Expanding the Lower City: Area K at Tell eṣ-Ṣâfi/Gath
Excavations in the lower city of Gath have been ongoing since 2009. In Area D, in the westernmost excavated portion of the lower city, excavations have demonstrated the presence of a well-fortified lower city as early as the eleventh century B.C.E., with the most substantial remains dating to the ni...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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University of Chicago Press
2018
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Near Eastern archaeology
Year: 2018, Volume: 81, Issue: 1, Pages: 45-47 |
IxTheo Classification: | HH Archaeology KBL Near East and North Africa |
Further subjects: | B
Philistines
B Gath |
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Summary: | Excavations in the lower city of Gath have been ongoing since 2009. In Area D, in the westernmost excavated portion of the lower city, excavations have demonstrated the presence of a well-fortified lower city as early as the eleventh century B.C.E., with the most substantial remains dating to the ninth century B.C.E. (Dagan et al., this issue). With the discovery of a fortified lower city as early as Iron Age I, new research questions about the lower city began to emerge. Of particular interest were questions about the extent of ancient Gath's lower city and the timeline for when the lower city was inhabited. |
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ISSN: | 2325-5404 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Near Eastern archaeology
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5615/neareastarch.81.1.0045 |