Excavations at Efrata: A Burial Ground from the Intermediate and Middle Bronze Ages

Authors

Rivka Gonen

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Description

This volume presents the results of the 1979 excavations at the site of Efrata, a hill on the Hebron–Jerusalem road. On the summit is a tumulus, and burial grounds of shaft tombs on the slopes were in use during the Intermediate Bronze Age (IBA) and Middle Bronze Age II (MB II). The hill was apparently an isolated cemetery intensively used by semi-nomadic pastoralists. The shaft tombs were first hewn during IBA, and after a short gap (MB I), reused in MB II. The pottery and small finds are presented, and analysis of the human remains indicates that the burials in the two periods represent two different populations. Burial and funerary practices are discussed.

EISBN

9789654065511

Publication Date

2001

Publisher

Israel Antiquities Authority

City

Jerusalem

Keywords

Intermediate Bronze Age cemetery, Middle Bronze Age cemetery, scarabs, burial practices, tumulus/rujm

Recommended Citation

Gonen, Rivka, "Excavations at Efrata: A Burial Ground from the Intermediate and Middle Bronze Ages" (2001). IAA Reports—Monograph Series of the Israel Antiquities Authority. 65.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.69704/iaaRepV000.1996.65

https://publications.iaa.org.il/iaareports/65