Tel Gerisa — Yarkon Gardens
Middle Bronze Age to Iron Age (2000–600 BCE)·Canaanite / Philistine·🇮🇱 Yarkon, Israel
About
About Tel Gerisa — Yarkon Gardens
Tel Gerisa — Yarkon Gardens in Yarkon, Israel is a Middle Bronze Age to Iron Age (2000–600 BCE) tell attributed to Canaanite / Philistine. Ganimede-sized tell at Yarkon–Ayalon confluence with Hyksos and Philistine levels. Sukenik: MB Hyksos scarabs, Iron I Philistine village.
Why it mattersKey Levantine tell with multi-period stratigraphy informing chronology of the Yarkon
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Stratigraphic sequence
- 02Biblical identification debated
Theories
- 01Border fortress model
- 02Trade route control
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 2000 BCE
- Period
- Middle Bronze Age to Iron Age (2000–600 BCE)
- Culture
- Canaanite / Philistine
- Purpose
- Ganimede-sized tell at Yarkon–Ayalon confluence with Hyksos and Philistine levels
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 2000 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1925 CE
Woolley/Petrie survey
On the ground
Structures & features
32.0900° N · 34.8100° E · 15 m · 3 mapped features
Tel Gerisa — Yarkon Gardens — Summit Citadel
citadelCitadel or summit fort on tell
32.0901° N · 34.8101° ETel Gerisa — Yarkon Gardens — Glacis and Wall Circuit
glacisOuter fortification glacis
32.0898° N · 34.8101° ETel Gerisa — Yarkon Gardens — Lower Town / Cemetery
lower townExtension settlement or cemetery
32.0904° N · 34.8098° E