Excavations at Kadesh Barnea: (Tell El-Qudeirat) 1976-1982 Parts 1 and 2 (IAA REPORTS)

This report summarizes the Kadesh Barnea (Tell el-Qudeirat) excavations, conducted under Rudolph Cohen's directorship between 1976 and 1982, on behalf of the Israel Department of Antiquities (now the Israel Antiquities Authority). This volume is divided into two parts. Part 1 contains the text, schematic plans, photographs and selected line drawings. Part 2 contains the top plans, sections and the plates of the line drawings of the pottery and major small finds. Chapter 1, as well as presenting the introduction to the site, also includes the summary that usually appears at the end of a site report, i.e. an overview of the main architectural, artifactual, chronological and other aspects of the Kadesh Barnea sequence. COVER FRONT MATTER CONTENTS ABBREVIATIONS FOREWORD CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 2: AREA A2: THE WALLS OF THE STRATA 3–2 FORTRESSES CHAPTER 3: AREA B: THE WESTERN PART OF THE STRATA 3–2 COURTYARD CHAPTER 4: AREA D: THE SOUTHWESTERN PART OF THE STRATA 3–2 COURTYARD AND THE CISTERN CHAPTER 5: AREA C: THE EAST-CENTRAL PART OF THE STRATA 3–2 COURTYARD CHAPTER 6: AREA A1: THE EASTERN PART OF THE STRATA 3–2 COURTYARD CHAPTER 7: AREA E: THE AREA EAST OF THE STRATA 3–2 FORTRESSES AND THE EASTERN PART OF THE STRATUM 4 FORTRESS CHAPTER 8: AREA F: THE AREA NORTH OF THE STRATA 3–2 FORTRESSES CHAPTER 9: AREA G: THE AREA WEST OF THE STRATA 3–2 FORTRESSES CHAPTER 10: AREA H: THE AREA SOUTH OF THE STRATA 3–2 FORTRESSES CHAPTER 11: THE CERAMIC ASSEMBLAGES AND THE WHEEL-MADE POTTERY TYPOLOGY CHAPTER 12: THE NEGEBITE WARE TYPOLOGY CHAPTER 13: THE SMALL FINDS CHAPTER 14: STAMP SEALS AND SEAL IMPRESSIONS CHAPTER 15: INSCRIPTIONS CHAPTER 16: TEXTILES, LOOM WEIGHTS AND SPINDLE WHORLS CHAPTER 17: THE FLINT ASSEMBLAGE CHAPTER 18: SHELL TRADE AT KADESH BARNEA CHAPTER 19: THE FAUNAL REMAINS CHAPTER 20: RADIOCARBON DATES CHAPTER 21: ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE KADESH BARNEA VICINITY: ‘EIN EL-QUDEIRAT AND ‘EIN QADIS REFERENCES APPENDIX 1: BOTANICAL REMAINS APPENDIX 2: PERMITS AND BANKS OF LOCUS AND BASKET NUMBERS BY SEASON APPENDIX 3: LOCUS LIST "This report summarizes the Kadesh Barnea (Tell el-Qudeirat) excavations, conducted under Rudolph Cohen's directorship between 1976 and 1982, on behalf of the Israel Department of Antiquities (now the Israel Antiquities Authority). Preliminary general overviews and presentations of the main discoveries have been published in Hebrew (primarily Cohen 1976b, 1981b, 1982, 1983a, 1983b), in English (Cohen 1981a, 1983b), and in French (Cohen 1985)." Pt. 1. Text -- Pt. 2. Plates, Plans And Sections. Rudolph Cohen, Hannah Bernick-greenberg ; With Contributions By Daniella E. Bar-yosef Mayer ... [et Al.]. Seven Folded Plans In Pocket Of Pt. 2. Includes Bibliographical References (pt. 1, P.[353]-361). Excavations at Kadesh Barnea (Tell el-Qudeirat) 1976-1982. Part 1: From the the 10 century BC to the 4 century BC