Abstract
Excavations on the eastern fringes of Tel Yafo unearthed finds dating from the Hellenistic, Byzantine, Early Islamic, Crusader and Ottoman periods. From the Hellenistic period, a bronze coin of Ptolemy II was found. From the Byzantine period, occupation layers were exposed that contained potsherds, glass tesserae and glass industrial waste. During the Islamic period, the area was used for industrial and agricultural purposes. In the Crusader period (the late eleventh–twelfth and the thirteenth centuries CE), organized street networks, public buildings and dwellings, as well as a well-developed industry, were exposed. Yafo was reoccupied in the Ottoman period (seventeenth century CE), and by the nineteenth century, public buildings, hostels, shops and streets were constructed. The finds from the excavation included pottery and glass, mainly dating to the Early Islamic and Crusader periods.
Keywords
Jaffa, Kingdom of Jerusalem, numismatics, pottery, glass, animal bones, historical sources, pilgrim journeys
Recommended Citation
Jakoel, Eriola
(2017)
"Remains from the Byzantine, Early Islamic, Crusader and Ottoman Periods in the “Ganor Compound,” Yafo (Jaffa) (with contributions by Amir Golani, Robert Kool, Moshe Sade)(Hebrew, pp. 71*–83*; English summary, pp. 159–160),"
'Atiqot: Vol. 88, Article 18.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.70967/2948-040X.1803
Available at:
https://publications.iaa.org.il/atiqot/vol88/iss1/18
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