Salvage Excavation Reports QIRYAT SHEMONA (S) fORT ANd VILLAgE IN THE HuLA VALLEY Yuval gadot and Assaf Yasur-Landau Contributions by (original) (raw)
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The salvage excavation reports from Qiryat Shemona (S) detail the analysis of groundstone tools from various stratigraphic contexts, including Middle Bronze Age and Iron Age strata. The study highlights the significance of local raw materials, particularly basalt, in the stone industry, suggesting a well-developed production process for architectural and household tools. Findings imply that the site functioned as an autonomous socioeconomic unit, indicated by the discovery of specialized artifacts related to food processing and crafts.
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The pedestalled bowls described here are part of the ground stone tool assemblage discovered during the Hebrew University of Jerusalem excavations at Tel Tsaf (2004-2007). This site, located in the Central Jordan Valley, is the first well-documented and large-scale excavation of the Middle Chalcolithic period in the southern Levant. The inhabitants used two types of raw materials for their stone items: basalt and limestone. While the first is commonly used in the stone-vessel industry of the Chalcolithic period, the second is rarer. We present here the preliminary results of our analysis of the typology and function of the pedestalled bowls, a small but important component of the local ground stone tool assemblage.
The pedestalled bowls described here are part of the ground stone tool assemblage discovered during the Hebrew University of Jerusalem excavations at Tel Tsaf (2004-2007). This site, located in the Central Jordan Valley, is the first well-documented and large-scale excavation of the Middle Chalcolithic period in the southern Levant. The inhabitants used two types of raw materials for their stone items: basalt and limestone. While the first is commonly used in the stone-vessel industry of the Chalcolithic period, the second is rarer. We present here the preliminary results of our analysis of the typology and function of the pedestalled bowls, a small but important component of the local ground stone tool assemblage.
Basalt Bowls and Ground Stone Assemblage.
In E.C.M. van den Brink and R. Gophna (eds.), Shoham (North), Lod Valley, Israel: Excavations of Three Chalcolithic Burial Caves. Israel Antiquities Authority Reports, No. 27, pp. 113-139., 2005
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