Late Bronze Age and Solomonic defenses at Gezer: new evidence.
Abstract
The 1984 season at Gezer was designed to resolve the long-standing controversy over the date of Macalister's "Outer Wall." The results contradict the view of the critics of Gezer I and Gezer II (Dever, Lance, and Wright 1970; Dever et al. 1974) placing the wall in the Iron Age, and confirm our previous date and phasing. The original construction is LB II, with the addition of ashlar towers and upper courses in the Solomonic era, and bastions/final repairs in the Hellenistic period. The new evidence also clarifies the construction of the outer Gatehouse, upper casemate wall, and a new "palace-barracks," thus enabling us to comprehend the Solomonic double defense system as a whole.
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HUC would add the Outer Wall and lower gateway to the fortification system of Stratum 8, but the stratigraphic associations of these elements is debated.
“To the fortification system of Stratum 8, HUC would add the Outer Wall and lower gateway [55], but the stratigraphic associations of these elements is debated.”
From The chronology of Gezer from the end of the late bronze age to iron age II: A meeting point for radiocarbon, archaeology egyptology and the Bible (2023) · cites this paper as [55]
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- Authors
- Dever, W. G.
- Corresponding author
- Dever, William G.
- Venue
- Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Published
- 1986-05
- Volume
- 262
- Pages
- 9-34
- ISSN
- 0003-097X (ISSN-L)
- 2161-8062
- OpenAlex
- W2328112914
- Cited by
- 13
- References
- 6
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 2 · 2014: 1 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 0.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research (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 › Ancient Near East History
- Keywords
- Gezer, Late Bronze Age II, exterior walls, bastions, Hellenistic period, ancient fortifications, 1984 excavation season
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