Tel Narbeta

In August 2020, a salvage excavation was conducted at Tel Narbeta to the southeast of Kibbutz Ma‘anit (Permit No. A-8818; map ref. 203258 – 300/706672 – 734; Fig. 1) prior to the enlargement of the kibbutz cemetery. The excavation, undertaken on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority and funded by the kibbutz, was directed by M. Hater, with the assistance of Y. Amrani (administration), I. Jonish (surveying and photography), M. Abu (drafting), H. Hamer, M. Amichai and Z. Ben-Baruch (documentation of subterranean cavities), P. Gendelman (pottery), M. Shuiskaya (pottery drawing), L. Perry-Gal (archaeozoology; appendix), Y. Gorin-Rosen (glass), Y. Spez and L. Sandberg (numismatics), I. Reznitsky and L. Kupershmidt (metallurgical laboratory), D. Gazit (studio photography) and Y. Tepper and K. Sa‘id (guidance and scientific consultation), as well as a team of laborers from Jenin.