Kaizer Hill (Modi'in), a pre-pottery neolithic a quarry site - the terraced slopes.

ABSTRACT: The research of the Kaizer Hill site (the Hilltop and its Terraces), recognized as a Pre Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA) quarry site, involved studies of the rock damage associated with the quarrying activities as well as of the recovered material remains, mostly chipped stone artifacts. We present here the results of our on-site explorations (excavations, surveys and surface-collections), focusing on the findings deriving from the Terraces. Diverse rock damage patterns were identified and described, portraying systematic rock mass-exploitation through quarrying fronts, natural rock joints and fissures enlargement, drilling and chiseling. There are multiple indications that the local bedrock (Bi'na Formation, Turonian) comprising flint and limestone was quarried under a systematic quality evalu

SUBMITTER: Goren-Inbar N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8946753 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature