El-Ahwat : a fortified site from the early Iron age near Nahal 'Iron, Israel : excavations 1993-2000, final report / / Adam Zertal ; with contributions by Shay Bar ... [et al.].
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 and e...
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| Superior document: | Culture and history of the ancient Near East ; 24 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Culture and history of the ancient Near East ;
v. 24. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (508 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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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.