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DAAHL Site Record for Amazya [1] 18:318:

DAAHL SITE #: 343102637
FIELD / INSTITUTION #: 1–5/1, 6;1–4/1, 5, 6, 7,
SITE NAME: Amazya [1] 18:318
LATITUDE: 31.53687
LONGITUDE: 34.91318
PRIMARY REFERENCE: Israel Antiquities Authority
NOTES: (318.1.) Pottery: Chalcolithic (scanty finds spread over c. 3 dunams--a scatter), Iron II (scanty finds from the ninth-eighth centuries BCE similar to those of Tel Lakhish Strata IV-II spread over c. 35 dunams in the settlement remains), Persian (scanty finds spread over c. 15 dunams--a scatter), Hellenistic (numerous finds spread over c. 45 dunams in the settlement remains), Roman and Byzantine (numerous remains, including imported vessels, spread over c. 50 dunams in the settlement remains), Early Islamic (numerous remains, including a lamp fragment dating to the transition to the tenth century CE, spread over c. 50 dunams in the settlement remains), Mamluk (scanty remains spread over c. 15 dunams--a scatter) and Ottoman (numerous finds spread over c. 300 dunams in the settlement remains). Abel proposed identifying the site with biblical Bozkath (Joshua 15:39). The author, on the other hand, suggests an identification with Migdal-Gad (Joshua 15:37). (318.2.) Pottery: Chalcolithic, Byzantine and Ottoman (a few sherds). (318.3.) Pottery: Roman and Byzantine (scanty finds--a scatter), Mamluk (numerous decorated sherds) and Ottoman (scanty finds-- building remains and cultivation plots). (318.4.) Pottery: Byzantine (numerous finds--agricultural activity) and Ottoman (numerous finds--agricultural activity). (318.5.) Pottery: Byzantine (numerous finds--a scatter), Early Islamic and Mamluk (scanty finds spread over c. 5 dunams--a scatter) and Ottoman (numerous finds). (318.7.) Ottoman pottery. (318.8.) Ottoman pottery.
Site Contributed by:
CONTRIBUTOR: Dr. Gideon Avni    
INSTITUTION: Excavations and Surveys Dept. Israel Antiquities Authority
ADDRESS: P.O. Box 586, Jerusalem 91004, Israel
E-MAIL: gideon@israntique.org.il
URL: http://www.antiquities.org.il
LINKS: IAA Site Record
IAA Map Record
DATA DESCRIPTION: Early Brone IV site and survey data from Israel. These sites were delivered in Israel TM projection, and converted to WGS 84 with ReprojectME.

 
Alternate Site Names:
MNEMONIC ARTICLE SITE NAME
Ed Dawaîmeh (s); Ed Dawāyima; Ed Daweima (M) [1]

Site Components:
PERIOD FEATURE TYPE SIZE (ha) DESCRIPTION
Unspecified Sherd / Flint Scatter Potsherd scatter
Unspecified Village Site (No Fortifications) Remains of settlement
Unspecified Mosque / Minaret Mosque
Unspecified Oil Press Oil press
Unspecified Wine Press Winepress
Unspecified Threshing Floor Threshing floor
Unspecified Cupmarks / Cupholes Cupmark
Unspecified Rock Cut Basin Basin
Unspecified Cistern Water cistern
Unspecified Storage Facility / Silo Storage cave
Unspecified Quarry Quarry
Unspecified Other Industrial Installations Pressing installation
Unspecified Cemetery / Necropolis Cemetery
Unspecified Rock-Cut Shaft Tomb/Cave Kokhim burial cave (niches)
Unspecified Burial In Natural Cave Burial cave
Unspecified Well Well
Unspecified Tomb Sheikh's tomb
Unspecified Ossuary Granary
Unspecified Burial Chamber/Niche/Trough Burial niche
Unspecified Structural Remains Foundations
Unspecified Other Hewn Features / Installations Rock-hewn installation
Chalcolithic Other / Unspecified
Chalcolithic Multi Period Site
Iron II Other / Unspecified
Iron II Multi Period Site
Hellenistic Other / Unspecified
Hellenistic Multi Period Site
Roman - Byzantine Other / Unspecified
Roman - Byzantine Multi Period Site
Byzantine Other / Unspecified
Byzantine Multi Period Site
Early Islamic Other / Unspecified
Early Islamic Multi Period Site
Mamluk Other / Unspecified
Mamluk Multi Period Site
Ottoman Other / Unspecified
Ottoman Multi Period Site
Site Pictures:
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