In March 2021, a salvage excavation was conducted in Area L, east of Tel Yavne (Permit No. A-8999; map ref. 176585/641495; Fig. 1). The excavation, on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority and funded by the Israel Land Authority, was directed by P. Betzer and D. Varga, with the assistance of A. Shatil (area supervising and field photography), R. Shnabel (area supervising assistance), Z. Lotan and T. Uliel (administration), A. Peretz (field photography), Y. Shmidov and M. Kahn (surveying and drafting), Y. Gumenny and N. Leitner (drafting and plans), Y. Nagar (physical anthropology), L. Perry-Gal (archaeozoology) and Y. Gorin-Rosen (glass).
Varga et al. (Wed,) studied this question.