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‘Atiqot 79 (2014)
ISBN 2948-040X
Skeletal Remains from the Gezer–Ramla Aqueduct (Qanat Bint al-Kafir)
(pp. 231–232)
Yossi Nagar
Keywords: anthropology, cemetery, burial customs
During the excavation of the Gezer–Ramla aqueduct, human skeletal remains were found in simple pit graves, dated to the Late Islamic or Mamluk period. Each grave contained a single individual in primary burial, on their right side, in an east–west direction, with the head in the west facing south. This burial custom is typical of a Muslim population.