاسي في يڤنه (يبنا) / A New Site From The Chalcolithic Period At Yavne, Yael Abadi-Reiss, Pablo Betzer, Daniel Varga

Cornerstone: Journal of Archaeological Sites (حجر الزاوية)

In the excavations conducted to the east of Tel Yavne, remains from several periods were uncovered, including, for the first time, Chalcolithic-period remains. Based on the trial sections and excavations, it is possible to estimate the size of the Chalcolithic site at 18 dunams. The archaeological layers dating to this period were reached at a depth of 2–3 m below the surface, in the trough between the kurkar ridges, next to the ancient riverbed of Naḥal Soreq; the course of this stream was identified in the excavation. So far, three small sections belonging to the Chalcolithic settlement were unearthed (Areas …

الحفرة في يڤنه: دفائن من معبد فلستي / The Yavne Pit: A Geniza (Favissa) Of A Philistine Temple, Raz Kletter, Wolfgang Zwickel, Irit Ziffer

Cornerstone: Journal of Archaeological Sites (حجر الزاوية)

In 2002, a repository pit (Favissa/Geniza) was discovered in the Giv‘at Rishonim neighborhood in Yavne.The pit was full of “goodies”—objects that people had brought or donated to the temple—which were eventually buried by the temple authorities. Due to their sacredness (a Philistine sacredness from the ninth century BCE!), the objects were deliberately broken, either before or while throwing them into the pit. The excavation of the pit was challenging, as it contained thousands of broken bowls and chalices exhibiting soot remains, probably of incense; fragments of small incense-altars made of stone and clay; dozens of broken pottery censers—bowl-like vessels that …

Improving Intravenous Catheter Insertion Success In Difficult Access Patients, Heidi Berry

Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects

Around one in every nine Emergency Department (ED) patients have Difficult Intravenous Access (DIVA) and 25% of ED patients will require more than one attempt (Fields et al., 2014a). Failed insertion attempts contribute to decreased patient satisfaction, care delays, and financial losses. The freestanding ED affiliated with a multi-state, not-for-profit healthcare system in an urban community had difficulty with first-attempt Peripheral IV (PIV) insertion success in identified patients. The target population was the clinical staff of the freestanding ED which included Registered Nurses and Paramedics. The objective outcome was to enhance personal knowledge of PIV catheter insertion in difficult-access patients …

Using Unfolding Case Studies To Develop Critical Thinking In First-Semester Nursing Students, Carol Cook

Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects

There is a crisis in competency among new nurses in the United States. Prelicensure nursing education prepares them to pass the NCLEX-RN, but it does not provide the necessary foundation for sound clinical decision-making. Mistakes in the clinical setting can lead to failure to rescue, resulting in the third leading cause of death: medical error. A radical change is needed to prepare nurses with the clinical judgment skills necessary for patient care. Educators must be mindful of the academic-practice gap and adopt evidence-based improvements, including active learning with unfolding case studies. This quality improvement project involved a four-part unfolding case …

Decreasing Nursing Burnout Post Covid-19 Pandemic Through Complementary Therapies, Linda Martiin

Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects

This quality improvement project aimed to address the problem of nursing burnout post COVID-19 pandemic through complementary therapies. Nursing burnout can be mental, emotional, or physical exhaustion which an excessive amount of prolonged stress can cause. Nursing burnout has affected nursing staff worldwide, directly impacting the care provided to patients and the patient's satisfaction. The Nursing Worklife Model was utilized as the theoretical framework for this project (Appendix A). The literature review exhibits the prevalence of nursing burnout in nursing staff. A quantitative study was utilized for this project. The Oldenburg Burnout Inventory was utilized to establish the participant's level …

Improving Handoff Communication In The Emergency Department, Amy Shepherd

Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects

Ineffective handoff communication has been recognized for years as a practice issue and is the most frequently reported cause of sentinel events in U.S. hospitals (Dufault et al., 2010) and responsible, at least in part, for 30% of all malpractice claims (Fucik, 2019). The development of standardized tools has been identified as a key component to improving handover practice. For this project, a standardized SBAR tool was modified for a local emergency department. The intervention was a process change in the emergency department to utilize an SBAR tool during handoff reports. The project was implemented by educating staff on the …

Increasing Future Health Care Providers’ Understanding Of The Complexity Of Endometriosis To Facilitate Early Diagnosis, Christina Alexander

Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects

The DNP project was designed to improve future healthcare providers’ knowledge on the complexity of endometriosis by providing students with a lunch and learn session on endometriosis. The intent of the project implementation was to improve students’ knowledge on endometriosis to facilitate early diagnosis for patients. Improving provider knowledge of evidence-based endometriosis guidelines is imperative to achieve early diagnosis. The educational session provided students with information regarding symptoms, impact of delayed diagnosis, discerning differential diagnoses, associating timing of symptoms, and identifying endometriosis lesions. The impact of the project implementation was measured using pre/post-survey data evaluating overall knowledge, symptoms awareness, “best …

The Impact Of Palliative Care Education On Acute Care Nurses, Heather Sadler

Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects

The purpose of this Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) quality improvement project was to improve acute care nurses’ knowledge of evidence-based palliative care interventions utilizing the framework from the End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) training modules. Increasing the knowledge, comfort, and competence of acute care nurses has the potential to improve end-of-life care delivery in the acute care setting. A lack of access to specialized inpatient palliative care service teams was identified in a rural county in the Southeastern United States. This county is served by a small, criticalaccess hospital. The frontline nursing staff of this facility regularly provides end-of-life …

Why Doesn't She Just Leave? Improving Identification And Response To Victims Of Intimate Partner Violence In The Emergency Room, Elizabeth Berry

Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects

The purpose of this project was to improve identification and response to victims of intimate partner violence (IPV) presenting to the emergency department. Project participants completed a pre-education questionnaire prior to the project leader providing intimate partner violence educational materials and a presentation entitled Recognizing and Responding to Victims of Intimate Partner Violence in the Emergency Room. The project participants then completed a mirrored post-education questionnaire. Evaluation of the project included a comparison of the participant's responses to the mirrored questionnaires. Project participants reported an increase in the:

• recognition of the prevalence of intimate partner violence among their patients, …

Integrating A Community Mental Health Resource Tool In A Rural Emergency Department Setting, Robert Rash

Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects

Providing effective discharge education to patients who are treated in the emergency department setting remains a very important component of a patient’s visit to an emergency department. Literature confirms although there are various governmental regulatory agencies that set forth regulations and guidelines, there remains a need to continually evaluate and critique the discharge education process to best meet the evolving needs of the patients, stakeholders, and community. Universally understood standards include appropriate reading levels and usability of the discharge education being provided. Discharge education can be very simple to complex creating higher demands on nursing staff to ensure they understand …

Ultrasound-Guided Peripheral Intravenous Catheter Insertion Training, Carmen Mclamb

Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects

Achieving peripheral venous access in patients is one of the first steps in most treatment protocols. Delays or even failures to obtain peripheral venous access can delay lifesaving treatments, prolong hospital stays, and affect patient outcomes. Peripheral venous access can be difficult due to chronic disease processes, scarring of valves from frequent cannulation, limitation due to dialysis fistulas, or due to acute conditions such as hypovolemia and hypotension. Studies have found the use of ultrasound-guided techniques can achieve peripheral venous access quickly and prevent the need for more aggressive procedures (Skulec et al., 2020). However, there is a gap between …

Enhancing Emotional Intelligence In Prelicensure Nursing Students, Aimee G. Motley

Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects

Nursing programs are intended to prepare nursing students to become competent nurses, that can make decisions to promote positive patient outcomes. However, studies suggest that as students transition into clinical practice, they are still lacking decision-making skills. Emotional Intelligence (EI) has been suggested to improve communication skills, problem-solving, and resilience. The purpose of this project was to enhance the emotional intelligence of Baccalaureate prelicensure nursing students. The PICOT statement was: Can formal EI training combined with interactive EI training, influence EI awareness, knowledge, and skills of baccalaureate nursing students as evidenced by scoring 77% or higher on an EI posttest …

Self-Advocacy Training To Support Self-Confidence In Transition To Practice, Debora Shingleton Allder

Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects

Background: The crisis in the competency of newly licensed graduate nurses continues to grow despite the efforts of nursing academia. Transition to practice programs has improved new graduate attrition and narrowed the gap of practice readiness, but much of the responsibility to train graduate nurses falls on nurse preceptors. Many of these preceptors have minimal nursing experience and little to no training in fostering clinical judgment. Furthermore, nurse preceptors must balance providing care for their clients while also guiding novice nurses. They often do not have the time to provide the emotional support, real-time reflection, and timely feedback required to …

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صناعة الزجاج في يڤنه، الانطباعات الأولية من نتائج التنقيب في منطقة "L" / Glass Production At Yavne: First Impressions From Area L, Yael Gorin-Rosen, Pablo Betzer, Daniel Varga, Ariel Shatil

Cornerstone: Journal of Archaeological Sites (حجر الزاوية)

Numerous glass-production remains were uncovered at Yavne, in all excavated areas (A, B, C, G, L, K, M); however, only in Area L were glass furnaces found in situ, within a built complex termed the “House of Glass”. The importance of this discovery lies in two large rectangular furnaces for the production of raw glass (i.e., primary production) and several small circular furnaces for manufacturing glass vessels and artifacts (i.e., secondary production), which were found in an adjacent room. A large amount of production remains, originating from the walls of the large glass furnaces, was found incorporated in secondary use …

نقش جديد على خرطوش من يامنية (يڤنه) / An Inscribed Sling Bullet From Iamnia (Yavne), Yulia Ustinova, Pablo Betzer, Daniel Varga

Cornerstone: Journal of Archaeological Sites (حجر الزاوية)

Salvage excavations conducted at Yavne uncovered a sling bullet dating to the second century BCE, bearing a Greek inscription: “Victory of Heracles and Hauronas”. The sling bullet was found in a pit dating to the Hellenistic period, which was located under the foundations of a Roman building. Heracles mentioned in the inscription is the Greek equivalent of the Phoenician god Melkart, while Hauronas is a Canaanite god known in the ancient Near East and in the Land of Israel as Horon. Prior to this discovery, this divine pair was mentioned only in a Hellenistic inscription from the island of Delos, …

وليكُن تابوتي علامة على الأرض: “مقابر من الفترة الرومانية في يڤنه” / “May My Coffin Be Perforated To The Earth“: Roman-Period Cemeteries At Yavne, Eriola Jakoel, Alla Nagorsky, Pablo Betzer, Daniel Varga

Cornerstone: Journal of Archaeological Sites (حجر الزاوية)

The extensive excavations carried out on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority east of Tel Yavne exposed tombs dating from the Roman period. So far, five cemeteries of various sizes have been found in Yavne, some located near the city and some, farther away. The cemeteries were in use over a long period of time. Three burial layers were identified: Layer III, dating from the first to the second century CE, included two phases; Layer II, dating to the second and third centuries CE, comprised two phases; and layer I, from the third to the fourth century CE. Some of …

وجودنا: مفاهيم أولية للاقتصاد والصناعة خلال فترة السنهدرين في يڤنه، نظرة من خلال عظام الحيوانات والبقايا الأثرية / Preliminary Insights Into The Economy And Industry Of Yavne In The Roman Period: A Zooarchaeological View, Lee Perry-Gal, Pablo Betzer, Daniel Varga

Cornerstone: Journal of Archaeological Sites (حجر الزاوية)

Faunal remains were retrieved from contexts dated to the Early and Middle Roman periods (first century BCE–third century CE) at Yavne, the time when the Sanhedrin operated in the city. These remains suggest the existence of a bone-marrow industry at the site. Donkey and cattle bones were found within an elongated structure and a pool. Based on the bones’ taxonomic and taphonomic traits, they seem to have been used in the production of bone marrow, either for consumption or, more likely, for extracting collagen from the fat, which is known to have been used as a binder in the production …

أدوات من عظام كتف الحيوانات من تل يڤنه: موجودات، استخدامات وإعادة بناء/ Put Your Shoulder To The Wheel: Bone Tools Made From Animal Shoulder Blades From Tel Yavne—Uses And Reconstruction, Inbar Ktalav, Ariel Shatil, Natalia Solodenko, Yotam Asscher, Lee Perry-Gal

Cornerstone: Journal of Archaeological Sites (حجر الزاوية)

The physical structure of the shoulder blade (scapula) bone makes it ideal for producing large, flat and strong tools that were used in daily life activities, such as agriculture, the processing of skins and fibers, and writing tablets. We recognized three types of tools that were made from shoulder blades in the archaeological record from Yavne. One type is the Tarvad, a tool used as a scoop, usually associated with the olive oil industry, and recovered mainly from Jewish sites dated to the Roman period. The tarvad is usually made from a cattle scapula, whose neck is used as a …

صناعة كميات كبيرة من الجرار لاستخدامها في تسويق نبيذ يڤنه أفران الحرق، أكوام النفايات وما بينهما / Mass Production Of Jugs For Yavne’S Wine Industry: Pottery Kilns, Waste Piles And The Relations Between Them, Orit Tsuf

Cornerstone: Journal of Archaeological Sites (حجر الزاوية)

The excavations at Yavne revealed many piles of production waste near pottery kilns in relation to a large complex of wine presses dating to the Byzantine period. The kilns produced Gaza jars, which are well-known in the wine industry, alongside bag-shaped jars, and whose use was diverse, including the storage and marketing of wine. The waste piles of the pottery jars were discovered near kilns dating to the Late Roman, Byzantine and Umayyad periods. Following the excavation and the analysis of the finds, it is possible to map the location of the waste piles in relation to the distribution of …

الطرق التجارية البحرية شرق البحر الأبيض المتوسط ​​في أواخر الفترات القديمة / Eastern Mediterranean Trade Routes In Late Antiquity, Deborah Cvikel

Cornerstone: Journal of Archaeological Sites (حجر الزاوية)

For thousands of years, the Mediterranean Sea has connected the various peoples residing along its shores, as is evidenced in the material culture: ancient coastal cities, ports and anchorages, shipwrecks and their cargoes. The archaeological remains uncovered on the seabed and on seashores are cultural assets of great value, attesting to the interrelationships between man and sea, playing an important part in the study of the history and archaeology of the Mediterranean basin. Between the end of the Byzantine period and the Early Islamic period, important changes were attested in the construction technology of ships sailing in the Mediterranean Sea, …

يڤنه وصناعة نبيذ غزة وعسقلان / Yavne And The Wine Industry Of Gaza And Ashqelon, Jon Seligman, Elie Haddad, Liat Nadav-Ziv

Cornerstone: Journal of Archaeological Sites (حجر الزاوية)

The remains uncovered at Yavne attest to its role in the wine-industry during the Byzantine period: viticulture, wine processing and trade of prestige Gaza and Ashqelon wine. The climate in this area, its soil and environment were ideal for growing vines (terroir). This article examines the wine industry along the southern coast of Israel, followed by a discussion of the literary sources mentioning this industry, the types of facilities used in it and the material findings. We focus on the industrial winepresses recently uncovered at Yavne and the extent of wine production at the site. Furthermore, the pottery kilns uncovered …