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‘Atiqot 56 (2007)
ISBN 2948-040X
Salvage Excavations at Horbat Ma‘raba
(pp. 13*–21*)
Lilly Gershuny
Keywords: cemetery, burial goods, ceramics
Excavations at the site, located in the southern coastal plain, were initiated after the exposure of ancient pottery vessels. During excavations, a homogeneous pottery assemblage, including store jars, open and carinated bowls and dipper juglets, was recovered from five areas. It seems that the finds originated in pit graves, which were dug into the
kurkar
sandstone during Middle Bronze Age II. Similar graves, dating to the same period, are dispersed along the southern coastal ridges.