Tell Qasile — Philistine Port
Iron Age I (1200–1000 BCE)·Philistine·🇮🇱 Yarkon River, Israel
About
About Tell Qasile — Philistine Port
Tell Qasile — Philistine Port in Yarkon River, Israel is a Iron Age I (1200–1000 BCE) tell attributed to Philistine. Philistine harbour town at Yarkon mouth with three successive temples and Philistine Bichrome pottery. Mazar excavations: three superimposed apsidal temples with Philistine cult figurines and lion maceheads.
Why it mattersKey Levantine tell with multi-period stratigraphy informing chronology of the Yarkon River
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. 1200 BCE
- Period
- Iron Age I (1200–1000 BCE)
- Culture
- Philistine
- Purpose
- Philistine harbour town at Yarkon mouth with three successive temples and Philistine Bichrome pottery
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 1200 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1925 CE
Woolley/Petrie survey
On the ground
Structures & features
32.0950° N · 34.8040° E · 10 m · 3 mapped features
Tell Qasile — Philistine Port — Summit Citadel
citadelCitadel or summit fort on tell
32.0951° N · 34.8041° ETell Qasile — Philistine Port — Glacis and Wall Circuit
glacisOuter fortification glacis
32.0948° N · 34.8041° ETell Qasile — Philistine Port — Lower Town / Cemetery
lower townExtension settlement or cemetery
32.0954° N · 34.8038° E