El-ahwat : a fortified site of the early iron age near Nahal 'Iron, Israel.

The excavations at el-Ahwat constitute a unique and fascinating archaeological undertaking. The site is the location of a fortified city dated to the early Iron Age (ca. 1220-1150 BCE), hidden in a dense Mediterranean forest in central Israel, near the historic 'Arunah pass. Discovered in 1992...

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Published: Leiden : Brill, 2009.

Series: Culture and History of the Ancient Near East 24.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2010, ISBN: 9789004222731.

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Call Number: GN780.32.N4 E43 2009

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505 0 0 |t Preliminary Material /  |r Adam Zertal --   |t Preface /  |r Michael Heltzer --   |t Introduction /  |r Adam Zertal --   |t History of the Excavations, the Staff, and the Methodology /  |r Adam Zertal --   |t Stratigraphy, Architecture, and Chronology the Site - General Data /  |r Adam Zertal --   |t Plan and Fortifications /  |r Adam Zertal --   |t Stratigraphy and Chronology /  |r Adam Zertal --   |t Area A - The City Gate (A1), The "Approach" (A2), and the Upper Terrace (A3) /  |r Adam Zertal and Ron Be'eri --   |t Area B - A Sounding in the Western City Wall /  |r Nirit Lavie-Alon --   |t Area C1 - The Residential Quarter /  |r Nirit Lavie-Alon --   |t Area C2 /  |r Dror Ben-Yosef --   |t Area D - The Central Quarter /  |r Amit Romano --   |t Area E1 - A Sounding in the Southern Quarter /  |r Nirit Lavie-Alon --   |t Area F - Soundings in the Fortifications /  |r Dror Ben-Yosef --   |t Area T - The Outside Tower /  |r Adam Zertal --   |t The Finds The Iron Age Pottery /  |r Ron Be'eri and Oren Cohen --   |t The Late Pottery /  |r Michal Oren-Paskal --   |t Nine Scarabs, A Scaraboid, A Cylinder Seal, and A Bifacial Rectangular Plaque from El-Ahwat /  |r Baruch Brandl --   |t The Beads and Pendants /  |r Jack Green --   |t An Ivory Caprid-Head from Area A3 /  |r Adam Zertal --   |t A Bronze Head from Area A3 /  |r Oren Cohen --   |t The Coins /  |r Haim Winter --   |t Economy and Environment The Stone Objects /  |r Dror Ben-Yosef and Shay Bar --   |t The Flint Assemblage /  |r Haim Winter --   |t The Faunal Remains /  |r Adam Zertal --   |t A Furnace for The Processing of Iron /  |r Yuval Winter --   |t Oil-Producing Installations /  |r David Eitam --   |t Oil-Press L4348 and Its Implications /  |r Ron Be'eri --   |t The Ottoman Pipes /  |r Shay Bar --   |t Conclusions Architectural and Archaeological Parallels between El-Ahwat and the Western Mediterranean /  |r Adam Zertal --   |t Archaeological and Historical Conclusions /  |r Adam Zertal --   |t Bibliography /  |r Adam Zertal --   |t List of Loci /  |r Adam Zertal. 
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