At the end of December 2020, a salvage excavation was conducted in Kibbutz Ayelet Ha-Sha h ar (Permit No. A-8884; map ref. 253833–76/769716–62; Fig. 1) after antiquities were discovered by Israel Antiquities Authority inspector Y. Lang while a drainage trench was being dug. The excavation, undertaken on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority and funded by Upper Galilee Regional Council, was directed by Y. Lerer, with the assistance of Y. Yaakobi (administration), A. Kleiner (photogrammetry and drone photography), A. Shapiro (GIS and location map), E. Dalali-Amos (plan) and laborers from Kafr Manda.
Yoav Lerer (2022) studied this question.