Hurvat Mi'ar
Hurvat Mi'ar includes remains of an ancient settlement dating back to the Roman Period. The place has been inhabited since then up to modern times, beginning as a Jewish settlement that existed there up to the Great Revolt. On its ruins a Christian village was built, and an Arab village existed there up to 1948. Today, the place is home to the Ya'ad moshav.[1][2][3][4]
History
The fact that there was an ancient site at this location was known from the PEF survey in the 19th century.[2][3] A salvage excavation was done before a new neighborhood was built within Ya'ad. The excavation revealed the site was inhabited from the late Persian Period up to modern times. Until 1948 there was an Arab village that was depopulated during Operation Dekel. During the Crusades, the village was included in the Acre district as mentioned in a Papal bull granting the lands to the head of Mount Sion Monastery[5][6]
Archaeology
During the archaeological excavation at the site, five time periods were uncovered. The largest amount of findings are dated to the Crusades and Mamluk periods. Building walls were dated from all periods, and the fortified walls were dated to the Early Roman Period.[1] Typical pitchers of the Kefar Ḥananya ware[7] were dated to the Roman Period.[1] During 1996, an archaeological dig on the village outskirts discovered two rock-cut tombs. One of the tombs consisted of 11 kokhim and a standing pit. In the tomb, a coin stuck in Constantinople dating to the days of Constantinus was found.[4][8]
According to the findings in the surveys, excavations, and the settlement's proximity to ancient Yodfat, researchers conclude that there was a Jewish village at the site that was destroyed during the Great Revolt.[1][9]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 נורית פייג, ראפע אבו ריא. "שרידי ישוב מהתקופה ההלניסטית והרומית שנחשפו בחפירות מיעאר (יעד)". www.antiquities.org.il. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Conder, C. R. (Claude Reignier); Palestine Exploration Fund; Kitchener, Horatio Herbert Kitchener; Palmer, Edward Henry (1881). The survey of Western Palestine : Arabic and English name lists collected during the survey. Robarts - University of Toronto. London : Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. Search this book on
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Guérin, Victor (1868). Description géographique, historique et archéologique de la Palestine. Harvard University. Paris, Imprimé par autorisation de l'empereur à l'Impr. impériale. Search this book on
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Fage, Nurit (1990). "מערת קבורה ביעד". נקרות צורים. 17: 49–52.
- ↑ "Revised Regesta Regni Hierosolymitani Database". crusades-regesta.com. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
- ↑ Palestine Census ( 1922). Search this book on
- ↑ "Kefar Hananya Ware | The Levantine Ceramics Project". www.levantineceramics.org. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
- ↑ עוקסה, הנא אבו (2000). "מיעאר". Hadashot Arkheologiyot: Excavations and Surveys in Israel / חדשות ארכיאולוגיות: חפירות וסקרים בישראל. 112: 146–147. ISSN 1565-043X.
- ↑ "גיליון 125 לשנת 2013יובלים". www.hadashot-esi.org.il. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
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