New archaeological research on Iron Age IIA at Tell el-Far‘a, Palestine
Keywords:
Palestine, Tell el-Far‘a, Iron Age II, Tirzah, absolute dateAbstract
Through pioneering work (1946-1960) of Father Roland de Vaux, former director of the École biblique et archéologique française in Jérusalem, at Tell el Far‘a, north east of Nablus (Palestine), the new international and joint archaeological research Project was launched in 2017, led by the University of A Coruña, the NOVA University, Lisbon, and the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities of Palestine. Until the present day, the three archaeological seasons have revealed new data concerning Iron Age IIA, particularly the absolute dating related with a house of period VIIb of the site. Until now, we are dealing with only five dates of radiocarbon (AMS) concerning that same period, the first ones concerning Tell el Far’a, key data to the complex issue of absolute chronologie in Palestine at the beginning of 1st millennium BC. Not being definitive, these data, however, refer to a date belonging to the beginning of 10th century BC related with “House A”, excavated in 2017-2019 at Tell el Far‘a (VIIb).
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