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Newsletter 1997

We begin.Constructing the shelter.Six burials from the Roman period (1st-3rd century A.D) had been dug into the fill of Building 3 and Space 88. Five of these were removed in 1997, These graves provided a valuable window into the underlying Neolithic fill of Building 3, such as the collapsed house roof. Discovery of spectacular flint dagger with carved bone handle next to the bucranium in Space 89......more...

Newsletter 1998

We focused on the excavation of the post-occupational building fill and midden in the southern half of Building 3 and the spectacular remains of the collapsed roof in its north. In the northern end debris from the closing ceremonies of the building was discovered on the latest plastered floors: in the form of large animal bones - possibly remains of a feast .... more...

Newsletter 2000

Neolithic burials, an adult male under the northeast platform, three intersecting burials under the north-central platform. This platform was ringed at a late point in its history by red-painted walls. Complicated history in the west room (space 158, storage, cooking, baskets, a collapsing west wall..... more...

Newsletter 1999

Under the fill and roof we could define the partitioning features of Building 3: screen wall with two small walls separating a narrow west room (Space 158) from the larger room (Space 86) with its five platforms. More debris from the closing ceremonies of the building were discovered: two skulls in the middle of the latest floor next to a bucranium which might have fallen from the collapsed roof. The first (latest) burial was excavated under the north-central platform ..more...

Newsletter 2001

Under the Central Floor area we found two children’s burials and between them the earliest burial that was of az baby - the only burial with grave-goods. We started aerial photography with Michael and Jason suspended from the shelter rafters with climbing equipment.......... more...

Newsletter 2002

Excavating the earliest floors and ovens and storage areas of Building 3, now one big room (space 201). The earliest floors were constructed on midden (garbage). We excavated the three small rooms south of Building 3 and discovered nine burials in space 87.......more...

Newsletter 2003

Study of the walls, the technology of building materials and house construction, including the properties of bricks and mortar. We finally sorted out the sequence of the Building 3 walls in relation to neighboring cells and buildings. We also discovered a Doorway in the East wall - a spectacular discovery that made sense of the NE corner of the house - problematic since 2000.. more...