Abstract
Excavations conducted on the southern outskirts of the Ras el-‘Amud neighborhood, at the foot of the southwestern slope of the Mount of Olives ridge, revealed six occupational strata (VI–I), dating from the Intermediate Bronze Age to the Byzantine period. Strata VI–V uncovered a permanent agricultural settlement from the Intermediate Bronze Age, featuring residential buildings and courtyards. Stratum IV yielded an activity layer from the Middle Bronze IIA, indicating the existence of a rural settlement from the beginning of this period, which was part of the agricultural hinterland of Jerusalem. Stratum III contained a burial or burials from the Middle Bronze II–Late Bronze IIA, likely part of a larger cemetery from the second millennium BCE. Strata II–I revealed agricultural terrace walls from the late Iron II, as well as the Roman and Byzantine periods, indicating that the site was transformed into agricultural land on the eastern outskirts of Jerusalem.
Keywords
Intermediate Bronze Age, Middle Bronze Age, Late Bronze Age, Iron Age, settlement, agriculture, Jerusalem, cemetery
Recommended Citation
Beeri, Ron; Zilberbod, Irina; and Israeli, Shoshana
(2025)
"Mount of Olives (Ras el-‘Amud), Jerusalem: Settlement Remains from the Intermediate Bronze Age and Other Remains from the Middle Bronze, Late Bronze, Iron Age, Roman and Byzantine Periods / הר הזיתים (שכונת ראס אל–עמוד), ירושלים: שרידי יישוב מתקופת הברונזה הביניימית ושרידים מתקופות הברונזה התיכונה, הברונזה המאוחרת, הברזל, הרומית והביזנטית,"
Qadum: Journal of Excavation Reports from Israel: Vol. 1, Article 21.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.70967/3078-8528.1020
Available at:
https://publications.iaa.org.il/qadum/vol1/iss1/21
