Earthwork Enclosure Mideast 86 — Israel Region 2
Period Late Holocene·Regional culture Mideast-Tell·🇮🇱 Israel Region 2, Israel
About
About Earthwork Enclosure Mideast 86 — Israel Region 2
Earthwork Enclosure Mideast 86 — Israel Region 2 in Israel Region 2, Israel is a Neolithic tell with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing. Recorded context — Period: Period Late Holocene; Culture: Regional culture Mideast-Tell; Field status: partially excavated; Materials: basalt, plaster; Condition: partially preserved.
Why it mattersKey Regional culture Mideast-Tell tell with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Collapse cause
Theories
- 01Defensive stronghold
- 02Territorial marker
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. 3200 BCE
- Period
- Period Late Holocene
- Culture
- Regional culture Mideast-Tell
- Purpose
- tell ritual/settlement purpose for Mideast-Tell
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1944
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 1200 CE major extension
Major expansion / refurbishment at Earthwork Enclosure Mideast 86 — Israel Region 2
c. 3200 BCE
Initial construction / first occupation at Earthwork Enclosure Mideast 86 — Israel Region 2
1990 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Earthwork Enclosure Mideast 86 — Israel Region 2
On the ground
Structures & features
2.8226° S · 88.4545° E · 1782 m · 3 mapped features
- Earthwork Enclosure Mideast 86 — Israel Region 2 — Principal Palacepalacepalace at Earthwork Enclosure Mideast 86 — Israel Region 2 — subsidiary complex2.8225° S · 88.4564° E
- Earthwork Enclosure Mideast 86 — Israel Region 2 — Northern Templetempletemple at Earthwork Enclosure Mideast 86 — Israel Region 2 — outlier feature2.8212° S · 88.4552° E
- Earthwork Enclosure Mideast 86 — Israel Region 2 — Gate Annex 3gategate at Earthwork Enclosure Mideast 86 — Israel Region 2 — subsidiary complex2.8228° S · 88.4560° E