Abstract
The archaeological strata from the 2010–2012 excavations at Magdala revealed finds from four main periods: Stratum IV—Hellenistic (late second–mid-first centuries BCE); Stratum III—Early Roman (mid-first century BCE–67 CE), which is further divided into Phase IIIa, Early Roman 1 (mid–late first century BCE), and Phase IIIb, Early Roman 2 (first century–67 CE); Stratum II—Middle–Late Roman (67–350 CE); and Stratum I—after c. 350 CE. The finds included architectural remains, as well as pottery (bowls, cooking bowls, kraters, cooking pots, jugs, jars and lamps), glass vessels (bowls, beakers, jars, bottles, jugs, wineglasses, windowpanes, spindle whorls, inlays, beads and stirring rods) and coins. The excavations at Magdala confirm the dating of the main settlement in this part of the site to the Early Roman period, attesting that Magdala was one of the most important sites dating to the first century CE in the north of Israel.
Keywords
petrography, workshop, glass production, history, technology
Recommended Citation
Zapata-Meza, Marcela; Diaz Barriga, Andrea Garza; and Sanz-Rincón, Rosaura
(2018)
"The Magdala Archaeological Project (2010–2012):A Preliminary Report of the Excavations at Migdal (with contributions by Dina Avshalom-Gorni, Ruth A. Jackson-Tal and Yael Gorin-Rosen, and Danny Syon)(pp. 83–126),"
'Atiqot: Vol. 90, Article 7.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.70967/2948-040X.1829
Available at:
https://publications.iaa.org.il/atiqot/vol90/iss1/7
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