Böcker av Shimon Dar

The establishment of civilian and military Israeli settlements in the Hermon region necessitated further study, so a special team of researchers was set up under the auspices of the Golan Exploration Institute in Katzrin.

This volume is part of a two volume set: ISBN 9781407388274 (Volume I); ISBN 9781407388281 (Volume II); ISBN 9780860543954 (Volume set).

This volume is part of a two volume set: ISBN 9781407388274 (Volume I); ISBN 9781407388281 (Volume II); ISBN 9780860543954 (Volume set).

Following the excavations at Sumaqa, Horvat Raqit was chosen as the second site for excavation and research on Mount Carmel. The excavations at Sumaqa were conducted between 1983-1995 and produced a rich and unique yield of historical and archaeological information about the Carmel range, but there was still some doubt as to whether the Sumaqa findings fully reflected the history of all the Carmel settlements during the Roman and Byzantine periods, or whether Sumaqa was a Jewish township isolated from its neighbours on the mountainous Carmel. Consequently a proposal was made, which was repeatedly discussed with the Sumaqa professional team, to study an additional site in the area and enrich the knowledge of the mountainous Carmel that was insufficiently known or familiar at the time. Raqit lay in a long-standing pine forest with paved roads that reached the foot of the spur on which the site is located. The site was almost completely covered by the forest undergrowth, but over the years this also protected it from the depredations of antiquity robbers. In the winter of 1992, a series of surveys of Horvat Raqit was conducted. Although Raqit had been surveyed in the course of the second half of the 19th century and in the 20th century too, no map of the site was available and its definition by the various surveyors was partial and inaccurate. By the summer of 1993 a detailed map of Raqit had been produced which was defined as a large estate villa. The excavations at Sumaqa were concluded in the summer of 1995, and in the spring of 1996 a small team went to Raqit to familiarize itself with the site and conduct trial excavations. After only a few days of work at the site it was unanimously decided that Raqit was worthy of detailed study and large-scale excavation, and indeed, between 1996 and 2002 annual excavations were conducted at Raqit, the results of which are published in this volume.With contributions by: Baruch Arensburg, Etan Ayalon, Yigael Ben-Ephraim, Leah Di Segni, Rivka Gersht, Gusta Jacobson, Liora Kolska Horwitz, Arie Kindler, Mordechai Kislev, Nili Liphschitz, Mina Marmorstein, Henk K. Mienis, Patricia Smith, Varda Sussman, Alexander Tsatskin, Anna de Vincenz and Ohad Zackheim

Detailed report on rescue excavations on the Roman and Byzantine village of Sumaqa. The excavations unearthed remains of a synagogue, several residential areas, workshops, extraordinary oil and wine presses, and burial caves. All finds are discussed with extensive chapters on Roman and Byzantine pottery, glass, coins, faunal and floral remains, and architecture.With contributions by Y. Ben Ephraim, S. Chaim, J. Drory, M. Henig, L.K. Horwitz, G.L. Jacobson, A. Kindler, S.A. Kingsley, O. Lernau, N. Liphschitz, A. Tsatskin, Y. Turnheim and M. Weinstein-Evron

This book presents the results of work at Shallale on Mount Carmel, Israel.Chief Field Supervisor: Yigael Ben-EphraimWith contributions by Einat Ambar-Armon, Shua Amorai-Stark, Miriam Avissar, Shimon Avivi, Yigael Ben-Ephraim, Ariel Berman, Leah Di Segni, Michael Dvorachek, Liora Kolska Horwitz, Gusta Lehrer Jacobson, Nili Liphschitz, Henk K. Mienis, Patricia Smith, Varda Sussman and Anna de Vincenz

In the years 1983-2013, an archaeological expedition under the auspices of the Department of Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology of Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, was active on Mount Carmel, Israel.