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In February 2001, a salvage excavation was conducted at the site of Bet Ha-Gaddi (Permit No. A-3370/2001; map. ref. 16334/59220), following damage to antiquities caused by infrastructure works. The excavation, undertaken on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority, was directed by A. Zellin, with the assistance of V. Nikolsky (field supervision), V. Essman and V. Pirsky (surveying), Y.…
In October 2001, a salvage excavation was conducted in Lahav Forest (Permit No. A-3508/2001; map. ref. 18584/58707). The excavation, undertaken on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority and funded by the Jewish National Fund (JNF), was directed by N. Negev, with the assistance of H. Lavi (administration), A. Hajian (surveying and drafting), and C. Amit (field photography).
In August 1999, a trial excavation was conducted at the site of El‘ad (Permit No. A-3107/1999; map. ref. 195077–90/662121–32). The excavation, undertaken on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority, was directed by Z. Daniel, with the assistance of Y. Nagar (physical anthropology), A. Hajian (surveying and drafting), E. Hadad, R. Badhi, and laborers from Baqa al-Gharbiyye and Umm al-Fahm.
During December 2010 and January 2011, a trial excavation was conducted at Giv'at Ha-Oranim, north of Kefar Vradim, (Permit No. A-6072; map ref. 225875–6219/767198–477), in advance of planned construction. The excavation, undertaken on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority, was funded by the Ministry of Construction and Housing and directed by G. B. Jaffe, with the assistance of R. Hamisa and…
In June and July 1999, a salvage excavation was conducted at Ḥorvat Ḥor, Neighborhood 1 (Permit No. A-3072; map ref. 193287–557/578321–552; for background and references, see Mamalya 2017), following damage to antiquities caused during road construction. The excavation, undertaken on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority and financed by the Local Council of Hura, was directed by Z. Daniel,…
In October 1998, a salvage excavation was conducted at the Mizpe Afeq site in Rosh Ha-ʻAyin (Permit No. A-2960/1998; map ref. 1961–6/6660–3) prior to construction, following the discovery of a rock-hewn burial cave. The excavation, undertaken on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority, was directed by C. Eliaz, with the assistance of A. Hajian and I. Vatkin (surveying) and T. Sagiv (field…
In February 1998, a test excavation was conducted in the village of Kisra (Permit No. A-2818/1998, map. ref. 2280–90/7620–30) prior to the laying of a sewage line.
In June 1997, a salvage excavation was conducted in Lot 69, Neighborhood 9, at Caesarea (Permit No. A-2679/1997; map ref. 18940–9160/70780–1115), prior to construction. A rock-cut burial cave was uncovered in the kurkar ridge east of the ancient city of Caesarea. The cave appears to have been hewn into an earlier quarry. The quarry had been sealed beneath a sand dune, which was removed…
In February 2015, a salvage excavation was conducted at Palmahim Beach National Park (Permit No. A-7342; map ref. 171115–48/647859–8259), following the discovery of a pithos (large storage jar). The excavation, undertaken on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority, was directed by Y. Mermelstein (field photography), with the assistance of Y. Amrani (administration), A. Dagot (GIS), A.…
In March 2022, a community excavation was conducted at Ḥorbat Neged (West), located north of the city of Sederot (Permit No. Z-23/2022; map.ref. 161721–916/605024–162). The excavation, undertaken on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority and funded by the Sederot Economic Development Company, was directed by S. Tal, with the assistance of Y. Alamor (administration), H. Etel, Y. Cohen, M. Hazan…
Excavations in the town of Oboda in the Negev Highlands yielded faunal remains from Roman and Early Byzantine (late third–early fifth century CE) contexts. It was found that the site’s economy in both periods relied mainly on caprine flocks dominated by sheep.
The glass assemblage from Oboda spans approximately four centuries of glass production in the Eastern Mediterranean, from the Early Roman to the early Byzantine periods. It comprises forms characteristic of Palestine, Egypt and North Sinai. Noteworthy finds are four windowpane fragments, which probably belonged to a public building nearby, and an inscribed vessel with a double-lined Greek…
The Roman–early Byzantine residential quarter exposed at Oboda (‘Avedat) yielded 236 coins, 113 of which were identified, spanning the Hellenistic and Byzantine periods (third–second centuries BCE–fifth century CE). The earliest coin, a bronze from Aradus, reflects Oboda’s role as a key station along the Nabataean Incense Road connecting Petra with the Mediterranean coast. Nabataean coinage,…
This report presents the results of the excavation of a Roman and Early Byzantine residential quarter at Oboda (‘Avedat), offering new evidence for the occupation history of the site and challenging long-standing assumptions regarding Nabataean settlement, trade and material culture in the Negev. The excavations revealed three principal phases: Phase 1, dating from the late first century BCE–early…
In the course of the Mamluk and Ottoman periods, six villages were established in the al-Majdal Asqalān area in the southern coastal plain of Palestine, the status of this area enhancing in the 1830s when its geographic and economic advantages were appreciated. The small villages were built on the kurkar ridge slopes with minimal planning, traversed by two or three main arteries adjoined by narrow…
Excavations conducted over the past several decades in the environs of Jerusalem uncovered several rural sites dating to the Crusader period, most likely settled by Frankish inhabitants. At two of these sites, remains of installations identified as chimneys were integrated into the walls of the buildings—an innovation in the rural architecture of the Land of Israel, probably introduced by Frankish…