Tel Hefer — Sharon Inland
Middle Bronze Age to Iron Age (2000–600 BCE)·Canaanite / Israelite·🇮🇱 Sharon Plain, Israel
About
About Tel Hefer — Sharon Inland
Tel Hefer — Sharon Inland in Sharon Plain, Israel is a Middle Bronze Age to Iron Age (2000–600 BCE) tell attributed to Canaanite / Israelite. Inland Sharon tell with Solomonic six-chamber gate theory debated. Palisade and glacis MB, Iron II casemate wall similar to Megiddo.
Why it mattersKey Levantine tell with multi-period stratigraphy informing chronology of the Sharon Plain
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 / Israelite
- Purpose
- Inland Sharon tell with Solomonic six-chamber gate theory debated
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 2000 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1925 CE
Woolley/Petrie survey
On the ground
Structures & features
32.3700° N · 34.9900° E · 45 m · 4 mapped features
Tel Hefer — Sharon Inland — Summit Citadel
citadelCitadel or summit fort on tell
32.3701° N · 34.9901° ETel Hefer — Sharon Inland — Glacis and Wall Circuit
glacisOuter fortification glacis
32.3698° N · 34.9901° ETel Hefer — Sharon Inland — Lower Town / Cemetery
lower townExtension settlement or cemetery
32.3704° N · 34.9898° ETel Hefer — Sharon Inland — Reservoir / Cistern
cisternWater storage feature
32.3696° N · 34.9899° E