In August–September 2016, an excavation was conducted on the southern shoulder of the Jerusalem–Tel Aviv highway, south of Moshav Bet Neqofa, east of Abu Gosh and northeast of ‘En H emed (Permit No. A-7786; map ref. 212569–648/634193–228; Fig. 1), prior to widening the road. The excavation, on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority and funded by the Netivei Israel National Transport Infrastructure Company, was directed by A. Landes-Nagar ( field photography), with the assistance of N. Nehama (administration), N. Ben-Ari and E. Marco (inspection), R. Fister (area supervising), V. Essman and Y. Shmidov (surveying and drafting), E. Delerzon and N. Zak (plans), M. Dinstein (photography), L. Weinblum (DANA software), A. German-Levanon (digital pottery scanning), Y. Rapuano (pottery), Y. Spez (numismatics), C. Amit (studio photography), I. Reznitsky (metallurgical laboratory), N. Katsnelson (glass), M. Oron (flint) and workers from East Jerusalem.
Annette Landes-Nagar (2023) studied this question.