ʻEn Esur (ʻEin Asawir) IV, the 2017-2019 excavations : introductions, overview of the finds and the early Bronze Age IA village /

In 2017-2019, large-scale excavation was conducted at the proto-historic site of ʻEn Esur (ʻEin Asawir) in the northern coastal plain of Israel. This excavation resulted in one of the most extensive exposures of any proto-historic site in the Southern Levant, revealing a main occupation sequence spa...

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Other Authors: Elad, Itay, 1969- (Editor), Paz, Yitzhak, 1968- (Editor), Shalem, Dina (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford, UK : BAR Publishing , 2025.
Series:BAR international series ; 3231.
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Table of Contents:
  • PART I: INTRODUCTIONS. Introduction and History of Research
  • The 2017–2019 Excavations
  • Documentation Methods / Shatil Emmanuilov
  • Magnetic Survey of ‘En Esur / Avi Buzaglo
  • Mega-Scale Excavations: Challenges and Solutions
  • PART II: OVERVIEW OF THE FINDS. Chronology, Stratigraphy and Finds: Preliminary Results / Dina Shalem, Itai Elad, Yitzhak Paz, Lena Brailovsky-Rokser, Gil Haklay and Miriam Pines
  • PART III: THE EARLY BRONZE AGE IA VILLAGE. The Early Bronze Age IA Village: Stratigraphy and Architecture / Itai Elad and Yitzhak Paz
  • The Early Bronze Age IA Pottery / Yitzhak Paz and Itai Elad
  • Petrographic Examination of Selected Early Bronze Age IA Vessels from ʻEn Esur / Anastasia Shapiro
  • Flint Assemblage from Early Bronze Age IA Strata / Lena Brailovsky-Rokser
  • The Early Bronze Age IA Ground stone Assemblage from ‘En Esur / Gil Haklay
  • The Early Bronze Age IA Faunal Remains / Miriam Pines
  • Early Bronze Age IA Agriculture and Vegetal Diet at ‘En Esur / Suembikya Frumin, Yoel Melamed and Ehud Weiss
  • Radiocarbon Chronology of the Early Bronze Age IA at ‘En Esur / Elisabetta Boaretto
  • Discussion and conclusions: The EB IA Village at ʻEn Esur and Its Association with the Settlement System of the Coastal Plain of Israel / Itai Elad and Yitzhak Paz.