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‘Atiqot 95 (2019)
ISBN 2948-040X
Late Ottoman-Period Buildings and Late Chalcolithic-Period Finds at Kafr ‘Ana, Or Yehuda
(with a contribution by Alexander Glick)
(pp. 203–217)
Yoav Arbel and Felix Volynsky
Keywords: Lod Valley, Biq‘at Ono, British Mandate, rural site, Chalcolithic period
A salvage excavation conducted in the Newe Rabin neighborhood of Or Yehuda revealed the remains of the Arab village of Kafr ‘Ana, which was settled between the seventeenth and the mid-twentieth century CE. The main architectural remains belong to buildings that were erected in the Late Ottoman period; considerable accumulations of finds, but no architectural remains, date from the late Chalcolithic period. The finds from the Late Ottoman period include domestic vessels, fragments of Marseilles roof tiles and several fragments of glass bracelets, as well as two unusual finds: a bronze chain with a pendant and an unusual pistol from the early twentieth century.