Tel Keisan — Acco Plain
Early Bronze Age to Hellenistic (3500–150 BCE)·Canaanite / Phoenician / Assyrian·🇮🇱 Galilee coastal plain, Israel
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About Tel Keisan — Acco Plain
Tel Keisan — Acco Plain in Galilee coastal plain, Israel is a Early Bronze Age to Hellenistic (3500–150 BCE) tell attributed to Canaanite / Phoenician / Assyrian. Plain tell east of Akko with Late Bronze Philistine bichrome and Assyrian palace. French excavations: LB Philistine levels with Mycenaean imports and Iron II Assyrian store jars.
Why it mattersKey Levantine tell with multi-period stratigraphy informing chronology of the Galilee coastal 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. 3500 BCE
- Period
- Early Bronze Age to Hellenistic (3500–150 BCE)
- Culture
- Canaanite / Phoenician / Assyrian
- Purpose
- Plain tell east of Akko with Late Bronze Philistine bichrome and Assyrian palace
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 3500 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1925 CE
Woolley/Petrie survey
On the ground
Structures & features
32.8810° N · 35.1470° E · 25 m · 3 mapped features
Tel Keisan — Acco Plain — Summit Citadel
citadelCitadel or summit fort on tell
32.8811° N · 35.1471° ETel Keisan — Acco Plain — Glacis and Wall Circuit
glacisOuter fortification glacis
32.8808° N · 35.1471° ETel Keisan — Acco Plain — Lower Town / Cemetery
lower townExtension settlement or cemetery
32.8814° N · 35.1468° E