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‘Atiqot 50 (2005)
ISBN 2948-040X
Salvage Excavations in the Modi‘in Landscape
(pp. 73–97)
Amir Golani
Keywords: Buchman Compound, agriculture, viticulture, cultivation, terraces, watchtower, road, stone vessel
Approximately 100 sites were investigated in the area by means of surveys and excavations. Thirteen winepresses were identified, surrounded by cupmarks and basins, alluding to the agricultural exploitation of the area. Thirty-two stone clearance piles were documented. In most piles, limited amounts of Late Hellenistic–Early Roman ceramics were recovered, suggesting they were constructed during that period. Some of these features were of a later date, the Byzantine–Umayyad periods. In the Medieval and Ottoman periods, the region was exploited for its natural resources. Nearly all the charcoal burners and limekilns seem to date to these times.