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

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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Language: English

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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Archaeology > Palestine.
Iron Age > Palestine.

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Call Number: GN780.32.N4 E43 2009

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