Abstract
In 2011–2016, prolonged salvage excavations were conducted on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority at the site of ‘En Ẓippori, in Lower Galilee, near Naḥal Ẓippori, on both sides of Road 79. The site extends to the south of the stream, on the edge of a small valley at the foot of Jebel el-‘Ayin (Giv‘at Rabi), south of the Roman city Sephoris and the modern settlement of Ẓippori. The site was established on steps of soft limestone (qirton) rock covered with a thin layer of hard limestone (nari) and sometimes, with brown soil. Previous excavations at the site exposed settlement remains dating to prehistoric, protohistoric and historic periods. During the excavations, 13 archaeological layers were defined, starting from the Pre-Neolithic period B (c. 8000 BCE) until the modern era. These layers were divided into several sublayers. A number of excavation areas were opened, reaching a surface area of around 75,000 sq m. Most of the remains at the site date from two periods: Early Chalcolithic (c. 5800–4500 BCE) and Early Bronze Age IB (c. 3300–3000 BCE). This paper focuses on the finds from these periods, as well as on the remains of a limited
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Getzov, Nimrod and Milevski, Ianir
(2024)
"مستوطنة عين صفورية خلال العصرين النحاسي والبرونزي القديم / A Large Settlement from the Early Chalcolithic Period and the Early Bronze Age at ‘En Ẓippori,"
Cornerstone: Journal of Archaeological Sites (حجر الزاوية): Vol. 13, Article 2.
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https://publications.iaa.org.il/cornerstone/vol13/iss1/2
