Tell afis2007 field season preliminary report

Abstract EN

The 25th campaign at Tell Afis was directed towards continuing the investigation of the major buildings and units of the acropolis for different periods (Fig.

1): the Iron Age Temples sequence of Area A, the Late Bronze Age II residential unit in Area E, the MB fortification system in Area N, the MB I industrial unit and the EB IVB domestic unit in Area E.(1) They all attest not only to the continuity of occupation of the site even in the so-called transitional phases (EB/MB, LB/IA), but also to its emergence as an economic and political regional centre from the LB to the Iron I-III periods.(2)