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‘Atiqot 104 (2021)
ISBN 2948-040X
Remains from Middle Bronze Age II and the Byzantine, Early Islamic and Ottoman Periods at Bene Beraq
(with a contribution by Maayan Shemer)
(Hebrew, pp. 33*–66*; English summary, pp. 241–243)
Ayelet Dayan, Dor Golan and Yoav Arbel
Keywords: coastal plain, necropolis, burial, industry, manufacture, irrigation, agriculture, orchards
The excavation conducted at Bene Beraq yielded remains dating from Middle Bronze Age II and the Byzantine, Early Islamic and Ottoman periods. Five poorly preserved tombs and a pottery kiln were dated to the end of MB IIA–beginning of MB IIB; the kiln resembles other such installations found in the central coastal plain. It seems that the site was a small satellite site located along Naḥal Ha-Yarqon, contemporary with the large cities of Afeq-Antipatris, Yafo and Tel Gerisa. The finds from the Late Roman–Byzantine periods included many antilia vessels, pointing to the existence of an antilia well nearby. Two perpendicular plastered
kurkar
channels were part of an irrigation system, which operated during the Ottoman period and the days of the British Mandate.