As Zertal’s overall survey found no other structure of this period anywhere in the ample acres of Mount Ebal, there is, of course, the temptation to clinch the matter directly in favor of his view. But preservation of monuments across thirty-two centuries is a chancy business. If it were the site of Joshua’s ceremonies, then one must say that no scrap of the inscribed plastered stones has survived. Nor could we reasonably expect it in so very exposed a context. If that is so, then in theory Joshua’s