A late Bronze Age II Cist Grave at Tel Qana in the Sharon coastal plain (with contributions by Sariel Shalev and Sana Shilstein; Alexander Tsatskin)

Brink, Edwin C. M. van den
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Title A late Bronze Age II Cist Grave at Tel Qana in the Sharon coastal plain (with contributions by Sariel Shalev and Sana Shilstein
Alexander Tsatskin).
Host Item Atiqot 99 (2020) 67–84
Description Excavations at Tel Qana, situated in the Naḥal Ha-Yarqon basin, revealed a Middle Bronze Age II occupation horizon, a cist grave dating to Late Bronze Age II and two winepresses dating from Iron Age II. The present report focuses on the large LB II cist grave, which contained the remains of a primary burial of a single individual, probably male, who was interred with several ceramic vessels and three metal weapons. The cist’s walls and floor were uniquely plastered with thick layers of high quality, waterproof white lime plaster. This burial seems to indicate a shift from multiple cave burials to single pit interments, previously encountered in the coastal plain and ascribed to the influence of Egyptian mortuary practices.
Language English
National Library system number 997010684689705171
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