a complete picture of a site; it gives only a slice of the material remains that exist there. For instance, excavations have taken place at the site of Tell Ras Shamra almost every year since the initial excavation under the direction of Claude Schaeffer in 1929.10 Great finds have been made there, such as the Ugaritic texts (which are the main source for the Canaanite language). Yet much of the site is unexcavated. That is true of every major site. Megiddo, in northern Israel, has been the subject