Abstract
The removal of soil from the vaults of the Crusader-period water reservoir at Moẓa revealed the installation’s plan and new data concerning its periods of use. The vaults were filled with gray soil, containing arch stones, pottery, glass, metal finds and animal bones, as well as chunks of lead and two copper coins from the Ayyubid period. This impressive Crusader-period reservoir was part of a larger structure from the same period. The pottery finds recovered from the fills provide evidence of continuous settlement here during the Ayyubid and Mamluk periods.
Keywords
history, water installation, pottery, technology, construction, masons' mark
Recommended Citation
Mizrahi, Sivan and Greenhut, Zvi
(2018)
"A Crusader-Period Subterranean Water Reservoir at Moẓa: Results of the Salvage Excavation and Cleaning Procedure (with a contribution by Robert Kool) (Hebrew, pp. 1*–11*; English summary, pp. 165–166),"
'Atiqot: Vol. 91, Article 8.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.70967/2948-040X.1866
Available at:
https://publications.iaa.org.il/atiqot/vol91/iss1/8
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