Kafr Kama: Building, Oil Press and Glass Industry from the Late Byzantine–Early Umayyad Periods and Remains from the Middle Bronze Age, Roman and Mamluk Periods / כפר כמא: מבנה, בית בד ותעשיית זכוכית מהתקופות הביזנטית המאוחרת–האומיית הקדומה ושרידים מהתקופות הברונזה התיכונה, הרומית והממלוכית

Authors

• Omar Zidan, Israel Antiquities AuthorityFollow

Abstract

A salvage excavation south of Kafr Kama revealed four occupational strata (IV–I). The two lowermost strata yielded meager architectural remains dating to the Middle Bronze Age (Stratum IV) and the Roman period (Stratum III), indicating early settlement at the site. Stratum II, which comprised two distinct occupational phases, yielded a building, an oil press and a glass-production furnace, along with glass-production debris, dating from the transition between the Byzantine and Umayyad periods. The site appears to have been abandoned during the late Umayyad period, with resettlement occurring in the Mamluk period, as indicated by a Mamluk-period refuse pit uncovered in Stratum I.

Keywords

building, oil press, glass industry, late Byzantine period, Umayyad period

Recommended Citation

Zidan, Omar (2026) "Kafr Kama: Building, Oil Press and Glass Industry from the Late Byzantine–Early Umayyad Periods and Remains from the Middle Bronze Age, Roman and Mamluk Periods / כפר כמא: מבנה, בית בד ותעשיית זכוכית מהתקופות הביזנטית המאוחרת–האומיית הקדומה ושרידים מהתקופות הברונזה התיכונה, הרומית והממלוכית," Qadum: Journal of Excavation Reports from Israel: Vol. 2, Article 25.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.70967/3078-8528.1069
Available at: https://publications.iaa.org.il/qadum/vol2/iss1/25