Abstract
A survey and trial excavations were carried out in preparation for the establishment of the Zur Yig’al settlement in the Sharon plain. Sixteen winepresses of various sizes were identified in the survey, some paved with white mosaics and equipped with screw presses. Also recorded were thirteen cisterns, seven towers, five burial caves, two cist tombs, six limekilns, cupmarks, piles of small stones, rock cuttings, natural caves, many agricultural terraces and some unidentifiable installations. The area seems to have been used as marginal agricultural land, worked for a relatively short period of time by one or more of the nearby settlements, such as Ḥorbat Hanut or Ḥorbat Nashe. The majority of the finds date from the Roman and early Byzantine periods.
Keywords
agriculture, hinterland, burial, charcoal installations, industry, viticulture
Recommended Citation
Ayalon, Etan
(2012)
"Agricultural and Industrial Installations and Burial Caves from the Roman and Byzantine Periods at Zur Yig’al (Hebrew, pp. 123–144; English summary, pp. 90*–91*),"
'Atiqot: Vol. 70, Article 13.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.70967/2948-040X.1536
Available at:
https://publications.iaa.org.il/atiqot/vol70/iss1/13
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