A Canaanite Town, a Judahite Center, and a Persian Period Fort

Tel ‘Eton is a large site in the southeastern Shephelah, Israel, that has been excavated since 2006 by Bar-Ilan University. The site, which is surrounded by large burial fields, is located at the edge of the trough valley that separates the Shephelah (lowlands) from the highlands, and carries great potential for understanding the interaction between the well-known Shephelah and the lesser-known highlands. This article summarizes the history of the mound, as revealed in the excavations, from the Early Bronze Age to the early Hellenistic period (with a few settlement cessations within this long period). In addition, the expedition has methodological objectives, including assessing the advantages and limitations of surveys, shovel tests, and of various remote sensing methods, as well as to study site formation processes, ancient construction techniques, and more; these are also briefly presented in the article

Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Bronze Age · Excavation · Geography · Iron Age · Archaeological Research and Protection · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Historical Studies · History

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• Between the Highland Polity and Philistia

  Avraham Faust•Bulletin of the American Schools…•2020

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• Funnels as Indicators of Storage Activities in the Iron Ii Southern Levant

  Open Access•Avraham Faust•Oxford Journal of Archaeology•2019

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  Open Access•Avraham Faust, Yair Sapir•Radiocarbon•2018

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• Mud-brick composition, archeological phasing and pre-planning in Iron Age structures

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• Tombs from the Israelite Period at Tel 'Eton

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• Late Persian-Early Hellenistic Remains at Tel Eton

  Avraham Faust, Hayah Katz et al.•Tel Aviv•2015

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• The Iron Age Pottery of Tel 'Eton and its Relation to the Lachish, Tell Beit Mirsim and Arad Assemblages

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• The Administrative Division of the Shephelah

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  Avraham Faust•Palestine Exploration Quarterly•2011

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