ABSTRACT During the 2017 excavation season at Tel Kabri, Iron Age remains were found cutting into the western part of the Middle Bronze Age palace. These remains consisted of a segment of a large structure and a series of sizable pits. Similar Iron Age remains were unearthed during previous soundings in Areas D and F of the excavation and were loosely dated to the Iron Age II. The ceramic assemblage from these soundings demonstrated a disproportionate number of imports and cooking pots, which prompted the excavators to suggest that the lower settlement was engaged in the processing of agricultural products connected to the nearby forts located elsewhere on the tell. A recent re-examination of the pottery from the previous excavations suggest that the forts could have only existed during the Iron Age IIA and IIC. Our examination of the pottery indicates that the imports can be dated to the Iron Age IIA, while the large number of cooking pots should mostly be dated to the Iron Age IIC. We would therefore like to suggest a new interpretation for the function of the lower settlement at Kabri during the Iron Age II in relation to the forts and the political reality in the Galilee at that time.

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重新审视卡布里的铁器时代下层定居点

摘要 在 Tel Kabri 的 2017 年挖掘季节期间，发现铁器时代的遗骸切入中青铜时代宫殿的西部。这些遗迹由一段大型结构和一系列相当大的坑组成。类似的铁器时代遗骸是在之前的 D 区和 F 区挖掘中出土的，大致可以追溯到铁器时代 II。这些探测中的陶瓷组合表明进口和烹饪锅的数量不成比例，这促使挖掘机暗示较低的定居点从事农产品加工，这些产品与附近位于告诉其他地方的堡垒相连。最近对先前发掘的陶器进行的重新检查表明，这些堡垒可能只存在于铁器时代 IIA 和 IIC 期间。我们对陶器的检查表明，进口的陶器可以追溯到铁器时代 IIA，而大量的炊具应该大部分可以追溯到铁器时代 IIC。因此，我们想建议对铁器时代 II 期间卡布里较低定居点的功能与当时加利利的堡垒和政治现实相关的功能提出新的解释。