This is the final report of the excavations conducted at the site of the fortress of Mount Adir in two seasons separated by 43 years. In addition to summarizing the available data on the fortress, the study focuses on the broader context—the interconnectedness between the Iron IB settlement system in the Upper Galilee and the contemporaneous centres in the northern part of the country, especially in the coastal area. It seems that during the Iron Age IB a local political entity was established in the Meron Ridges—the ‘Upper Galilee Polity’—which controlled the entire Upper Galilee region. The fortress at Mount Adir played a central role in this entity and the ceramic assemblage that was found there indicates trade relations, mainly with the cities and ‘village-states’ of the northern coastal region. The end of the ‘Upper Galilee Polity’ was connected to the growth of political forces west and east of the Upper Galilee during the Iron IIA.

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阿迪尔山：上加利利的钢铁一世政体？

这是在相隔 43 年的两个季节在阿迪尔山堡垒遗址进行的挖掘工作的最终报告。除了总结关于堡垒的可用数据外，该研究还关注更广泛的背景——上加利利的 Iron IB 定居系统与该国北部，特别是沿海地区的同期中心之间的相互联系。似乎在铁器时代 IB 期间，在梅隆山脊建立了一个地方政治实体——“上加利利政体”——它控制了整个上加利利地区。阿迪尔山的堡垒在这个实体中发挥了核心作用，在那里发现的陶瓷组合表明了贸易关系，主要是与北部沿海地区的城市和“乡村国家”。