Ramat Rahel IV : the renewed excavations by the Tel Aviv-Heidelberg Expedition (2005-2010) : stratigraphy and architecture / Oded Lipschits, Manfred Oeming and Yuval Godot.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lipschits, Oded, author.

Oeming, Manfred, author.

Gadot, Yuval, author.

Series:

Monograph Series of the Sonia and Marco Nadler Institute of Archaeology ; 39

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Excavations (Archaeology)--Israel--Ramat Rahel.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Ramat Raḥel (Israel)--Antiquities.

Ramat Raḥel (Israel).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (537 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

University Park, Pennsylvania : Eisenbrauns, [2021]

Summary:

This is the first of a three-volume final report on the Tel Aviv–Heidelberg Renewed Excavations at Ramat Raḥel, 2005–2010. It presents the stratigraphy and architecture of the excavation areas, including portions of the palatial compound, the subterranean columbarium complex, and the Late Roman cemetery; site formation of the tell; twentieth-century fortifications at the site; and the ancient garden and its water installations.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Publications by the Ramat Raḥel Expedition

PREFACE

PART I: INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 1 STRATEGIC LOCATION AND NATURAL SURROUNDINGS

CHAPTER 2 THE ANCIENT NAME OF THE SITE

CHAPTER 3 HISTORY OF RESEARCH

CHAPTER 4 THE RENEWED EXCAVATIONS BY THE TEL AVIV– HEIDELBERG EXPEDITION

PART II: AREA REPORTS

CHAPTER 5 AREAS A1, B1 AND B3 WITH AN EMPHASIS ON THE CEMETERY

CHAPTER 6 AREA B2

CHAPTER 7 AREA C1

CHAPTER 8 AREA C2

CHAPTER 9 AREA D1

CHAPTER 10 AREA D2

CHAPTER 11 AREA D3: COURTYARD 380, THE INNER GATE AND BUILDING 468

CHAPTER 12 AREA D4

CHAPTER 13 AREA D6

CHAPTER 14 SURVEY AND EXCAVATIONS OF SUBTERRANEAN FEATURES BETWEEN AREAS D6 AND C1

CHAPTER 15 AREA UG7: THE SOUTHERN COLUMBARIUM

CHAPTER 16 AREA T: SURVEY AND EXCAVATIONS ON THE WESTERN SLOPE

PART III: SYNTHESIS

CHAPTER 17 SITE FORMATION AT RAMAT RAḤEL: THE NATURAL TOPOGRAPHY AND CHANGES MADE DURING ITS HISTORY

CHAPTER 18 THE ANCIENT GARDEN AND ITS WATER INSTALLATIONS

CHAPTER 19 TWENTIETH CENTURY FORTIFICATIONS

CHAPTER 20 DECONSTRUCTION AND RECONSTRUCTION: REEVALUATING THE FIVE EXPEDITIONS TO RAMAT RAḤEL

LIST OF LOCI

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-64602-080-4

OCLC:

1253313956