In October–December 2021, excavations were conducted in pottery kilns discovered in Area H to the east of Tel Yavne (Permit No. A-8999; map ref. 176495/641606; Betzer, Varga and Kogan-Zehavi 2022 ; Fig. 1). The kilns’ excavation, undertaken on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority in collaboration with Ben Gurion University of the Negev, and funded by the Israel Land Authority, was directed by P. Betzer, D. Varga, G. Lehmann, R. Golding-Meir and B. Neumeier-Potashnik, with the assistance of E. Kogan-Zehavi (area supervision), A. Kalman (assistant area supervision), Z. Lotan and T. Uriel (administration), A. Peretz, D. Gazit, Y. Ostrovsky and B. Neumeier-Potashnik (field photography), Y. Shmidov, M. Kahan, E. Marco, S. Emmanuilov, Y. Gumenny , E. Cohen-Sasson and N. Leitner (drafting and plans), L. Perry Gal (archaeozoology), Y. Nagar (physical anthropology), Y. Asscher, C. Elimelech, P. Weiman-Barak and M. Butcher (analytical laboratory) and A. Tamir (archaeological inspection).
Golding-Meir et al. (Sun,) studied this question.