Tel Tanninim: Excavations at Krokodeilon Polis, 1996-1999 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780897570725)

Following the annexation of Samaria by Sargon II, around 700 BC, a new settlement was established just south of the urban center at Tel Dor. The site, known as Krokodeilon Polis "Crocodile City" to the Greeks (modern Tel Tanninim), was excavated from 1996 to 1999 by the Tanninim Archaeological Project, revealing significant Persian and Hellenistic period remains. Located on the Crocodile River in the Sharon Plain in Israel, this fishing village experienced something of a renaissance in the Late Byzantine period (450-640 AD), boasting several fresh water fishponds supplied by the Caesarea Maritima aqueduct and a large basilica church atop its mound. The site continued to be occupied sporadically through the Ottoman period. This volume is a final report of the excavations at this important site.

Author: Robert R. Stieglitz
ISBN-10: 0897570723
ISBN-13: 9780897570725
Publisher: American Society of Overseas Research
Language: English
Published: 12/01/2005
Pages: 270
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.20lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2007 pg. 53