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Description
The excavations at Ḥorbat Rosh Zayit were conducted following the survey of the Lower Galilee, as part of the Lower Galilee regional project, by Zvi Gal. The site’s full significance was only revealed in the excavations, which have contributed much data that enable the presentation of an historical-geographical synthesis. The rural Iron Age village of Stratum III was abandoned and a fort was established in Strat um II, at the highest spot on the hill overlooking the ‘Akko Plain. The rich assemblages of finds, including grinding stones and iron agricultural tools, as well as hundreds of storage jars in the cellars that had contained wheat and pulses, throw light on the fort’s nature as a well-defended storage facility and administrative center of the central government.
EISBN
9789654065481
Publication Date
2000
Publisher
Israel Antiquities Authority
City
Jerusalem
Keywords
Fortress, Phoenician culture, Galilee, Iron Age pottery, public storehouse
Disciplines
Historic Preservation and Conservation | History of Art, Architecture, and Archaeology | Life Sciences | Religion | Social and Behavioral Sciences
Recommended Citation
Gal, Zvi and Alexandre, Yardenna, "Ḥorbat Rosh Zayit: An Iron Age Storage Fort and Village" (2000). IAA Reports—Monograph Series of the Israel Antiquities Authority. 68.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.69704/iaaRepV000.1996.68
https://publications.iaa.org.il/iaareports/68
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