Maeir, A. M. 2007. The Middle Bronze Age II Pottery. Pp. 242–389 in Excavations at Tel Beth-Shean 1989–1996, Volume II: The Middle and Late Bronze Age Strata in Area R, eds. A. Mazar and R. Mullins. Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society. (original) (raw)

Excavations at Tel Beth-Shean 1989 -1996, Volume IV: The Fourth and Third Millennia BCE

Excavations at Tel Beth-Shean 1989 -1996, Volume IV: The Fourth and Third Millennia BCE Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2012

The fourth volume of Tell Beth Shean excavation reports is dedicated to the Early Bronze Age and the Intermediate Bronze ages. A substantial Early Bronze IB building in Area M was violently destroyed and rebuilt shortly afterwards. Its plan and rich finds have implications for our understanding of social and economic aspects of this formative period. After a gap in Early Bronze II, the Early Bronze III is represented by a series of occupation phases, most of them accompanied by a large amount of Khirbet Kerak Ware, confirming that Beth-Shean was the southernmost settlement site of the ‘Khirbet Kerak people’. After a possible occupation gap, an ephemeral Intermediate Bronze Age settlement existed for a short time on top of the abandoned Early Bronze Age city. The volume includes stratigraphic and architectural analysis; pottery analysis, discussion of various artifacts, metallurgical studies, and archaeo-botanical studies. 19 contributors, 437 pages.