In the fall of 2014, a salvage excavation was conducted in Moshav Netiv Ha-‘Asara (Permit No. A-7212; map ref. 157079/609361; Fig. 1), prior to construction work. The excavation, undertaken on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority and funded by the moshav, was directed by Y. Abadi-Reiss (field photography), with the assistance of Y. Alamor and R. Abu Halaf (administration), M. Oron and A. Peretz (area supervision), M. Kahan, A. Hajian and M. Kunin (surveying and drafting), Y. Nagar (physical anthropology), Y. Yolovitch (field photography), L. Shilov, F. Kobrin and M. Oron (preliminary inspections and field photography), Y. Bukengoltz (on-site restoration), Y. Gorin-Rosen (glass), C. Amit (studio photography), T. Gonen (restoration) and V. Nosikovsky (metal laboratory), as well as S. Talis, P. Nahshoni, A. Gorzalczany, U. ‘Ad, E. Aladjem, N. Paran, S. Ganor, Y. Shalev and D. Varga (consultation).
Yael Abadi-Reiss (Tue,) studied this question.