Tel Zeror — Sharon Plain
Middle Bronze Age to Iron Age (2000–600 BCE)·Canaanite / Sea Peoples·🇮🇱 Sharon Plain, Israel
About
About Tel Zeror — Sharon Plain
Tel Zeror — Sharon Plain in Sharon Plain, Israel is a Middle Bronze Age to Iron Age (2000–600 BCE) tell attributed to Canaanite / Sea Peoples. Triple-mound tell with MB fortifications and LB Egyptian garrison. Kochavi: MB glacis, LB Egyptian scarabs, Iron Philistine Bichrome.
Why it mattersKey Levantine tell with multi-period stratigraphy informing chronology of the Sharon Plain
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 / Sea Peoples
- Purpose
- Triple-mound tell with MB fortifications and LB Egyptian garrison
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 2000 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1925 CE
Woolley/Petrie survey
On the ground
Structures & features
32.4130° N · 34.9710° E · 40 m · 3 mapped features
Tel Zeror — Sharon Plain — Summit Citadel
citadelCitadel or summit fort on tell
32.4131° N · 34.9711° ETel Zeror — Sharon Plain — Glacis and Wall Circuit
glacisOuter fortification glacis
32.4128° N · 34.9711° ETel Zeror — Sharon Plain — Lower Town / Cemetery
lower townExtension settlement or cemetery
32.4134° N · 34.9708° E