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Bet Shemesh, The Western Industrial Zone, A-8976/2021, Limor Silas Jan 2021

Bet Shemesh, The Western Industrial Zone, A-8976/2021, Limor Silas

Favissa: Past Archaeological Excavation Reports

In March 2021, a salvage excavation was conducted at Lot 9 in the western industrial zone of Bet Shemesh (Permit No. A-8976/2021; Map ref. 196036-468/625575-6333). The excavation, on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority, was directed by L. Silas, with the assistance of N. Nehama (administration) and E. Marko (surveying and photogrammetry).

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66/3 | Jerusalem: Excavations In The Tyropoeon Valley (Givati Parking Lot) Volume Ii The Byzantine And Early Islamic Periods Part 3: Complementary Studies Of Various Finds, Doron Ben-Ami, Yana Tchekhanovets Dec 2020

66/3 | Jerusalem: Excavations In The Tyropoeon Valley (Givati Parking Lot) Volume Ii The Byzantine And Early Islamic Periods Part 3: Complementary Studies Of Various Finds, Doron Ben-Ami, Yana Tchekhanovets

IAA Reports—Monograph Series of the Israel Antiquities Authority

This volume is the second in a series of final reports presenting the results of the excavations conducted in the Givati Parking Lot, located on the eastern slope of the Tyropoeon Valley in Jerusalem. The site covers an area of c. 0.5 hectares, making it one of the largest excavations in the City of David. This second volume is comprised of three parts, and presents the remains of the Byzantine and Early Islamic periods. The exposure of Byzantine and Early Islamic remains over an extensive area has enabled a reassessment of the nature of the transition between these two periods, …

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66/2 | Jerusalem: Excavations In The Tyropoeon Valley (Givati Parking Lot) Volume Ii The Byzantine And Early Islamic Periods Part 2: Strata Iv–I:The Early Islamic Period, Doron Ben-Ami, Yana Tchekhanovets Dec 2020

66/2 | Jerusalem: Excavations In The Tyropoeon Valley (Givati Parking Lot) Volume Ii The Byzantine And Early Islamic Periods Part 2: Strata Iv–I:The Early Islamic Period, Doron Ben-Ami, Yana Tchekhanovets

IAA Reports—Monograph Series of the Israel Antiquities Authority

This volume is the second in a series of final reports presenting the results of the excavations conducted in the Givati Parking Lot, located on the eastern slope of the Tyropoeon Valley in Jerusalem. The site covers an area of c. 0.5 hectares, making it one of the largest excavations in the City of David. This second volume is comprised of three parts, and presents the remains of the Byzantine and Early Islamic periods. The exposure of Byzantine and Early Islamic remains over an extensive area has enabled a reassessment of the nature of the transition between these two periods, …

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66/1 | Jerusalem: Excavations In The Tyropoeon Valley (Givati Parking Lot) Volume Ii The Byzantine And Early Islamic Periods Part 1: Stratum V: The Byzantine Period, Doron Ben-Ami, Yana Tchekhanovets Oct 2020

66/1 | Jerusalem: Excavations In The Tyropoeon Valley (Givati Parking Lot) Volume Ii The Byzantine And Early Islamic Periods Part 1: Stratum V: The Byzantine Period, Doron Ben-Ami, Yana Tchekhanovets

IAA Reports—Monograph Series of the Israel Antiquities Authority

This volume is the second in a series of final reports presenting the results of the excavations conducted in the Givati Parking Lot, located on the eastern slope of the Tyropoeon Valley in Jerusalem. The site covers an area of c. 0.5 hectares, making it one of the largest excavations in the City of David. This second volume is comprised of three parts, and presents the remains of the Byzantine and Early Islamic periods. The exposure of Byzantine and Early Islamic remains over an extensive area has enabled a reassessment of the nature of the transition between these two periods, …

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65 | Ashqelon Barne‘A: The Early Bronze Age Site Volume I The Excavations, Amir Golani Dec 2019

65 | Ashqelon Barne‘A: The Early Bronze Age Site Volume I The Excavations, Amir Golani

IAA Reports—Monograph Series of the Israel Antiquities Authority

This is the first of two volumes that comprise the final report of the three excavation seasons at the site. It focuses primarily on the stratigraphy and architecture. Chapter 1 briefly describes the siteʼs physical characteristics, paleoenvironment and subsistence strategies, previous research at the site, excavation strategy and methodology; Chapter 2 presents the geomorphology of the site and its environs, and a sedimentological analysis of the various strata; Chapter 3 details the siteʼs stratigraphy; Chapter 4 is a synthesis and comprehensive discussion of the stratigraphy, architecture and elements of settlement planning.

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64 | Jerusalem: Western Wall Plaza Excavations Volume Ii The Pottery From The Eastern Cardo, Renate Rosenthal-Heginbottom Oct 2019

64 | Jerusalem: Western Wall Plaza Excavations Volume Ii The Pottery From The Eastern Cardo, Renate Rosenthal-Heginbottom

IAA Reports—Monograph Series of the Israel Antiquities Authority

This volume is the second in a series describing the results of salvage excavations conducted in the northwestern part of the Western Wall Plaza. This volume presents the Roman pottery from the Eastern Cardo, most of which originated in the ‘Roman refuse dump’, a fill deposited into an abandoned quarry during infrastructure work, and then sealed by the paving stones of the Eastern Cardo. The well-preserved and securely dated finds (70–130 CE) can be clearly attributed to the Roman army.

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63 | Jerusalem: Western Wall Plaza Excavations Volume I The Roman And Byzantine Remains: Architecture And Stratigraphy, Shlomit Weksler-Bdolah, Alexander Onn Oct 2019

63 | Jerusalem: Western Wall Plaza Excavations Volume I The Roman And Byzantine Remains: Architecture And Stratigraphy, Shlomit Weksler-Bdolah, Alexander Onn

IAA Reports—Monograph Series of the Israel Antiquities Authority

This is the first volume in a series describing the results of salvage excavations conducted in the northwestern part of the Western Wall Plaza. Despite the fact that the Old City of Jerusalem has been continuously investigated during the last 150 years, it is the first time that this area, located c. 100 m west of the Temple Mount, has been excavated and thus, the results are of great significance. This volume describes our excavations that descended to bedrock, exposing 15 strata that span 2700–2800 years, from the Late Iron Age quarries to the Roman and Byzantine Eastern Cardo, its …

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62 | Bet She’An Iv: Hellenistic Nysa-Scythopolis The Amphora Stamps And Sealings From Tel Iztabba, Gaby Mazor, Walid Atrash, Gerald Finkielsztejn Jun 2018

62 | Bet She’An Iv: Hellenistic Nysa-Scythopolis The Amphora Stamps And Sealings From Tel Iztabba, Gaby Mazor, Walid Atrash, Gerald Finkielsztejn

IAA Reports—Monograph Series of the Israel Antiquities Authority

This is the fourth volume of publications of the Bet She’an Archaeological Project, describing the large-scale IAA excavations at the site of Bet She’an–ancient Nysa-Scythopolis, during 1986–2002. This volume focuses on two significant assemblages of finds from the Hellenistic period recovered at the site of Tel Iẓṭabba: the stamped amphora handles and the sealings. The volume is introduced with a brief summary of excavations at Tel Iẓṭabba and an overview of the city’s history. Bet She’an V (IAA Reports 74) presents the full excavation report of the IAA excavations at Tel Iẓṭabba: the stratigraphy, architecture and finds.

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61 | Bet Yerah: Volume Iii: Hellenistic Philoteria And Islamic Al-Sinnabra The 1933–1986 And 2007–2013 Excavations, Raphael Greenberg, Oren Tal, Tawfiq Da‘Adli Jun 2017

61 | Bet Yerah: Volume Iii: Hellenistic Philoteria And Islamic Al-Sinnabra The 1933–1986 And 2007–2013 Excavations, Raphael Greenberg, Oren Tal, Tawfiq Da‘Adli

IAA Reports—Monograph Series of the Israel Antiquities Authority

This, the third and final volume of reports dedicated to the publication of the 1933–1986 excavations at Khirbat al-Karak (Kh. Kerak)/Tel Bet Yeraḥ, describes the remains belonging to the Hellenistic town of Philoteria and the Early Islamic palace of al-Sinnabra, excavated in the northern and southern parts of the site.

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60 | ‘Akko Ii: The 1991–1998 Excavations: The Early Periods, Moshe Hartal, Danny Syon, Eliezer Stern, Ayelet Tatcher Dec 2016

60 | ‘Akko Ii: The 1991–1998 Excavations: The Early Periods, Moshe Hartal, Danny Syon, Eliezer Stern, Ayelet Tatcher

IAA Reports—Monograph Series of the Israel Antiquities Authority

chapter 1. `Akko-Ptolemais - a maritime city at the crossroads of ancient civilizitions until Roman times / Nadav Kashtan -- part I. Excavations at the courthouse site. chapter 2. The courthouse site: architecture and stratigraphy of areas TB and TC / Moshe Hartal -- chapter 3. The courthouse site: the glass from areas TB and TC / Natalya Katsnelson -- chapter 4. The courthouse site: loomweights and whorls / Orit Shamir -- part II. Excavations in the Hospitaller compound. chapter 5. The Hospitaller compound: Hellenistic and early Roman remains / Eliezer Stern -- chapter 6. The Hospitaller compound: Hellenistic and …

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59 | Gamla Iii: The Shmarya Gutmann Excavations 1976–1989: Finds And Studies: Part 2, Danny Syon Nov 2016

59 | Gamla Iii: The Shmarya Gutmann Excavations 1976–1989: Finds And Studies: Part 2, Danny Syon

IAA Reports—Monograph Series of the Israel Antiquities Authority

This volume is Part 2 of the publication of the many finds assemblages from Gamla, including the glass, stone, metal, jewelry finds and many others, as well as a number of analytical studies. Finds related to the Jewish War and the coins were published in IAA Reports 56.

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Dabburiya A-7800, Moshe Kahlon Jan 2016

Dabburiya A-7800, Moshe Kahlon

Favissa: Past Archaeological Excavation Reports

In September 2016, a trial excavation was conducted in Daburiyya (Permit No. A-7800/2016; map. ref. 234635–66/733442–4635) in advance of planned construction activities. The excavation, undertaken on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority, was directed by M. Kahlon, with the assistance of K. Covello-Paran (scientific supervision), M. Kahan (surveying), Y. Ya'akobi (administration), and laborers from Kafr Manda.

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58/2 | Bet She’An Iii: Nysa-Scythopolis: The Southern And Severan Theaters: Part 2: The Architecture, Gabriel Mazor, Walid Atrash Feb 2015

58/2 | Bet She’An Iii: Nysa-Scythopolis: The Southern And Severan Theaters: Part 2: The Architecture, Gabriel Mazor, Walid Atrash

IAA Reports—Monograph Series of the Israel Antiquities Authority

Bet She'an III Nysa-Scythopolis: The Southern and Severan Theaters. Part 2: The Architecture provides an architectural analysis and a proposed reconstruction of the Southern and Severan Theaters in Nysa-Scythopolis based on the stratigraphy and the finds revealed in the excavations conducted by Applebaum in 1960–1962 and the IAA, in 1986–2002. It further presents the development of Roman theaters and their integration into the civic centers of the poleis of the Roman East as an on-going process of construction and renovation that corresponded with the urban development and prosperity of the cities, from the late first century BCE to the mid-third …

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56 | Gamla Iii: The Shmarya Gutmann Excavations 1976–1989: Finds And Studies, Part 1, Danny Syon Jan 2015

56 | Gamla Iii: The Shmarya Gutmann Excavations 1976–1989: Finds And Studies, Part 1, Danny Syon

IAA Reports—Monograph Series of the Israel Antiquities Authority

This volume is Part 1 of the publication of the finds from Gamla. Chapter 1 presents an overview of the history of Gamla and a background for the many rich finds. This first volume presents the finds related to the Jewish War and the coins, a prime chronological indicator. Part 2 (IAA Reports 59) presents the many other finds.

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57 | Caesarea Maritima, Volume I: Herod’S Circus And Related Buildings, Part 2: The Finds, Yosef Porath Jan 2015

57 | Caesarea Maritima, Volume I: Herod’S Circus And Related Buildings, Part 2: The Finds, Yosef Porath

IAA Reports—Monograph Series of the Israel Antiquities Authority

This is Part 2 of Volume I in a series of final reports of the IAA Excavation Project at Caesarea (1992–1998), the renowned ancient city built by King Herod. Volume 1: Part 2 presents the pottery, coins and glass finds from excavations in Herod’s Circus.

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Iksal Village A-7352, Fadi Abu Zedan Jan 2015

Iksal Village A-7352, Fadi Abu Zedan

Favissa: Past Archaeological Excavation Reports

In March 2015, a salvage excavation was conducted in the center of the village of Iksal (permit No. A-7352/2015), prior to the construction of a private residence. The excavation, carried out on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority, was directed by F. Abu Zedan, with the assistance of Y. Ya‘aqobi (administration), R. Liran and R. Mishayev (surveying), Y. Bibas (photography), and K. Kovlo (scientific guidance).

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58/1 | Bet She’An Iii: Nysa-Scythopolis: The Southern And Severan Theaters, Part 1: The Stratigraphy And Finds, Gabriel Mazor, Walid Atrash Jan 2015

58/1 | Bet She’An Iii: Nysa-Scythopolis: The Southern And Severan Theaters, Part 1: The Stratigraphy And Finds, Gabriel Mazor, Walid Atrash

IAA Reports—Monograph Series of the Israel Antiquities Authority

Bet She'an III Nysa - Scythopolis: The Southern And Severan Theaters. part 1: The stratigraphy and finds. chapter 1. Introduction / Gabriel Mazor and Walid Atrash -- chapter 2. The southern theater / Gabriel Mazor and Walid Atrash -- chapter 3. The Severan theater / Gabriel Mazor and Walid Atrash -- chapter 4. The pottery / Débora Sandhaus and Marc Balouka -- chapter 5. The glass finds / Tamar Winter -- chapter 6. The coins / Ariel Berman

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Yavne-Yam, Palmahim Beach A-7342/2015, Yitzhak Mermelstein Jan 2015

Yavne-Yam, Palmahim Beach A-7342/2015, Yitzhak Mermelstein

Favissa: Past Archaeological Excavation Reports

In February 2015, a salvage excavation was conducted at Palmahim Beach National Park (Permit No. A-7342; map ref. 171115–48/647859–8259), following the discovery of a pithos (large storage jar). The excavation, undertaken on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority, was directed by Y. Mermelstein (field photography), with the assistance of Y. Amrani (administration), A. Dagot (GIS), A. Gorzalczany (scientific supervision) and M. Ajami.

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55 | Bet Dagan: Intermediate Bronze Age And Mamluk-Period Cemeteries, 2004–2005 Excavations, Eli Yannai, Yossi Nagar Dec 2014

55 | Bet Dagan: Intermediate Bronze Age And Mamluk-Period Cemeteries, 2004–2005 Excavations, Eli Yannai, Yossi Nagar

IAA Reports—Monograph Series of the Israel Antiquities Authority

This volume describes the IAA excavation of two cemeteries of different periods on the coastal plain near Tel Aviv. The excavation uncovered one of the largest Intermediate Bronze Age shaft-tomb cemeteries with burial assemblages and anthropological remains known to date. The Muslim cemetery is unique in having no tombs or grave goods.

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54 | Bet Yerah: The Early Bronze Age Mound, Volume Ii: Urban Structure And Material Culture, 1933–1986 Excavations, Raphael Greenberg Jan 2014

54 | Bet Yerah: The Early Bronze Age Mound, Volume Ii: Urban Structure And Material Culture, 1933–1986 Excavations, Raphael Greenberg

IAA Reports—Monograph Series of the Israel Antiquities Authority

This is the second volume in the series describing the results of 11 excavation campaigns at Tel Bet Yeraḥ over some 50 years (1933–1986). The first volume (IAA Reports 30) presented the stratigraphic framework and the Early Bronze Age pottery. This second volume comprises a companion to Volume I, presenting synthetic discussions of the excavations and finds, and the publication of further Early Bronze Age artifact assemblages, including flint, stone and other small finds.

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Kafr Kanna A-7117, Fadi Abu Zedan Jan 2014

Kafr Kanna A-7117, Fadi Abu Zedan

Favissa: Past Archaeological Excavation Reports

During May 2014, a trial excavation was conducted at Kafr Kanna (Permit No.                     A-7117/2014), following the discovery of antiquities during the construction of a new road in the Jebel Khuwweikha neighborhood. The excavation, undertaken on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority, was directed by P. Abu Zidan, with the assistance of Y. Yaakobi (administration), R. Mishayev and R. Liran (surveying), Y. Bibas (photography), and laborers from Project 500.

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53 | Caesarea Maritima, Volume I: Herod’S Circus And Related Buildings Part 1: Architecture And Stratigraphy, Yosef Porath Dec 2013

53 | Caesarea Maritima, Volume I: Herod’S Circus And Related Buildings Part 1: Architecture And Stratigraphy, Yosef Porath

IAA Reports—Monograph Series of the Israel Antiquities Authority

This is Part 1 of Volume 1 in a series of final reports of the IAA Excavation Project at Caesarea (1992–1998), the renowned ancient city built by King Herod. Volume 1 focuses on Herod’s Circus, the facility Herod designed for chariot races. Volume 1: Part 1 presents the background, architecture and stratigraphy of the complex. Part 2 (IAA Reports 57) describes the find from this complex.

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52 | Jerusalem: Excavations In The Tyropoeon Valley (Giv‘Ati Parking Lot), Volume I, Doron Ben-Ami Nov 2013

52 | Jerusalem: Excavations In The Tyropoeon Valley (Giv‘Ati Parking Lot), Volume I, Doron Ben-Ami

IAA Reports—Monograph Series of the Israel Antiquities Authority

This is first volume of a series publishing the results of the excavations at the Giv‘ati Parking Lot in the northwestern corner of the City of David. This volume presents the results of the 2007 excavation season in Area M1, which was excavated down to bedrock to establish the stratigraphic sequence, and is designed as a stratigraphic key for the entire site. The pottery, coins, glass, metal and stone finds, military equipment, human and faunal remains and other artifacts, from the Iron Age through the Islamic period, are presented.

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51/2 | ‘Akko I. The 1991–1998 Excavations: The Crusader-Period Pottery Part 2: Plates, Edna J. Stern Dec 2012

51/2 | ‘Akko I. The 1991–1998 Excavations: The Crusader-Period Pottery Part 2: Plates, Edna J. Stern

IAA Reports—Monograph Series of the Israel Antiquities Authority

This volume, which comprises two parts: text and plates, is the first of the series documenting the results of the large-scale IAA excavations at ‘Akko during the years 1991–1998. It presents the Crusader-period pottery (12th–13th centuries CE), the largest pottery assemblage of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem to be studied from a site in the Levant to date. An important component of this assemblage is the wide variety of imported ceramic wares from regions throughout the western and eastern Mediterranean, some not previously identified in Crusader-period contexts in the Levant. This assemblage is important for the study of trade and …

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51/1 | ‘Akko I :The 1991–1998 Excavations: The Crusader-Period Pottery, Part 1: Text, Edna J. Stern Nov 2012

51/1 | ‘Akko I :The 1991–1998 Excavations: The Crusader-Period Pottery, Part 1: Text, Edna J. Stern

IAA Reports—Monograph Series of the Israel Antiquities Authority

This volume, which comprises two parts: text and plates, is the first of the series documenting the results of the large-scale IAA excavations at ‘Akko during the years 1991–1998. It presents the Crusader-period pottery (12th–13th centuries CE), the largest pottery assemblage of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem to be studied from a site in the Levant to date. An important component of this assemblage is the wide variety of imported ceramic wares from regions throughout the western and eastern Mediterranean, some not previously identified in Crusader-period contexts in the Levant. This assemblage is important for the study of trade and …

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50 | The Azor Cemetery Moshe Dothan’S Excavations, 1958 And 1960, David Ben-Shlomo Oct 2012

50 | The Azor Cemetery Moshe Dothan’S Excavations, 1958 And 1960, David Ben-Shlomo

IAA Reports—Monograph Series of the Israel Antiquities Authority

This volume publishes the results of excavations undertaken in 1958 and 1960 by the Dept. of Antiquities and Museums of the State of Israel. It describes the graves and the finds, in particular the Iron Age pottery, as well as scarabs, seals, glass finds, coins and other small finds, accompanied by a discussion of burial customs at Azor during Iron Age IB–IIA.

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ʻEin Boded, East, A-6456, Ariel Vered Jan 2012

ʻEin Boded, East, A-6456, Ariel Vered

Favissa: Past Archaeological Excavation Reports

In February 2012, a salvage excavation was conducted at ʻEin Boded (East), within the Ramat Menashe Industrial Park (Permit No. A-6456/2012; map. ref. 206909–7390/724430–812). The excavation was carried out on the summit of a hill, approximately 250 m above sea level, in an agricultural area that had been subjected to intensive cultivation and deep plowing.

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49 | Mary’S Well, Nazareth: The Late Hellenistic To The Ottoman Periods, Yardenna Alexandre Jan 2012

49 | Mary’S Well, Nazareth: The Late Hellenistic To The Ottoman Periods, Yardenna Alexandre

IAA Reports—Monograph Series of the Israel Antiquities Authority

The ancient spring of Nazareth is associated with Mary, Mother of Jesus, and has been a site of pilgrimage for centuries. Excavations in its vicinity revealed remains from two millennia of Nazareth’s history, mainly from the Crusader period when an elaborate fountain house was erected, and the Mamluk period, when significant alterations were made to it.

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48 | Bet She’An Ii: Baysān The Theater Pottery Workshop, Rachel Bar-Nathan, Walid Atrash Jan 2011

48 | Bet She’An Ii: Baysān The Theater Pottery Workshop, Rachel Bar-Nathan, Walid Atrash

IAA Reports—Monograph Series of the Israel Antiquities Authority

This is the second volume of publications of the Bet She’an Archaeological Project, the large-scale IAA excavations at the site of Bet She’an – ancient Nysa-Scythopolis. In the Umayyad period, the southern part of the Roman-Byzantine city, now known as Baysān, was converted to industrial use. This volume describes the excavation of the pottery workshop in the Severan theater, one of the largest in Umayyad Baysān, as well as the pottery and glass finds, and discusses traditional pottery workshops and production processes of the period.

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47 | The Ramat Bet Shemesh Regional Project: Landscapes Of Settlement From The Paleolithic To The Ottoman Periods, Yehuda Dagan Jan 2011

47 | The Ramat Bet Shemesh Regional Project: Landscapes Of Settlement From The Paleolithic To The Ottoman Periods, Yehuda Dagan

IAA Reports—Monograph Series of the Israel Antiquities Authority

The Ramat Bet Shemesh Project was a high-resolution regional study of an area in the Judean Shephelah designated for urban developments, which aimed at recording the ancient remains as well as the natural environment that were to be completely destroyed. The first volume, the Gazetteer (IAA Reports 46), described all the sites surveyed during the project, as well as the results of 100 small-scale excavations. This second volume presents the methodology and field techniques of the project, the ecological and environmental studies, the use of GIS technology, and discussions of the settlement patterns and agricultural activity of each period, as …

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