ABSTRACT The Joint Archaeological Expedition to Tell el-Hesi (1970–1983) identified an unusually large number of incised bone tubes from Early Bronze Age IIIA contexts in Field VI. Excavations recovered a total of 15 fragments of the distinctive EB III incised artefacts, two incised bone beads, worked bone debris, and installations for heating concentrated in a sector immediately adjacent to the city wall. Based on these co-occurrences, the original project staff tentatively suggested a bone tube workshop was operational on the site. However, a follow up study was never conducted. This paper provides empirical evidence for the existence of this bone tube workshop and for an associated techno-stylistic tradition at Tell el-Hesi during the EB IIIA. We identify the workshop’s presence using a suite of archaeological correlates: 1) the physical concentration of working debris, partially-finished artefacts, copper tools, and working installations in a differentiated ‘industrial’ space in Field VI; 2) evidence for the same chaîne opératoire involving distinctive production sequences and metal tool use on artefacts and debris from this sector; and 3) closely-shared stylistic and morphometric attributes among both finished and partially-finished fragments.

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以色列 Tell el-Hesi 的 EB IIIA 切开骨管车间的鉴定

摘要 Tell el-Hesi 联合考古探险队（1970-1983 年）在 VI 场发现了异常大量的早期青铜器时代 IIIA 背景下的切开骨管。挖掘工作共发现了 15 块独特的 EB III 切割文物碎片、两个切割的骨珠、加工过的骨碎片和集中在紧邻城墙区域的加热装置。基于这些同时发生的情况，最初的项目工作人员初步建议现场有一个骨管车间正在运作。但是，从未进行过后续研究。本文为该骨管车间的存在以及 EB IIIA 期间 Tell el-Hesi 的相关技术风格传统提供了经验证据。我们使用一组考古相关资料来确定车间的存在：1) 工作碎片、部分完成的人工制品、铜工具和工作装置在 VI 场中差异化的“工业”空间中的物理集中；2) 同一连锁歌剧院的证据，涉及不同的生产顺序和金属工具对来自该部门的人工制品和碎片的使用；3) 完成和部分完成的片段之间密切共享的风格和形态属性。