Drafts by Katherine Streckert
This paper discusses the prominent views concerning the function of LMLK seals, as well as analyz... more This paper discusses the prominent views concerning the function of LMLK seals, as well as analyzing the possible identity of a winged sun disk seal impression from Khirbet el-Maqatir, Israel.
Papers by Katherine Streckert
Archaeopress Publishing Ltd eBooks, Mar 30, 2023
At Khirbet el-Maqatir in the northern Judean highlands, archaeologists discovered a monumental fo... more At Khirbet el-Maqatir in the northern Judean highlands, archaeologists discovered a monumental fortification tower and military equipment from the Late Hellenistic and Early Roman periods. The tower’s megaliths, thick walls and massive base made it one of the largest towers in Israel during the late Second Temple period. The military equipment at the village emerged gradually throughout the archaeological project, and included hobnails, slingstones and ballista balls, a sling pellet, arrowheads, a javelin head, metal blades, and equestrian fittings. All these elements fit within their historical and cultural milieu, and reinforce the excavators’ conclusion that the settlement was founded in the second century BCE, demolished by the Romans in 69 CE during the First Jewish Revolt, temporarily occupied by Roman soldiers soon thereafter, and then resided in by a small Jewish population that reused the hiding complex during the Second Jewish Revolt (132–135 CE), before being abandoned un...
In the highland’s depth: Journal for the study of archaeology and history of the highlands region and underground cavities, 2020
At Khirbet el-Maqatir in the northern Judean highlands, archaeologists discovered a monumental fo... more At Khirbet el-Maqatir in the northern Judean highlands, archaeologists discovered a monumental fortification tower and military equipment from the Late Hellenistic and Early Roman periods. The tower’s megaliths, thick walls, and massive base made it one of the largest towers in Israel during the late Second Temple period. The military equipment at the village emerged gradually throughout the archaeological project, and included hobnails, slingstones and ballista balls, a sling pellet, arrowheads, a javelin head, metal blades, and equestrian fittings. All these elements fit within their historical and cultural milieu, and reinforce the excavators’ conclusion that the settlement was founded in the second century BCE, demolished by the Romans in 69 CE during the First Jewish Revolt, temporarily occupied by Roman soldiers soon thereafter, and then resided in by a small Jewish population that reused the hiding complex during the Second Jewish Revolt (132–135 CE), before being abandoned until the Late Roman and Byzantine periods.
Near East Archaeological Society Bulletin, 2019
A complete, intact early Roman inkwell recovered in excavations at ancient Shiloh adds to the lim... more A complete, intact early Roman inkwell recovered in excavations at ancient Shiloh adds to the limited number of inkwells known from the period. The ceramic item is somewhat small and poorly made, but its apparently handmade, inverted trapezoidal shape is unique among extant early Roman inkwells from Judea and adds a relatively small site to the list of places where inkwells have appeared.
Thesis Chapters by Katherine Streckert
Master's Thesis, 2022
Calls to “decolonize” the museum have reverberated through the fields of anthropology, art histor... more Calls to “decolonize” the museum have reverberated through the fields of anthropology, art history, and museum studies in the past few years. But what might a “decolonized” museum exhibit look like in practice? This paper presents two case studies, the Islamic galleries at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Detroit Institute of Arts, with the hope of shedding some light on this question. First, placing the museums in their historical and colonial pasts, a preliminary section illuminates the original ties between citizenship, colonialism and the public museum. Next, I outline a brief history of the collection of Islamic art in the West, along with the stories of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Detroit Institute of Arts, two institutions which were founded in the same intellectual environment but have diverged considerably in museum practice in the past two decades. Finally, I use data gathered in the summer of 2021 to analyze the exhibit environment, object display and placement, and informational texts of the museums’ Islamic art galleries, and I identify two disparate approaches to “decolonization”: one “additive” (removing one-dimensional representations of the “other” and replacing them with more complex and humanizing depictions) and the other “subtractive” (removing overt stereotypes while leaving the underlying structures of European Enlightenment/Colonial-era knowledge intact). While neither can definitively be hailed as “decolonized,” one approach is much more successful at dethroning Western forms of knowledge, indicating the agency of Middle Eastern peoples, and presenting a practical example for progressive museums to follow.
Books by Katherine Streckert
The Excavations at Khirbet el-Maqatir: 1995–2001 and 2009–2016 Volume 2: The Late Hellenistic, Early Roman, and Byzantine Periods, 2023
The Late Hellenistic and Early Roman military artifacts at Khirbet el-Maqatir fit into seven grou... more The Late Hellenistic and Early Roman military artifacts at Khirbet el-Maqatir fit into seven groups: hobnails, slingstones and ballista balls, sling pellets, arrowheads, javelin heads, blades, and equestrian fittings. Though most of these artifacts came from Early Roman contexts (Stratum 3b), the dating of the whole collection may extend from the Late Hellenistic period to the mid-third century CE. Overall, the Early Roman militaria found at Khirbet el-Maqatir seems to support the excavators' assertion that the Late Hellenistic and Early Roman settlement was founded in the second century BCE, destroyed by the Romans in 69 CE, and subsequently occupied by Roman soldiers until sometime before the Second Jewish Revolt (132-135 CE) when a Jewish population resettled the site.
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