RT Article
T1 The Iron Age lower settlement at Kabri revisited
JF Palestine exploration quarterly
VO 152
IS 2
SP 94
OP 120
A1 Edrey, Meir
A1 Yasʿur-Landau, Assaf 1973-
A1 Cline, Eric H. 1960-
A1 Nickelsberg, Roey
LA English
PB Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
YR 2020
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1703722736
AB During the 2017 excavation season at Tel Kabri, Iron Age remains were found cutting into the western part of the Middle Bronze Age palace. These remains consisted of a segment of a large structure and a series of sizable pits. Similar Iron Age remains were unearthed during previous soundings in Areas D and F of the excavation and were loosely dated to the Iron Age II. The ceramic assemblage from these soundings demonstrated a disproportionate number of imports and cooking pots, which prompted the excavators to suggest that the lower settlement was engaged in the processing of agricultural products connected to the nearby forts located elsewhere on the tell. A recent re-examination of the pottery from the previous excavations suggest that the forts could have only existed during the Iron Age IIA and IIC. Our examination of the pottery indicates that the imports can be dated to the Iron Age IIA, while the large number of cooking pots should mostly be dated to the Iron Age IIC. We would therefore like to suggest a new interpretation for the function of the lower settlement at Kabri during the Iron Age II in relation to the forts and the political reality in the Galilee at that time.
K1 Iron Age II
K1 caravanserai
K1 fort
K1 fort village
K1 Pits
K1 Refuse
K1 Rural
K1 Tel Kabri
DO 10.1080/00310328.2020.1712836