In 1909 the Scottish archaeologist Duncan Mackenzie, Sir Arthur Evans s right-hand man on the excavations of the legendary Palace of Minos at Knossos since 1900, was appointed Explorer of the Palestine Exploration Fund (PEF). From the spring of 1910 until December 1912 he was engaged in archaeological fieldwork in Palestine, especially directing excavation campaigns at Ain Shems (biblical Beth Shemesh) an important site in the Shephelah of Judah at the crossroads of Canaanite, Philistine, and Israelite cultures. Mackenzie published the results of his work in various issues of the Palestine...