Field Report on the 2020 German-Israeli Tell Iztabba Excavation Project (Beth Shean), Israel (original) (raw)
2021, Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins
This article deals with the results of the second excavation campaign of the German-Israeli Excavation Project at Tell Iżṫabbā, which is the location of the Seleucid-period founded town of Nysa (Scythopolis). The second excavation campaign, which forms the third season of our joint German-Israeli research project, was carried out in the month of February 2020; the focus of the season was an excavation in a new area (Area D) located between the previously opened areas of excavations of the Israel Antiquities Authority (Area Z) and ours (Area C) in the southeastern terrace of Tell Iżṫabbā (East). As in the previous seasons, the excavated evidence sheds light on the Seleucid-period foundation site and its Hasmonean destruction and also produces records on earlier (mainly Early Bronze Age) occupations. Most remarkable was the exploration of a late antique 'Podium Building' and the examination of Roman architectural decorative items providing insights into the post-Seleucid occupation history of the site.
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Field Report on the 2019 German-Israeli Tell Iẓṭabbā Excavation Project (Beth Sheʾan), Israel
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This article deals with the results of the first excavation campaign of the German-Israeli Tell Iż ṫ abbā Excavation Project, which is the location of the Seleucid-period founded town of Nysa (Scythopolis). The first and second seasons of our joint German-Israeli research project were carried out in the months of February and September 2019; the focus of the February season was a survey and a geophysical pro-spection of the site. Based on the February season results and preliminarily published earlier works on the site, three areas of archaeological excavation were dug (A, B and C). The excavated evidence sheds light on the Seleucid-period foundation site and its Hasmonean destruction and also produces records on earlier (Early Bronze Age) and later (Byzantine) occupations. Hellenistic domestic architecture shows the predominance of local building traditions, while the unearthed finds show a mix of local and imported goods from the eastern Mediterranean.
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