Roi Sabar

Hebrew University of Jerusalem | HUJI · Institute of Archaeology

Eastern Upper Galilee in the Roman period evidently housed two ethnic groups in an often hostile relationship (cf. Jos., BJ 3.35-40): in the north, a pagan population belonging to the chora of Tyre, which would have included Qedesh, and in the south a Jewish population. The two ethnic-based territories, which exhibit clear differences in their mate...

This paper discusses common methodological problems related to multi-period sites in highland regions – the identification of the boundaries of ancient settlements, and the estimation of their size and intensity of occupation during different periods. We tackle these obstacles using an integrated approach based on two complementary sources of data:...