Abstract
Four strata were distinguished at the site: Stratum 4, dating to the Late Chalcolithic period; Strata 3 and 2, to EB IA; and Stratum 1, sub-recent. The Late Chalcolithic remains consisted of a stone surface and an underlying fill, and the EB IA remains included wall segments of three structures: two buildings (Stratum 3) and a wall of a large double-apsed structure (Stratum 2). The technological analysis of the pottery from the site testifies to a transmission from the Late Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age populations in the way of making utilitarian ceramics, indicating continuity of the same population. The findings at Kafr Kanna thus contribute to the archaeological record concerning the transition from the Late Chalcolithic to the early EB IA in central Lower Galilee.
Keywords
Galilee, Gray Burnished Ware, chaîne opératoire, petrography
Recommended Citation
van den Brink, Edwin C.M.; Roux, Valentine; Shapiro, Anastasia; and Shemer, Maayan
(2022)
"Late Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age IA Settlement Remains at Kafr Kanna, Lower Galilee,"
'Atiqot: Vol. 108, Article 2.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.70967/2948-040X.1141
Available at:
https://publications.iaa.org.il/atiqot/vol108/iss1/2
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