Site No. |
Map References (NIG) |
Site |
Date of finds (periods) |
1 |
133537/563830 |
Potsherds scattering (diam. 5–10 m) in a natural hollow between the sand dunes |
Early Islamic |
2 |
132864/563802 |
Stone-built hearth and lumps of burnt potsherds, with a potsherd scattering (diam. 15 m) |
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3 |
135546/563102 |
Potsherd scattering (diam. 5–10 m) |
Early Islamic and Ottoman; British Mandate era (black Gaza ware) |
4/5 |
135669-785/561751-801 |
Scattering of flint flakes and potsherds (length 100 m, width 10–15 m) on a plain protected from the wind by a ridge that rises above it to the north |
Paleolithic; Iron I: jar (Fig. 3:5), Byzantine: LRC bowl (Fig. 3:8), jar (3:9); Early Islamic: jar (Fig. 3:10); British Mandate era: balck Gaza jars (Fig. |
6 |
136504/562614 |
Scattering of broken pottery vessels (diam. 10 m) |
Ottoman; British Mandate era (black Gaza ware) |
7 |
135850/562409 |
Small mounds of sand checked by a backhoe; no antiquities were found |
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8 |
135615/562330 |
Potsherd scattering (diam. 15 m) |
Byzantine |
9 |
135832/562205 |
Small, uniform size mounds of sand checked by a backhoe; no antiquities were found |
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10 |
135334/561978 |
Scattering of flint flakes and potsherds (diam. 100 m) |
Paleolithic; Iron II: krater (Fig. 3:7); Early Islamic; Middle Ages: jar (Fig. 3.11); British Mandate era |
11 |
135422/561891 |
Continuation of Site No. 10; body fragments of Nabatean vessel (not drawn) |
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12 |
135151/562944 |
Small mounds of sand checked by backhoe; no antiquities were found |
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13 |
134450/563048 |
A round millstone (upper stone; diam.0.4 m; Fig. 4) |
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14 |
134329/562652 |
Potsherd scattering (diam. 15 m; see Fig. 2); retouched flint blade (Fig. 5) |
Upper Paleolithic (Ahmarite culture); Byzantine and Ottoman |
15 |
133635/562324 |
Potsherd scattering (diam. 10 m) |
Isalmic and Ottoman |
16 |
133381/563357 |
Scattering of flint flakes and potsherds (diam. 10 m) on a plain that is protected from the wind and located between two ridges, which rise above it to the north and south |
Paleolithic; Roman--Byzantine |
17 |
133317/563357 |
Scattering of potsherds and small pebbles (diam. 15 m) |
Iron I, II: cooking pot (Fig. 3:4), krater (Fig. 3:6); Byzantine and Middle Ages |
18 |
133264/562389 |
Grindstone fragmnet of hard sandstone (Fig. 6) |
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19 |
133040/562795 |
Grindstone Eocene flint (Fig. 7) |
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20 |
133459/560383 |
Potsherd scattering (diam. 5 m) |
Mamluk; jugs (Fig. 3:12, 13); No. 12 is handmade |