Between July 2010 and July 2019, ten annual month-long excavation seasons were carried out at Tel ‘Akko (License Nos. G-63/2010, G-57/2011, G-56/2012, G-68/2013, G-36/2014, G-52/2015, G-58/2016, G-68/2017, G-57/2018, G-69/2019; map ref. 28320–740/788385–735; Fig. 1). The excavations were directed by A.E. Killebrew (Pennsylvania State University and the University of Haifa) and M. Artzy (University of Haifa), on behalf of the University of Haifa (see the Appendix for a full list of faculty, staff, specialists and supporting institutions that participated in the 2010–2019 excavations). The figures for this article were prepared by J.C. Skinner (maps, plans), R. Stidsing (plans, pottery drawings), J. Quartermaine (plan) and J. Brown, B. Liss and A.E. Killebrew (photography).
Killebrew et al. (Sat,) studied this question.