Salvage Excavations at the Early Bronze Age Site of Qiryat Ata

Authors

Amir Golani

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Description

Some 1400 sq m were exposed in the IAA excavations of the protohistoric site of Qiryat Ata. The study of the paleogeography reveals this location was an optimal area for exploitation of natural resources, including alluvial valleys, coastal habitats and forests, with stable water sources and extensive available farmland. The site yielded a wealth of stratified, well-dated architecture in a chronological sequence within the Early Bronze Age, illustrating the development from EB IB curvilinear structures, to late EB IB rectilinear forms with rounded corners, and finally EB II angular-cornered rectilinear buildings in a large, dense, urbanized town. The rich pottery, flint, groundstone and small-find assemblages are typical of the northern Israel EB I–EB II culture.

EISBN

9789654065573

Publication Date

7-2003

Publisher

Israel Antiquities Authority

City

Jerusalem

Keywords

Early Bronze Age architecture, Early Bronze Age pottery, Early Bronze Age flint, EB I–II transition, Early Bronze Age groundstone

Disciplines

Historic Preservation and Conservation | History of Art, Architecture, and Archaeology | Life Sciences | Religion | Social and Behavioral Sciences

Recommended Citation

Golani, Amir, "Salvage Excavations at the Early Bronze Age Site of Qiryat Ata" (2003). IAA Reports—Monograph Series of the Israel Antiquities Authority. 59.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.69704/iaaRepV000.1996.59

https://publications.iaa.org.il/iaareports/59