Abstract
In March–May 2022 and February–July 2023, archaeological excavations were carried out on the fringes of Ḥorbat Ma’aravim, located northwest of the city of Rahat, about 1.5 km east of Tel Ma’aravim. Within the site were uncovered the remains of buildings, floors, various installations, garbage pits, as well as stone, pottery and glass artifacts, attesting to a continuous settlement from the Roman until the Mamluk period. In the new excavation, the remains of a pottery workshop were uncovered (Areas B and D), about 100 m northwest of the modern cemetery of Rahat. Buildings that formed part of the pottery workshop were uncovered; however, their function in the chaמne opיratoire remains unclear. Pits dug into the loess layer were found to contain industrial waste, ash accumulations, fragments of burned mud bricks, slag and a large amount of fragmented ceramic jugs and bowls from the Byzantine period. It seems that the furnaces of the pottery workshop were located outside the boundaries of the excavation, east of the waste pits. In addition, waste layers of lime-production were found, including layers of white lime, ash and burned bricks, as well as small- and medium-sized limestones that served as raw material.
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Lect Ben Ami, Neer; Dobrinin, Anastassia; Abadi-Reiss, Yael; Zohar, Guy; and Eirron, Jonathan
(2023)
"شراء أواني فخارية من علي اكسبرس: فاخورة خربة مأرﭬيم / Purchasing Ceramics from Ali Express: A Pottery Workshop at Ḥorbat Ma’aravim,"
Cornerstone: Journal of Archaeological Sites (حجر الزاوية): Vol. 12, Article 18.
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https://publications.iaa.org.il/cornerstone/vol12/iss1/18
