The life-history of basalt ground stone tools from early urban domestic contexts: A chronicle from the EBA III of Tell es-Safi/Gath, Israel

JA Beller; HJ Greenfield; I Shai; Aren M. Maeir

doi:https://doi.org/10.2218/jls.v3i3.1675

The life-history of basalt ground stone tools from early urban domestic contexts: A chronicle from the EBA III of Tell es-Safi/Gath, Israel

JA Beller, HJ Greenfield, I Shai, Aren M. Maeir

Ariel University, Bar-Ilan University

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Recent archaeological excavations at the early urban settlement of Tell es-Safi/Gath, Israel present the opportunity to reconstruct the life-history of basalt ground stone artefacts of an early urban domestic neighbourhood. Tell es-Safi/Gath is a multi-period site located on the border between the Judean foothills and the southern coastal plain of central Israel. Survey and excavations over the last two decades demonstrated that it was a major urban centre for the region during the Early Bronze Age (EBA) III. At the eastern end of the site, a …

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	31-35
Number of pages	25
Journal	Journal of lithic studies
Volume	3
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2218/jls.v3i3.1675
State	Published - 1 Jan 2016

Keywords

Early Bronze Age
Tell es-Safi/Gath
basalt
early complex societies
ground stone tools
southen Levant

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The life-history of basalt ground stone tools from early urban domestic contexts: A chronicle from the EBA III of Tell es-Safi/Gath, Israel

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