Abstract
Excavations near the Naḥal Sha‘al streambed exposed a massive wall aligned in a roughly north–south direction. The eastern side of the wall is constructed of dressed stones cemented with lime mortar; the western side is irregular. At the base of the wall, a slope was constructed of lime mortar, reaching, at its thickest, up to one meter in width. Based on the scant pottery finds from the mortar fill between the stones, the construction appears to date from the Late Roman period. The wall would appear to have been constructed to prevent erosion of the bank at this particular place.
Keywords
Galilee, geomorphology, wadi, flood erosion
Recommended Citation
Getzov, Nimrod; Abu-‘Uqsa, Hanaa; Greenbaum, Noam; Vachtman, Dina; and Inbar, Moshe
(2012)
"An Ancient Wall Built to Prevent Erosion on the Bank of Naḥal Sha‘al in the Northern ‘Akko Plain (Hebrew, pp. 93–99; English summary, p. 92*),"
'Atiqot: Vol. 72, Article 15.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.70967/2948-040X.1599
Available at:
https://publications.iaa.org.il/atiqot/vol72/iss1/15
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