Bet Degan, lntermediate Bronze Age And Mamluk- Period Cemeteries 2004- 2005 Excavations

Author

Yannai; Eli ; Nagar; Y.

Year

2014

Publisher

Israel Antiquities Authority / ____ _______

Language

English

Pages

ISBN

978-9-65406-451-4

Link

Last Update

03-Sep-2024

Keywords

Archaeology

Description

The cemetery at Bet Dagan (map ref. NIG 1840/6558) is located to the southeast of the remains of the Arab village and ancient tell of Beit Dajan (Fig. 1.1), on a red loam (ḥamra) hill 33 m above sea level, halfway between Jaffa and Ramla. The ḥamra hill on which the site was located had been previously damaged by extensive quarrying, and only part of it remained to be systematically excavated. The nature of construction at the site dictated the necessity to expose a wide area, after which the entire hill was leveled and no longer existed. During the two...