Phase Dw II Pottery in Area D-West

This chapter presents the analyses of the Iron Age ceramic assemblages unearthed in Area D-West of the lower settlement at Kabri. The pottery was found in a large structure that was only partly exposed above the Middle Bronze Age palace, as well as in large pits that had cut into Middle Bronze strata. Both the structure and pits date to the Iron Age. The evidence indicates that there were two phases of settlement at Kabri during this period, Phase IIc dated to the Iron Age IIa and Phase IIb-a dated to the Iron Age IIc, with a settlement gap of nearly a century in between. The finds from this season of excavation further support and strengthen earlier studies conducted on Iron Age Kabri.