During the EB 1B1 in the southern Levant, in a cultural horizon locally known as the ‘Erani C Phase’, a massive fortification wall ca. 8 m wide was erected around the site of Tel Erani. By determining the tell's natural resources, the manpower available at the time of construction and the man-days required to build the fortification wall we are able to theorize about the society that built it. Based on previous research that focused on mudbrick construction, three options regarding the amount of labour required for building the wall are presented; all suggest that the erection of the wall required tens of thousands of work days. These options are examined in terms of the potential of the site's workforce, providing a scenario for the construction process, division of labour and bureaucratic management. This demonstrates that a major portion of the site's population contributed labour taxes towards the wall's construction and that perhaps there was also a need for an additional workforce drafted from Tel Erani's satellite settlements. The calculation and analysis of the labour needed for construction of the fortification wall of Tel Erani strongly points to a centralized political power with a sophisticated bureaucratic system, representative of the urbanization process.

中文翻译：

---

Tel Erani 的防御工事墙：劳工视角

在黎凡特南部的 EB 1B1 期间，在当地称为“Erani C 阶段”的文化地平线上，这是一堵巨大的防御墙。在 Tel Erani 的遗址周围竖立了 8 m 宽。通过确定告诉的自然资源、建造时可用的人力以及建造防御墙所需的工时，我们能够对建造它的社会进行理论分析。根据之前针对泥砖施工的研究，提出了关于建造墙所需的劳动力数量的三种选择；所有人都认为，墙的竖立需要数万个工作日。这些选项根据现场劳动力的潜力进行了检查，为施工过程、劳动分工和官僚管理提供了一个场景。这表明该站点的大部分人口为隔离墙的建设缴纳了劳动税，并且可能还需要从 Tel Erani 的卫星定居点招募额外的劳动力。对建造 Tel Erani 防御工事墙所需劳动力的计算和分析强烈表明，集权的政治权力具有复杂的官僚体系，代表了城市化进程。