Socoh of the Judean Shephelah : the 2010 survey /

Hasel, Michael G.,

Socoh of the Judean Shephelah : the 2010 survey / [print] by Michael G. Hasel, Yosef Garfinkel, and Shifra Weiss ; with contributions by David Ben-Shlomo, Alon De Groot, Rafael Lewis and Alla Nagorsky. - Winona Lake, Indiana : Eisenbrauns, (c)2017. - xvi, 240 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm

Chapter 1: Name, Location, History of Research and Historical Context (Michael G. Hasel and Yosef Garfinkel) Chapter 2: Survey Methodology, Objectives and Fieldwork (Michael G. Hasel and Yosef Garfinkel) Chapter 3: Ceramic Typology, Distribution and Chronology (Shifra Weiss) Chapter 4: Looted Burial Caves (Alon De Groot, Alla Nagorsky and Rafeal Lewis) Chapter 5: Petrographic Analysis of Iron Age Ceramics (David Ben-Shlomo) Chapter 6: Pyrotechnical Production Activity: Slag Distribution and Analysis (Yosek Garfinkel and Shifra Weiss) Chapter 7: Roayl Jar Handles with lmlk and Private Seal Chapter 8: Discussion and Conclusions (Michael G. Hasel, Yosek Garfinkel and Shifra Weiss).



The Name Socoh -- The Location of Socoh in the Sephelah -- Socoh in Textual Sources -- The Significance of Socoh -- A History of Archaeological Research. A History of Survey Methodology -- The Socoh Survey. Methodology of the Ceramic Analysis -- Early Periods -- Iron Age Typology -- Iron Age Ceramic Distribution -- Classical Periods -- Islamic Periods -- Two Tomb Assemblages -- General Distribution Analysis. Description of the Looted Burial Caves -- The Pottery Collected from Cave 4 -- The Pottery Collected from Cave 1 -- The Pottery Collected from Cave 2 -- The Pottery Collected from Cave 3 -- Discussion. Introduction -- Methodology of Petrographic Analysis -- Geological and Pdeological Setting -- Petrographic Results -- Discussion and Conclusions. Introduction -- Description of the Slag -- Distribution of the Slag -- Discussion. The Zaphan/Abima'az Seal Impression -- The Two-Winged lmlk Seal Impression.

"The Socoh Intensive Survey was initiated in 2010 by the Institute of Archaeology, Southern Adventist University, and the Institute of Archaeology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, with the intent to conduct a large-scale excavation of the site beginning in 2011. The goal of the anticipated project was to expand the work of the Khirbet Qeiyafa Archaeological Project into a regional study focusing on the history of the Elah Valley and the expansion of Judah in the Early Iron Age. Specific research questions to be addressed were (1) the geopolitical interplay between the cities of Tell Zakariya-Azekah, Khirbet Qeiyafa-Sha'arayim and Khirbet Shuweikeh-Socoh within Judah and the border of Philistia; (2) Socoh's stratigraphic and historical occupation; (3) its fortification history as a border garrison town; (4) its relationship to the major military history of the region (Philistine, Assyrian and Babylonian incursions); and (5) its larger significance in the development of the Shephelah"--



9781575067667

2017002028


Excavations (Archaeology)--Israel.

DS110.W432.S636 2017 DS110