Abstract
The village of Sha‘ab is located about 12 km west of Saḥnin and 18 km southeast of the city of ‘Akko. Surveys and excavations conducted in the village and its vicinity uncovered meager remains from the Late Bronze and Iron Ages, and from the Roman and Ottoman periods. In the village nucleus, architectural remains dating from the Roman period were discovered within later, Ottoman-period buildings. In addition, Roman-period rock-cut burial caves with loculi (kokhim) were carved in the limestone bedrock. Outside the village, on the southwest, an Iron Age agricultural hinterland was exposed, including several winepresses, stone heaps (rujum) and agricultural terraces. Activity in the agricultural hinterland was resumed in the Roman period, after a gap of hundreds of years. The Roman-period agricultural hinterland comprised a main road and several paths connecting the various facilities. The agricultural activity was of industrial nature, including more than 16 winepresses, stone heaps (rujum), quarries for producing building stones, hundreds of cup marks, water cisterns and a limekiln.
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Aboud, Hanaa
(2024)
"آثار وتراث قرية شَعَب الجليلية / Kafr Sha‘ab throughout the Ages,"
Cornerstone: Journal of Archaeological Sites (حجر الزاوية): Vol. 13, Article 7.
Available at:
https://publications.iaa.org.il/cornerstone/vol13/iss1/7
