Abstract
The excavation at Ard es-Samra revealed a protohistoric site covering an area of c. 200 dunams. Pottery and flint tools found at the site are attributed to a nearby Pre-Pottery Neolithic B–Pottery Neolithic settlement, while remains from the Early Chalcolithic III period suggest the existence of a small settlement at the site. Late Chalcolithic remains include evidence of cave dwellings, a flint knapping workshop and a hewn winepress—the oldest winepress uncovered in Israel to date. Early Bronze Age I remains include an EB IA burial cave and EB IB structures. Scant remains of structures and a rich assemblage of pottery are dated to the Intermediate Bronze Age, during which the site was likely fully inhabited and reached its peak. After the Intermediate Bronze Age, the site was apparently no longer settled, and only farmers visited it, as indicated by the terraces and sherds dating from the Roman period.
Keywords
Early Chalcolithic III, Late Chalcolithic, Early Bronze I, Intermediate Bronze, Chalcolithic winepress, Chalcolithic knapping workshop, Early Bronze I burial cave, northern coastal plain, ecotone
Recommended Citation
Getzov, Nimrod; Vardi, Jacob; and Marom, Nimrod
(2025)
"Ard es-Samra: A Protohistoric Settlement on the Outskirts of the ‘Akko Plain / ארד א־סמרה: אתר יישוב פרוטו־היסטורי בשולי מישור עכו,"
Qadum: Journal of Excavation Reports from Israel: Vol. 1, Article 13.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.70967/3078-8528.1008
Available at:
https://publications.iaa.org.il/qadum/vol1/iss1/13
