This is the final report of the Tel 'En Gev excavation by Keio University. The site is located to the east of the Sea of Galilee and is key in understanding the Aram-Israel relationship. The excavation aimed at establishing a coherent stratigraphic sequence with previous findings and thus to clarify the region's history.

This book is the final report of the archaeological excavation conducted by a team from Keio University, Japan, from 2009 to 2011 at Tel 'En Gev, Israel. Tel 'En Gev is located on the eastern shore of the Sea of Galilee and is a key site in understanding the Aram-Israel relationship during the Iron Age. The aim of the Keio Mission was to establish a coherent stratigraphic sequence of the site with the findings from two previous missions and to clarify the history of the region. The Keio Mission uncovered four separate strata. Stratum KIV, the lowest, is dated to Iron Age IB and likely belonged to the Aramean kingdom of Geshur. In Stratum KIII, late Iron Age IIA, a large tripartite building was uncovered that was probably a part of the expansion of Aram Damascus. The city was weakened during Stratum KII, Iron Age IIB. The occupation, Stratum KI, lasted until the Hellenistic period, although it was no longer a major city.

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Born 1958; PhD, University of Sheffield; currently professor in the Department of Archaeology and Ethnology of Keio University in Tokyo.

Inhalt
Chapter I. Introduction
David T. Sugimoto: Tel En Gev and the Keio Mission Nobuya Watanabe: Recording Methods at Tel En Gev Nobuya Watanabe: Geographic Background of Tel En Gev Mayumi Okada: Public Archaeology Programs During the Keio Mission

Chapter II. Stratigraphy and Architecture at Tel En Gev
David T. Sugimoto: Stratigraphy and Architecture at Tel En Gev David T. Sugimoto, Ido Wachtel, Hiroo Kansha: Stratigraphy and Architecture in Area H Hiroo Kansha: Stratigraphy and Architecture in Area G

Chapter III. Pottery from Tel En Gev
David T. Sugimoto: Pottery from Tel En Gev David T. Sugimoto: Typology of the Iron Age Pottery David Ben-Shlomo: Petrographic Analysis of the Iron Age Pottery from En Gev Kumi Makino: Typology of the Persian and Hellenistic Period Pottery David T. Sugimoto: Stamped Amphora Handles

Chapter IV. Small Finds from Tel En Gev
David Eitam: Stone Tools Manuel Cimadevilla: Clay Objects Ido Wachtel: Metal Objects Manami Sano: Glass Objects David T. Sugimoto: Glyptics and Cultic Object Roni Zuckerman-Cooper: Faunal Remains

Chapter V. Conclusions
David T. Sugimoto: Excavations at Tel En Gev and History of the Site