Hi to all,
Since my book is coming along nicely, I just wanted to give a few updates regarding the upcoming season - which starts VERY SOON - in two weeks and a half, on July 6th.
We will have a very nice, and rather large team this year, so I hope that we will be able to make nice progress in the various areas.
As of now, our work will be in the following areas;
Area A (Alex’s area): the main excavation area until now, on the easter side of the tell. We will be excavating Iron I and Iron IIA levels
Area D (Joe’s area): we will continue, and expand, the excavations in the area in lower city (to the north of the tell) that was started last year. We assume that we will continue to find Iron IIA finds, and hopefully earlier stuff as well.
Area E (Itzik’s area): Just to the east of Area A, we will continue to excavate EB II-III (and maybe some LB) material as well.
Area F (Jeff’s area): This area, to the NW of the tell summit, will continue to provide interesting and diverse finds. This year we will be working on; the MB II fortifications; LB, Iron I, Iron IIA, Iron IIB, perhaps Persian, and parts of the Crusader period fortifications.
Area P (Rona’s area): We will continue to excavate in this area (located to the west of Area A), since towards the end of last season we strated finding some intersting walls, perhaps dating to the Iron I or LB.
Area G (Iosi’s area): This is a new area that will opened this season. It is located to the south of Area A, on the slope. On surface one can see a very large wall, perhaps a fortification. We will try to understand what this is, what’s its date, etc.
All told - we should have a great season, with great finds, a great time, a great people!
See you soon!!
Aren
