The Excavations of Beth Shemesh, November-December 1912

ISBN-13: 9780367877538 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 150 str.

Duncan MacKenzie; Shlomo Bunimovitz; Zvi Lederman

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In 1909 the Scottish archaeologist Duncan Mackenzie was appointed ‘Explorer’ of the Palestine Exploration Fund (PEF). From the spring of 1910 until December 1912 he was engaged in archaeological fieldwork in Palestine, especially directing excavation campaigns at Ain Shems (biblical Beth Shemesh) – an important site in the Shephelah of Juda

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Preface vii

Acknowledgements ix

List of Illustrations x

Abbreviations xiii

1. Introduction N. Momigliano, S. Bunimovitz and Z. Lederman 1

1.1. Duncan Mackenzie’s life and work: a brief overview N. Momigliano 1

Works by Duncan Mackenzie N. Momigliano 7

1.2. Mackenzie’s work at Beth Shemesh S. Bunimovitz, Z. Lederman and N. Momigliano 8

1.3. Work conducted at the site after Mackenzie S. Bunimovitz and Z. Lederman 11

Elihu Grant’s excavations (1928–33) 11

The renewed excavations (1990 to the present) 11

Middle and Late Bronze Ages 12

Iron Age I 14

Iron Age IIA 15

Iron Age IIB–C 18

1.4. Mackenzie’s manuscript on the third campaign of excavations at Beth Shemesh

of November–December 1912: its rediscovery and transcription N. Momigliano 20

2. Transcription: The excavations of Beth Shemesh November–December, 1912

Duncan Mackenzie (transcription and notes by N. Momigliano) 25

2.1. Further Investigations in the Area of the South Gate 25

2.2. The City Well of Beth Shemesh 33

2.3. The Exploration of the High Place Grotto Sepulchre 41

2.4. The Pottery of the High Place Grotto: First Beth Shemesh Period 45

2.5. The Hypogeum in the Area of the High Place 49

2.6. The Hypogeum-cistern by the Olive Press 54

2.7. Further Excavations in the Central City Area 65

2.8. The Stratification of the Deposits 67

2.9. The Deposits of the First Period 71

2.10. The Deposits of the Second Period 75

2.11. The Deposits of the Third or Israelite Period 82

2.12. The Deposits of the Period of Re-occupation 89

2.13. The Olive Press 93

2.14. Small Finds from the City Site of Beth Shemesh 97

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3. Mackenzie’s third campaign at Beth Shemesh in the light of

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