This week has yet again been a busy and productive one on our four trenches, and we have two unique finds to showcase. The first emerged from Trench M – a large, decorated, shell bead. Identified as a Dentalium shell imported from the Mediterranean, the find is remarkable, not only […]
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12 AUGUST 2013 Back to work: burials galore
12 AUGUST 2013 Back to work: burials galore
Yesterday the team reassembled refreshed and overfed after the Ramzan (Ramadan) holiday, known as the Şeker Bayramı (the sugar festival; the same event is known in Arabic as Eid al-Fitr). We immediately got to work uncovering a series of burials in Trenches H and P, with that in H, preserving […]
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24 JULY 2013: SPECIAL FIND
24 JULY 2013: SPECIAL FIND
The special find of the week was removed from Trench H on Tuesday, creating excitement through the camp. First exposed in 2012, a decorated, flattened sub oval groundstone plaque was recovered by area supervisor Nat Franklin. Engraved on one side with two groups of longitudinal parallel lines, the object appears to […]