primary_archaeological_report · src_mazar_panitz_cohen_2009_beth_shean
Excavations at Tel Beth-Shean 1989-1996, Volume III: The 13th-11th Century BCE Strata in Areas N and S
Amihai Mazar, Nava Panitz-Cohen · 2009
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Document and modern access
- Type
- final excavation report
- Publication
- Israel Exploration Society
Records informed by this source
- geography assertion Beth-Shean — geography assertionEvidence confidence: moderateinforms · locates · Areas N and S, thirteenth-eleventh century strata
Supports identification and archaeological location of Beth-Shean; the point is a representative site locator, not an excavation footprint.
- date assertion Beth-Shean — date assertioninforms · provides archaeological observation · Areas N and S, thirteenth-eleventh century strata
Supports the site description, phase range, or principal research relevance.
- event Egyptian garrison and administrative phase at Beth-SheanEvidence confidence: highinforms · provides archaeological observation · Areas N and S, thirteenth-eleventh century strata
Primary stratigraphic evidence.
- event Contraction and end of New Kingdom administration in the southern LevantEvidence confidence: moderateinforms · provides archaeological observation · post-Egyptian strata
Provides local sequence.
- entity Beth-SheanEvidence confidence: highinforms · provides archaeological observation · Areas N and S, thirteenth-eleventh century strata
Supports the site description, phase range, or principal research relevance.
- relationship Beth-Shean — located in — Jordan ValleyEvidence confidence: highinforms · provides archaeological observation · Areas N and S, thirteenth-eleventh century strata
Supports the site description, phase range, or principal research relevance.
- date assertion Egyptian garrison and administrative phase at Beth-Shean — date assertionEvidence confidence: highinforms · provides archaeological observation · Areas N and S, thirteenth-eleventh century strata
Primary stratigraphic evidence.
- date assertion Contraction and end of New Kingdom administration in the southern Levant — date assertionEvidence confidence: moderateinforms · provides archaeological observation · post-Egyptian strata
Provides local sequence.
- causal hypothesis Egyptian withdrawal as opportunity amplifierEvidence confidence: moderateinforms · provides archaeological observation · post-garrison strata
Local test.