094) Wadi el-Makhamas
[PADIS code 0011]
Arabic: وادي مخماس
Modern Hebrew name: Horvat Shilḥa.
Site location: Lat. +31° 51' 39.26" N; Long. +35° 20' 11.28" E.
Site extension: less than 1 dunam.
State of preservation: sparse remains.
Occupational periods: Iron Age III, Early Islamic.
Plate: I.
Iron Age III
Site typology: architectural remains.
Domestic architecture: house.
Material culture: LMLK seal impression, pottery.
Bibliography: Mazar - Amit - Ilan 1984; Ilan - Mazar - Amit 1993; Greenberg - Keinan 2009, 70, site n. 344.
Early Islamic Period
Site typology: architectural remains.
Domestic architecture: animal pens.
Material culture: coins.
Bibliography: AA.VV. 1983, 95; Greenberg - Keinan 2009, 70, site n. 344.
Bibliography
| AA. VV. | |
| 1983 | "Shilha, Kh.", in Excavations and Surveys in Israel 4 (1983), pp. 94-95. |
| Greenberg, R. - Keinan, A. | |
| 2009 | Israeli Archaeological Activity in the West Bank 1967-2007. A Sourcebook, Jerusalem 2009 (in particular p. 70, site n. 344, map 2). |
| Ilan, Z. - Mazar, A. - Amit, D. | |
| 1993 | "Horvat Shilḥa", in E. Stern (ed.), The New Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations in the Holy Land, Vol. 4, Jerusalem 1993, p. 1364. |
| Mazar, A. - Amit, D. - Ilan, Z. | |
| 1984 | "The Border Road between Michmash and Jericho and the Excavations at Horvat Shilḥa", in Eretz Israel 17 (1984), pp. 236-250 (Hebr.), 10*-11* (Engl). |