Tel Qashish — Jezreel Crossing
Middle Bronze Age to Iron Age (2000–600 BCE)·Canaanite / Israelite·🇮🇱 Jezreel Valley, Israel
About
About Tel Qashish — Jezreel Crossing
Tel Qashish — Jezreel Crossing in Jezreel Valley, Israel is a Middle Bronze Age to Iron Age (2000–600 BCE) tell attributed to Canaanite / Israelite. Strategic tell controlling Jezreel pass at Yokneam breach. Ben-Tor: MB II fort with glacis, LB cult room with standing stones.
Why it mattersKey Levantine tell with multi-period stratigraphy informing chronology of the Jezreel Valley
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. 2000 BCE
- Period
- Middle Bronze Age to Iron Age (2000–600 BCE)
- Culture
- Canaanite / Israelite
- Purpose
- Strategic tell controlling Jezreel pass at Yokneam breach
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 2000 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1925 CE
Woolley/Petrie survey
On the ground
Structures & features
32.6800° N · 35.1050° E · 40 m · 3 mapped features
Tel Qashish — Jezreel Crossing — Summit Citadel
citadelCitadel or summit fort on tell
32.6801° N · 35.1051° ETel Qashish — Jezreel Crossing — Glacis and Wall Circuit
glacisOuter fortification glacis
32.6798° N · 35.1051° ETel Qashish — Jezreel Crossing — Lower Town / Cemetery
lower townExtension settlement or cemetery
32.6804° N · 35.1048° E