Excavations by K M Kenyon in Jerusalem, Volume 4: The Iron Age Cave Deposits: 6 (British Academy Monographs in Archaeology) - Hardcover

Eshel, Itzak; Prag, K.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0197270050 ISBN 13: 9780197270059

Publisher: Council for British Research in the Levant, 1995

Synopsis

Kathleen Kenyon died in 1978 without having published final reports on her excavations in Jerusalem. These are being now published in five volumes. This volume concentrates on finds outside the walls of the Iron Age city, and particularly on the enigmatic, pottery-rich depositis in Caves I and II to the south east of the city. Eshel's analysis of the pottery leads him to suggest a 7th-century BC date. Although fragmentary figurines and other `cult' objects were found, the general character of the pottery is utilitarian and Eshel suggests that the caves probably were either merchant or adminisatration store-rooms.

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The publication of the final reports of the late Dame Kathleen Kenyon's excavations of ancient Jerusalem takes a significant step forward with the appearance of this volume. It concentrates on finds outside the walls of the Iron Age city, of which the most important are the enigmatic deposits in Caves I and II on the south-east hill. Itzhak Eshel's study provides a thorough comparative analysis of the large quantity of pottery found in them, as a basis for establishing their date and purpose. Supplementary studies of the pottery and other material from these caves, not least variations between the deposits found in them, throw further light on their function. Among the varied information on extramural cemeteries assembled here, the late third millennium cemetery on the Mount of Olives, first discovered over a century ago, particularly adds to our knowledge of Jerusalem in antiquity.

Edition details

• Publisher: Council for British Research in the Levant
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0197270050
• ISBN 13: 9780197270059
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 278