Abstract
The excavations at Ashqelon unearthed 76 Middle Bronze Age burial pits, cut in the kurkar sandstone ridge. The burial pits are irregular in shape and vary in size. They contained skeletal remains of one individual or more, and a burial kit comprising pottery vessels: a store jar, a dipper juglet and a platter or carinated bowl. Additions to the burial kit included other pottery vessels and various artifacts such as a scarab, toggle pins, daggers, an alabaster pommel, a bone comb and beads. This cemetery is an important addition to the study of Middle Bronze Age burial customs and sites.
Keywords
Southern Levant, coastal plain, cemetery, jar burials, offerings, burial customs, Cypriot White Painted V amphora, anthropology, petrography, Egypt, southern Canaan, population, mollusks, flint
Recommended Citation
Gershuny, Lilly
(2019)
"Middle Bronze Age Burial Pits in Ashqelon (pp. 1–83),"
'Atiqot: Vol. 97, Article 2.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.70967/2948-040X.2010
Available at:
https://publications.iaa.org.il/atiqot/vol97/iss1/2
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