Ashqelon Barne�a, The Early Bronze Age Site : Volume II : The Finds

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Ashqelon Barne�a, The Early Bronze Age Site : Volume II : The Finds

Author

Guy Bar-Oz ; Anat Cohen-Weinberger ; Mae Goder-Goldberger ; Amir Golani ; Ga�lle Le Dosseur

Year

2022

Publisher

Israel Antiquities Authority / ____ _______

Language

English

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ISBN

978-9-65406-761-4

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10-Jan-2026

Keywords

Archaeology

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The excavations at Ashqelon Barne‘a produced a large amount of pottery associated with the three main EB I occupation strata identified at the site, spanning the late EB IA/EB IA–IB transition (Stratum IV) to the end of EB IB (Strata III–II; Golani 2019b:37–38).¹ However, the ceramics were poorly preserved and dominated by fragments; only a few vessels were complete or restorable.

All the pottery sherds from secure loci destined for restoration were kept in their entirety. Following restoration, all non-diagnostic body sherds were discarded. Rims, bases, handles and other sherds indicative of a specific form, method of...