Tel Shor: A Cemetery from the Persian Period and Finds from the Late Chalcolithic–Roman and Ottoman Periods in the Western Jezreel Valley / תל שור: בית קברות מהתקופה הפרסית וממצאים מהתקופות הכלקוליתית המאוחרת–הרומית והעות׳מאנית במערב עמק יזרעאל

Authors

• Eli Yannai, Israel Antiquities AuthorityFollow

Abstract

A salvage excavation c. 50 m northwest of Tel Shor uncovered a cemetery dating to the Persian period, as well as two Iron Age graves and one Roman-period grave that overlies a Persian-period cist grave. Pottery sherds dating from the late Chalcolithic period, the Early, Intermediate and Middle Bronze Ages and the Iron Age were also found, indicating settlement at the site from the fourth millennium BCE through the Persian period. Above the Persian-period cemetery stratum were a settlement surface and refuse heaps dating from the Hellenistic period. The Roman-period grave may indicate that the area continued to serve as a burial site during this period.

Keywords

cemetery, tombs, Persian period, Chalcolithic period, Bronze Age, Iron age, Hellenistic period, Roman period

Recommended Citation

Yannai, E. 2026. Tel Shor: A Cemetery from the Persian Period and Finds from the Late Chalcolithic–Roman and Ottoman Periods in the Western Jezreel Valley / תל שור: בית קברות מהתקופה הפרסית וממצאים מהתקופות הכלקוליתית המאוחרת–הרומית והעות׳מאנית במערב עמק יזרעאל. Qadum: Journal of Excavation Reports from Israel 2:1–47.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.70967/3078-8528.1073

Available at: https://publications.iaa.org.il/qadum/vol2/iss1/29