Tel Kabri Palace Storage Annex West — Eastern Outlier
Middle Bronze Age (2000-1550 BCE)·Canaanite·🇮🇱 Galilee, Western Galilee, Israel
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About Tel Kabri Palace Storage Annex West — Eastern Outlier
Tel Kabri Palace Storage Annex West — Eastern Outlier 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 enclosure 3 × 6 m and ancillary features including stratified deposits and lithic/ceramic assemblages. The location at 32.9976N 35.1528E 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
- 01Ancestral burial reuse over centuries
- 02Astronomical alignment hypothesis
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 — Eastern Outlier main structure
c. 716 CE
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically at Tel Kabri Palace Storage Annex West — Eastern Outlier
19th–20th century
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Tel Kabri Palace Storage Annex West — Eastern Outlier) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
32.9976° N · 35.1528° E · 44 m · 3 mapped features
Tel Kabri Palace Storage Annex West — Eastern Outlier — Main Ancient-City Feature
dromosPrimary dromos at Tel Kabri Palace Storage Annex West — Eastern Outlier — burial gallery with stratified deposits
32.9957° N · 35.1525° ETel Kabri Palace Storage Annex West — Eastern Outlier — Secondary Enclosure
structureAncillary structure at Tel Kabri Palace Storage Annex West — Eastern Outlier — enclosure wall with stratified deposits
32.9960° N · 35.1539° ETel Kabri Palace Storage Annex West — Eastern Outlier — Outlier Rock Art Panel
enclosureOutlier enclosure panel linked to Tel Kabri Palace Storage Annex West — Eastern Outlier ceremonial landscape
32.9992° N · 35.1509° E