Outside the excavation house (Photo: K. Streit)
This week we have started our last season at Ein el-Jarba. Volunteers from the US, Canada, Italy, Switzerland, Slovenia, Germany, Hungary, the UK and Israel have joined us this season. We continue our excavation work in Area G, clarifying stratigraphic questions, as well as completing assemblages from certain contexts. This includes exposing architectural remains in two squares. Additionally, two new squares have been opened,
Work in progress in square 8C (Photo: K. Streit)
expanding the excavation area further south. Intensive sifting has yielded small finds such as fragments of obsidian, a delicate stone bowl, and beads. Arrowheads of the Pottery Neolithic type suggest either the presence of an earlier occupation level or possibly their continuation into the Early Chalcolithic period at some sites. In the coming week, work will focus on the new excavation squares and aim to reach the levels of the Early Chalcolithic.
Ein el-Jarba Excavation Project 