Assaf Kleiman
Senior Academic
Excavations at Kiriath-jearim, 2019
Preliminary Report
In this article we report the results of the second season of excavations at Kiriath-jearim (Deir el-ʿAzar). The following topics are emphasized: layout and date of the supposed monumental Iron IIB summit compound; nature of the Iron IIC settlement; date of the Hellenistic fortification; characteristics of the Early Roman period activity. An archaeo-historical analysis follows the presentation of the new data, including updates on past interpretations.
| Publication language | English |
| Pages | 47-72 |
| Journal | Tel Aviv |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 01.01.2021 |
Keywords
Ark Narrative
Deir el-ʿAzar
Jeroboam II
Kiriath-jearim
Northern Kingdom
Ptolemaic period
Roman Legion
Seleucid period
ASJC Scopus subject areas
Archaeology
Cultural Studies
History
Archaeology
