Tel Gerisa

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Tel Gerisa (Tell Jerishe)

Excavation

Eleven seasons of excavations were conducted on the mound of Tel Gerisa between the years 1981-1995 under the direction of Ze'ev Herzog. The excavations wereinitiated as part of a regional investigation of the western Yarkon River basin, which also included the excavation of Tel Michal and preiliminary investigations of Tel Yafo.

The excavations at Tel Gerisa revealed evidence relating to fortification systems of the MB IIA period as well as to the material culture of the Philistines. In more recent years, excavation has concentrated on the exposure of a Late Bronze Age palace from the period of Egyptian suzerainty in Canaan. A unique water supply system, which apparently dates to the Middle Bronze IIA, has been excavated since the 1988 season and may necessitate a reevaluation of the history of the development of such installations.

Bibliography

• Herzog, Zeev and Tsuk, T. [1996], "Tell Gerisa - 1991/1992", HA-ESI 15 (1996), pp.60-62.

• Rainey, Anson F. [1990], "Tel Gerisa and the Danite Inheritance", in Zeevy, R. (ed.), Israel — People and Land, Eretz Israel Museum Yearbook, 5-6 (23-24) — 5748-9 (1987-9), Tel Aviv: Eretz Israel Museum, 1990, pp.59-72.