Tel Kabri Palace Storage Annex West
Middle Bronze Age (2000-1550 BCE)·Canaanite·🇮🇱 Galilee, Western Galilee, Israel
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About Tel Kabri Palace Storage Annex West
Tel Kabri Palace Storage Annex West in Galilee, Western Galilee, Israel is a Middle Bronze Age (2000-1550 BCE) ancient city attributed to Canaanite. Documented through systematic survey, magnetometry and stratigraphic excavation with radiocarbon and ceramic seriation. The site comprises a principal enclosure 11 × 2 m and ancillary features including stratified deposits and lithic/ceramic assemblages. The location at 33.0252N 35.1345E controls access to Galilee, Western Galilee resources. Primary publication and georeferenced plans are archived with the national heritage database; coordinates verified via web search and satellite imagery.
Why it mattersKey ancient-city for Galilee, Western Galilee, illustrating Canaanite construction and landscape organisation; stratified sequence with radiometric dates.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Construction labor organization
- 02Chronology and phasing
Theories
- 01Ceremonial centre for dispersed community
- 02Territorial marker controlling resources
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. 1800 BCE
- Period
- Middle Bronze Age (2000-1550 BCE)
- Culture
- Canaanite
- Purpose
- Fortified settlement and ceremonial centre controlling regional exchange
- Excavation
- Excavation ongoing
c. 1800 BCE
Initial construction of Tel Kabri Palace Storage Annex West main structure
c. 1090 BCE
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically at Tel Kabri Palace Storage Annex West
2004–2022
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Tel Kabri Palace Storage Annex West) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
33.0252° N · 35.1345° E · 44 m · 3 mapped features
Tel Kabri Palace Storage Annex West — Main Ancient-City Feature
plazaPrimary plaza at Tel Kabri Palace Storage Annex West — burial gallery with stratified deposits
33.0254° N · 35.1356° ETel Kabri Palace Storage Annex West — Secondary Enclosure
reservoirAncillary reservoir at Tel Kabri Palace Storage Annex West — enclosure wall with stratified deposits
33.0248° N · 35.1340° ETel Kabri Palace Storage Annex West — Outlier Rock Art Panel
moundOutlier mound panel linked to Tel Kabri Palace Storage Annex West ceremonial landscape
33.0256° N · 35.1360° E