Language:
English
Year of publication:
2022
Titel der Quelle:
Judea and Samaria Research Studies
Angaben zur Quelle:
31,1 (2022) *31-*68
Keywords:
Excavations (Archaeology)
;
Iron age
;
Khirbet 'Aujah el-Foqa (West Bank)
;
Jordan Valley (Israel) Antiquities
Abstract:
This article will describe and discuss the results of the 2020–2021 seasons of theexcavations at Khirbet ‘Aujah el-Foqa, a site in the southern Jordan Valley, north ofJericho. During these seasons, a section of the northern side of the site was excavated,including one complete structure. This structure, as well as the units around it, alsocontained a hasty abandonment or destruction layer from the Iron Age IIB similar to theone excavated in the southern part of the site. The article will illustrate reconstructedpottery from Area A, along with other finds. A large complex containing rooms andopen areas appears to have been located in this area, although its function is still unclear.Finally, the reconstruction of the architecture will be discussed, along with the possiblesignificance and function of the site.
DOI:
10.26351/JSRS/31-1/6
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