Nahal Zanoah

During July 2010, a salvage excavation was conducted in Modi'in (Permit No. A-5941; map ref. 199007-65/645957-6018), in the wake of widening Road 12, in its northern part. The excavation, undertaken on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority and underwritten by the Ministry of Housing and Construction, was directed by R. Shellef, with the assistance of E. Bachar (administration), M. Kunin (surveying), A. Peretz (field photography), and A. Gorzalczany (guidance).

During July 2010, a salvage excavation was conducted in Modi'in (Permit No. A-5941; map ref. 199007-65/645957-6018), in the wake of widening Road 12, in its northern part. The excavation, undertaken on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority and underwritten by the Ministry of Housing and Construction, was directed by R. Shellef, with the assistance of E. Bachar (administration), M. Kunin (surveying), A. Peretz (field photography), and A. Gorzalczany (guidance).

In February–April 2019, a salvage excavation was conducted on Nordau Street in Lod (Permit No. A-8426; map ref. 19046–56/65163–73; Fig. 1) prior to infrastructure works. The excavation, on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority and funded by the Ministry of Housing, was directed by S. Krispin, with the assistance of A.S. Tendler (area supervising), Y. Elisha, N. Shachar, Y. Agmon and D. Kleiman (area supervising assistance), Y. Amrani, E. Bachar and R. Abu-Halaf (administration), M. Kahan (surveying and drafting), A. Dagot (GPS and GIS), Y. Tepper (scientific consulting), I. Taxel and Y. Agmon (pottery), Y. Nagar (physical anthropology), Y. Peretz (field photography) and E. Delerzon (plans), as well as A. ‘Azab and I. Kornfeld (consulting).

In February–April 2019, a salvage excavation was conducted on Nordau Street in Lod (Permit No. A-8426; map ref. 19046–56/65163–73; Fig. 1) prior to infrastructure works. The excavation, on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority and funded by the Ministry of Housing, was directed by S. Krispin, with the assistance of A.S. Tendler (area supervising), Y. Elisha, N. Shachar, Y. Agmon and D. Kleiman (area supervising assistance), Y. Amrani, E. Bachar and R. Abu-Halaf (administration), M. Kahan (surveying and drafting), A. Dagot (GPS and GIS), Y. Tepper (scientific consulting), I. Taxel and Y. Agmon (pottery), Y. Nagar (physical anthropology), Y. Peretz (field photography) and E. Delerzon (plans), as well as A. ‘Azab and I. Kornfeld (consulting).

In October 2020, a salvage excavation was conducted at Mishmar David (Permit No. A-8856; map ref. 190761–851/636412–505; Fig. 1) in preparation for the expansion of the kibbutz. The excavation, undertaken on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority and funded by A. Hamami, was directed by Y. Elisha, with the assistance of Y. Amrani and Z. Lotan (administration), R. Toueg and O. Danziger (preliminary inspections), I. Jonish (surveying and field photography), A. Peretz (field photography), M. Abu (plans), A. Dagot (GIS), S. Krispin (metal detection and field photography), M. Shuiskaya (pottery drawing), A. Glick (military finds), Y. Agmon (studio photography of military finds), Y. Tepper (scientific guidance), as well as A. ‘Azab and I. Korenfeld from the IAA Central District.

During April-May 2004 a salvage excavation was conducted on the northern bank of Nahal Galim, on Lot No. 15 in Tirat Karmel (Permit No. A-4150*; map ref. NIG 19850/74075; OIG 14850/24075), in the wake of preparing the area for construction. The excavation, on behalf of the Antiquities Authority and financed by the Ministry of Housing and Construction, was directed by O. Segal, with the assistance of S. Ya'aqov-Jam (administration), O. Oren (area supervision), V. Essman and V. Pirsky (surveying), E. Belashov (drafting), T. Sagiv (field photography), C. Amit (studio photography), M. Shuiskaya-Arnov (pottery drawing) and L. Kupershmidt (metallurgical laboratory).

During April 2002, an excavation was conducted on Shazar Boulevard in Be'er Sheva', below the eastern parking lot of the municipal building (Permit No. A-3631; map ref. NIG 18097/57314; OIG 13097/07314), in the wake of exposing two tombs when installing a conduit for runoff. The excavation, undertaken on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority and underwritten by the Ministry of Housing and Construction (surveying), was directed by Y. Israel, with the assistance of F. Sonntag (field photography), A. Inbar, A. Sabah-Shahar and E. Kaho (conservation work) and A. Pikovski (pottery drawing). Other participants included S. Spiegel and employees of the Technical Department of the Ministry of Housing, Southern District, A. Ron and Y. Griff - project directors, Eng. K. Leibowitz, Shomroni Construction Company and workers of the Ministry of Religious Affairs and its volunteers under the guidance of Rabbi Schmidel.

In August 2016, an excavation was conducted in the Modi'in industrial zone (Permit No. A-7771; map ref. 197247-385/644049-202), prior to the construction of an interchange. The excavation, undertaken on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority and financed by the Ministry of Housing, was directed by A. Dayan, with the assistance of Y. Amrani and E. Bachar (administration), D. Ein-Mor (field photography and consultation), M. Kahan (surveying and drafting), T. Ajami (registration), P. Gandelman (scientific guidance and ceramics), I. Kornfeld and A. ‘Azab (consultation), M. Ajami (metal detection), O. Barzilai and M. Oron (flint tools) and A. Glick (ammunition).

During April 2002, an excavation was conducted on Shazar Boulevard in Be'er Sheva', below the eastern parking lot of the municipal building (Permit No. A-3631; map ref. NIG 18097/57314; OIG 13097/07314), in the wake of exposing two tombs when installing a conduit for runoff. The excavation, undertaken on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority and underwritten by the Ministry of Housing and Construction (surveying), was directed by Y. Israel, with the assistance of F. Sonntag (field photography), A. Inbar, A. Sabah-Shahar and E. Kaho (conservation work) and A. Pikovski (pottery drawing). Other participants included S. Spiegel and employees of the Technical Department of the Ministry of Housing, Southern District, A. Ron and Y. Griff - project directors, Eng. K. Leibowitz, Shomroni Construction Company and workers of the Ministry of Religious Affairs and its volunteers under the guidance of Rabbi Schmidel.

During December 2011, a survey was conducted south of Modi'in (License No. S-319/2011; map ref. 1990-2005/6445-50), prior to construction. The survey, undertaken on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority and underwritten by the Ministry of Housing and Construction, was performed by R. Assis, I. Kornfeld (field photography) and A. Dayan, with the assistance of H. Ben Ari (surveying), L. Barda (mapping), P. Spivak (prehistory consultation), A. Onn and S. Weksler-Bdolah.

In August 2014, an excavation was conducted west of Tel Yarmut (Permit No. A-7185; map ref. 196957/624206; Fig. 1), prior to construction in Neighborhood D in Ramat Bet Shemesh. The excavation, undertaken on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority and financed by the Ministry of Housing, was directed by S. Mizrahi and Y. Paz, with the assistance of Y. Meitlis (area supervision), A. Dimitriev(assistant area supervisor), N. Nehama, R. Abu Halaf and Y. Al-‘Amor (administration), A. Peretz (field photography), A. Hajian, M. Kahan and M. Kunin (surveying and drafting), S. Gendler (logistics) and I. Delerson (plans).

In April-May 2017, a trial excavation was conducted some 700 m northeast of Khirbat el-Karak (Permit No. A-7980; map ref. 207251-648/731927-2126; Fig. 1), prior to development work. The excavation, undertaken on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority and financed by the Ministry of Housing, was directed by E. Oren (field photography), with the assistance of E. Bachar and Y. Amrani (administration), D. Kirzner and A. Oshri (preliminary development survey), R. Mishayev (surveying and drafting), A. Dagot (GPS), A. Masarwa and K. Sa'id (IAA Haifa District).

During December 2011, a survey was conducted south of Modi'in (License No. S-319/2011; map ref. 1990-2005/6445-50), prior to construction. The survey, undertaken on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority and underwritten by the Ministry of Housing and Construction, was performed by R. Assis, I. Kornfeld (field photography) and A. Dayan, with the assistance of H. Ben Ari (surveying), L. Barda (mapping), P. Spivak (prehistory consultation), A. Onn and S. Weksler-Bdolah.

During May 2010, a salvage excavation was conducted at Horbat Zerifin (Permit No. A-5928; map ref. 186070-109/651713-51), in the wake of damage to a saqiye well while paving a road. The excavation, undertaken on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority and underwritten by George Steinberg, was directed by R. Toueg (field photography), with the assistance of E. Bachar (administration), A. Hajian (surveying), A. Peretz (field photography), B. Antin (drafting), E. Belashov (plans), H. Rosenstein (metallurgical laboratory) and D.T. Ariel (numismatics).

During January-February 2012, a salvage excavation was conducted in the date orchards north of Qevuzat Kinneret and south of Moshava Kinneret (Permit No. A-6374; map ref. 253500/735775), in the wake of development work for the modern pipeline carriers, diverting saline waters south of the Lake of Galilee. The excavation, undertaken on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority and underwritten by the Meqorot water company, was directed by Y. Alexandre (field photography), with the assistance of M. Zu'abi and B. Hanna (archaeological inspection of tractor work), R. Mishayev and M. Kunin (surveying), A. Shapiro (GPS, petrography), Y. Shmidov (drafting), H. Tahan-Rosen (finds drawing), L. Kupershmidt (metallurgical laboratory), C. Amit (coin photography), G. Bijovsky (numismatics), and Y. Gorin-Rosen (glass). Consultations were carried out with S. Paz and T. De'adle of the Tel Bet Yerah Archaeological Expedition of Tel Aviv University Institute of Archaeology, T. Tsuk (field photography), chief archaeologist of the National Parks Authority, Z. Ahipaz, water engineer of the National Water Authority, M. Eisenberg of the Hippos-Sussita Expedition of Haifa UniversityandM. Hartal and W. Atrash of the IAA. The author is extremely grateful to all for their academic generosity.