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‘Atiqot 59 (2008)
ISBN 2948-040X
A Middle Bronze Age IIA–B Tomb at Bet She’an
(Hebrew, pp. 11*–20*; English summary, pp. 195–196)
Michael Cohen
Keywords: burial, weapons, anthropology
The tomb, uncovered beneath the Bet She’an Youth Hostel, was hewn from the local travertine. At least four individuals were interred in the cave, each with their associated burial goods—pottery vessels and metal artifacts. The finds date from the end of Middle Bronze Age IIA to the transition to Middle Bronze Age IIB. It seems that the tomb served the population of a nearby settlement located about 800 m from Tel Bet She’an.