The Earliest Settlement at Kadesh Barnea
Abstract
One of the interesting pottery groups presented in the newly-published excavation report of Kadesh Barnea is Painted Qurayyah Ware, labelled there as Midianite Ware. Most of this painted pottery, mainly sherds, was notfound in situ and could not be stratigraphically connected to one of the occupation levels. The paper suggests that the Painted Qurayyah Ware should be related to the settlement of Substratum 4c—the earliest settlement that predates the oval 'fortress'—which should be dated to the 12th century BCE.It follows that the Substratum 4c settlement in Kadesh Barnea is contemporary with several other settlements, e.g., Tel Masos Stratum III, Khirbet en-Nahas and Timna, which were associated with trade and copper production. It seems that Kadesh Barnea served as a way station on the copper trade route leading to the Mediterranean coast.
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Another measurement from Kadesh Barnea, from a short-lived sample dated 2930 ± 30 BP, probably originated from an earlier, pre-Iron IIA stratum at the site.
“Another measurement from Kadesh Barnea was obtained from a short-lived sample; however, the sample (dated 2930 ± 30 BP-Bruins and van der Plicht 2007) probably originated from an earlier, pre-Iron IIA stratum at the site (Singer-Avitz 2008:77).”
From Radiocarbon Results from the Iron IIA Site of Atar Haroa in the Negev Highlands and their Archaeological and Historical Implications (2010) · cites this paper as Singer-Avitz 2008:77
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Boaretto, E., Finkelstein, I., & Shahack-Gross, R. (2010) · Radiocarbon · doi:10.1017/s0033822200044982 · Cited by 50 · see citing works
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Bruins, H. J., Nijboer, A. J., & van der Plicht, J. (2011) · Radiocarbon · doi:10.1017/s0033822200034470 · Cited by 39 · see citing works
Kleiman, S., Kleiman, A., & Ben-Yosef, E. (2017) · Tel Aviv · doi:10.1080/03344355.2017.1357313 · Cited by 16 · see citing works
- Authors
- Singer-Avitz, L.
- Corresponding author
- Singer-Avitz, Lily
- Venue
- Tel Aviv
- Publisher
- Maney Publishing
- Published
- 2008-03
- Volume
- 35
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 73-81
- ISSN
- 0334-4355 (ISSN-L)
- 2040-4786
- OpenAlex
- W1973785667
- Cited by
- 19
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2020: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2015: 1 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 48.57
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Tel Aviv (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Biblical Studies and Interpretation
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology › Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology › Archaeology and Historical Studies
- Keywords
- painted pottery, forts, copper trade, copper production, way stations, Timna, Bronze Age settlement
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