Khirbet en-Nahas, Edom and Biblical History

This paper deals with a recent publication of the finds from the copper production centre of Khirbet en-Nahas (Levy et al. 2004). It argues that the site should be associated with the late Iron I and early Iron II sites of the Beersheba Valley and the Negev Highlands and thus has no bearing on the history of early Edom. It also casts doubt on the dating of the Khirbet en-Nahas fort to the 10th century BCE.