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Abstract

Two areas were excavated (A, B) at the site, and a report on Meir’s Excavation C (1976–1982) is included as well. Six round, rock-hewn pits were exposed in Area A, all of which probably belong to one system. In Area B, three natural steps were found on bedrock, as well as part of a pressing installation(?) for wine or oil production. Areas A and B were covered with gray soil that contained stones, potsherds, flint items and animal bones. The site also yielded limestone and basalt vessels, pottery spindle weights, bone points and archaeozoological remains. The pottery at the site dates from the Pottery Neolithic and Early Chalcolithic 1 and 2 periods, and the flint tools are characteristic of the Early Chalcolithic and Late Chalcolithic periods. Some of the flint artifacts recovered from Meir’s Excavation C provides conclusive evidence that the site was already settled in Pre-Pottery Neolithic B; it may also have been occupied in Pre-Pottery Neolithic A. The site is one of over fifty proto-historic sites found in the Gal‘ed Hills, providing a dynamic picture of the different stages of the Neolithic and Chalcolithic periods in this region.

Keywords

Ramot Menashe, Lodian culture, rope decoration, chronology, settlement pattern

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