Nahal Rimmonim | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Site: Nahal Rimmonim

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Site Information

Site name (primary, secondary):

Nahal Rimmonim

Country/region:

Israel/Jezreel Valley

Alternate names & spellings:

Naḥal Rimmonim

Coordinates (N,E):

Periods attested by vessels on the LCP:

Early Bronze Age I, Intermediate Bronze Age (Early Bronze Age IV), Middle Bronze Age, Middle Bronze Age I, Middle Bronze Age III

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Site Description

Rural Bronze Age settlement in the southwestern Jezreel Valley, west/northwest of Zububa, named after the adjacent wadi. Nahal Rimmonim is separate from Zububa and Tel Qedesh. The 1999 Area A excavations (A-3157) and 2003 excavations (A-3847) exposed Intermediate Bronze occupation, a Middle Bronze pottery workshop and domestic remains, infant/child jar burials and Middle Bronze III tombs. Residual Early Bronze IA pottery does not demonstrate exposed Early Bronze architecture.

The final excavation reports estimate about one hectare; the Megiddo Hinterland survey estimate is 3.5 hectares. These are different source estimates. Source stratigraphic crosswalk: 1999 Area A I = 2003 III; A II = 2003 IV; A III = 2003 V.

Coordinates remain unresolved. Covello-Paran 2008 p.53 gives NIG 2210/7174 and OIG 1710/2174; the 2014 preliminary report gives 220950/717350. Covello-Paran and Tepper 2025 p.223 n.2 prints 212114/717412, whereas the excavation map on p.226 labels eastings 221120–221160. No silent correction or precise pin is adopted.

Sources: Covello-Paran 2008, Atiqot 60:53–74; Covello-Paran and Tepper 2025, Atiqot 118:223–335; Covello-Paran and Tepper 2014, Hadashot Arkheologiyot 126.

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Related Images

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Vessels 359

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Nahal Rimmonim A-3847: 5367/4

Bowl

Nahal Rimmonim

c. 2300–2200 BCE

Intermediate Bronze Age (Early Bronze Age IV)

Nahal Rimmonim A-3847: 3033/2

Bowl

Nahal Rimmonim

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Middle Bronze Age

Nahal Rimmonim A-3847: 3017/5

Bowl

Nahal Rimmonim

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Middle Bronze Age

Nahal Rimmonim A-3847: 3017/6

Jar, storage

Nahal Rimmonim

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Middle Bronze Age

Break Photos 0

Petrographic Samples 0

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Site/Project URLs and Database Links

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Associated Wares/Ware Families/Style

Ware name:

Date:

Period:

Gray Burnished Ware (GBW/Gray Lustrous Ware/Esdraelon Ware)

c. 3500 to c. 3300 BCE

Early Bronze Age I

Tell el-Yahudiya

2000 BCE - 1400 BCE

Middle Bronze Age

Middle-Late Cypriot White Painted Handmade Wares

1950 BCE-1300 BCE

Middle Cypriot I-II, Middle Cypriot III, Late Cypriot I, Late Cypriot II A-B

Middle-Late Cypriot White Painted Pendent Line/Cross Line style ware

c. 1750-1300 BCE

Middle Cypriot III, Late Cypriot II A-B

Associated Petro-fabrics

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Associated Kilns/Workshops

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Bibliography

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

Site information compiled from the published excavation reports by Karen Covello-Paran and Yotam Tepper. Matthew J. Adams used OpenAI Codex to prepare and enter this source-based site summary. This credit does not imply endorsement by the publication authors.