Tel Kabri Palace Storage Annex West — Southern Extension
Middle Bronze Age (2000-1550 BCE)·Canaanite·🇮🇱 Galilee, Western Galilee, Israel
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About Tel Kabri Palace Storage Annex West — Southern Extension
Tel Kabri Palace Storage Annex West — Southern Extension 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 platform 7 × 5 m and ancillary features including stratified deposits and lithic/ceramic assemblages. The location at 33.0251N 35.1412E 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
- 01Chronology and phasing of construction episodes
- 02Function in regional settlement hierarchy
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
- Excavated
c. 1800 BCE
Initial construction of Tel Kabri Palace Storage Annex West — Southern Extension main structure
c. 1455 BCE
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically at Tel Kabri Palace Storage Annex West — Southern Extension
19th–20th century
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Tel Kabri Palace Storage Annex West — Southern Extension) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
33.0251° N · 35.1412° E · 40 m · 3 mapped features
Tel Kabri Palace Storage Annex West — Southern Extension — Main Ancient-City Feature
moundPrimary mound at Tel Kabri Palace Storage Annex West — Southern Extension — enclosure wall with stratified deposits
33.0259° N · 35.1408° ETel Kabri Palace Storage Annex West — Southern Extension — Secondary Enclosure
dromosAncillary dromos at Tel Kabri Palace Storage Annex West — Southern Extension — central chambered cairn with stratified deposits
33.0254° N · 35.1396° ETel Kabri Palace Storage Annex West — Southern Extension — Outlier Rock Art Panel
structureOutlier structure panel linked to Tel Kabri Palace Storage Annex West — Southern Extension ceremonial landscape
33.0257° N · 35.1393° E