Fifteen test pits arranged along a north–south axis were excavated (100–114; Table 1), and the soil from six of them was sifted (7 × 7 mm mesh). Dark brown soil (topsoil?) mixed with a few potsherds from the Byzantine and Early Islamic periods, the Middle Ages, the Ottoman period and the modern era were discovered in most of the test pits. Remains of modern tools and metal objects were also discovered. Lighter-color soil was exposed only in one square (112). No architectural remains were discovered in any of the squares; a single stone was found in Square 110, with no nearby context of a wall or an installation.
 
No significant finds were revealed in the survey-excavation at Tel Yavne. In the future, the test area should be expanded in hope of locating ancient remains which can be excavated.
 
Table 1. The excavation probes
Probe No.
Map Ref.
Period Represented by Potsherds
Special Find
100
176349/641576
Ottoman, modern
 
101
176341/641564
Byzantine, Middle Ages
Fragment of an ancient hole-mouth vessel (?)
102
176319/641538
Byzantine, Early Islamic, Middle Ages, Ottoman
 
103
176312/641538
No sherds were saved
 
104
176314/641525
Byzantine, Early Islamic (?)
 
105
176301/641550
Ottoman
 
106
176295/641544
Byzantine, Early Islamic, Middle Ages, Ottoman
 
107
176287/641577
Byzantine, Middle Ages, Ottoman, modern era
 
108
176284/641583
Byzantine, Middle Ages, Ottoman
 
109
176317/641453
Byzantine, Middle Ages, Ottoman
 
110
176313/641442
Middle Ages, Ottoman, modern era
worked fragment of soft limestone, possibly the wall of an ossuary
111
176305/641470
Byzantine, Ottoman, modern era
 
112
176344/641449
Byzantine, Early Islamic, Middle Ages
marble bowl fragment
113
176349/641436
Byzantine, Middle Ages, Ottoman, modern era
 
114
176282/641451
No sherds were saved