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Download Chapter 1: Chalcolithic Caves at Shoam (North) (265 KB)
Download Chapter 2: Location and Geological Background (216 KB)
Download Chapter 3: The Excavation (2.3 MB)
Download Chapter 4: The Ceramic Ossuaries (1.7 MB)
Download Chapter 5: Mat Impressions on Chalcolithic Ossuary (205 KB)
Download Chapter 6: The Late Chalcolithic Pottery (2.3 MB)
Download Chapter 7: The Early Bronze Age I Pottery (355 KB)
Download Chapter 8: The Intermediate Bronze Age Pottery (210 KB)
Download Chapter 9: The Groundstone Assemblages (1.3 MB)
Download Chapter 10: The Flint Assemblages (1.1 MB)
Download Chapter 11: The Human Remains (47 KB)
Download Chapter 12: The Archaeobotanical Remains (54 KB)
Download Chapter 13: The Mollusc Remains (58 KB)
Download Chapter 14: The Magnetic Survey (916 KB)
Download Chapter 15: The Radiocarbon Dates fron Cave 4 (45 KB)
Download Chapter 16: Conclusions (351 KB)
Download Excursus 1: Chalcolithic Burial Caves in Coastal and Inland Israel (783 KB)
Download Excursus 2: The Vegetation of the Chalcolithic Period in the Southern Levant (68 KB)
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Description
The IAA salvage excavations at Shoham in the Lod Valley revealed four interconnected karstic caves that were used for burial as well as domestic purposes during the Chalcolithic period and the Early Bronze Age I and Intermediate Bronze Age. They are part of an entire system of cemeteries located within the karstic caves in the limestone foothills of the region. The finds include rich assemblages of burial goods, particularly the ceramic ossuaries of the Chalcolithic period. The finds enable a better understanding of Chalcolithic mortuary behavior in the region, and the relationship between the settlements and the cemeteries––the living and the dead.
Publication Date
1-12-2005
Publisher
Israel Antiquities Authority
City
Jerusalem
Keywords
Cemetery, Chalcolithic pottery, ossuaries, Early Bronze Age pottery, Intermediate Bronze Age
Disciplines
Historic Preservation and Conservation | History of Art, Architecture, and Archaeology | Life Sciences | Religion | Social and Behavioral Sciences
Recommended Citation
van den Brink, Edwin C.M. and Gophna, Ram, "Shoham (North): Late Chalcolithic Burial Caves in the Lod Valley, Israel" (2005). IAA Reports—Monograph Series of the Israel Antiquities Authority. 51.
https://publications.iaa.org.il/iaareports/51
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