موقع صيدا الوسطاني 1335-1339 : دراسة هندسية و دراسة نمطية و تاريخية للقى الأثرية

Abstract EN

The city of Saida in South Lebanon is one of many cities that is mentioned by various historians and in the writings of the travelers as being an active city commercially, economically and socially for the past three thousand years.

This city is rich in archaeological sites and contains architectural, urban and funerary ruins. 
The archaeological excavations at the site of Wastani 1335/1339 revealed a number of cemeteries, workshops and others finds.

In addition, it includes archaeological finds from the Hellenistic, Roman and Persian periods.

The discovered tombs included one or more skeletons that are of human and a series of incomplete ceramic vessels next to different other finds that were damaged due to illicit excavations.

The types and functions of the ceramic vessels are various; they reveal essentially a local production from the own local clay of Saida, including new types.

To the west of the site, a number of large double cisterns were discovered.

The walls were covered by waterproof sealant.

These buildings were used for water conservation.

Their main use is identified as professional textile workshops.

A large number of tools made of pottery, bone and stones in pyramidal and pyramidal forms indicate their primary function.

These cisterns date back to the late Hellenistic period - the beginning of the Roman era.

In addition, the presence of large amounts of raw glass or raw materials, glass blocks and remains of glass furnace indicate to a place of industry.

The presence of large amount of pottery wasters, remains of kiln, portable firing aids are often the clearest indicators of pottery production.

This study is an attempt to prove the presence of local industries.

In this region, the basic soil of Sidon used from clay and sand and contributes to the exportation of perfumed oil from the first century BC until the second century AD.

As well as to prove that, it is one of the first cities on the coast of Canaan, which contained this industrial center during the first century BC.

This is an indication on the importance of the region, the sociological and economical status as well as the trade level of this archaeological city.