Abstract
A Middle Bronze Age II burial cave, reusing a Chalcolithic burial cave, was discovered during excavations carried out at Mazor (West). The Middle Bronze Age remains accumulated above the cave’s bedrock floor, utilizing the entire space. Seven individuals were discovered and about 50 intact or restorable MB II pottery vessels were retrieved, as well as three metal pins, three flint items and animal bones. It is probable that the cave, and other MB II sites in its vicinity, belonged to a system of villages and associated mortuary grounds, which were related to the main urban center at Tel Afeq.
Keywords
multiple burial, funerary goods, anthropology, Tell el-Yahudiyeh juglet
Recommended Citation
Gershuny, Lilly and Milevski, Ianir
(2021)
"A Middle Bronze Age II Burial Cave at Mazor (West) (with contributions by Yossi Nagar, Liora K. Horwitz) (pp. 37–73),"
'Atiqot: Vol. 104, Article 8.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.70967/2948-040X.1915
Available at:
https://publications.iaa.org.il/atiqot/vol104/iss1/8
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