Footage shot of excavations at Tel Jemmeh, Israel. Excavation site is located on the ancient border between Israel and Egypt and was occupied chiefly from 1700 B.C. to 200 B.C. by Canaanites, Philistines, Assyrians, Persians, and Ptolemies of Egypt. Series of large mud brick storage chambers, built by the Ptolemaic government as tax collecting centers, with silos more than six meters in diameter for collecting wheat and barley, and smaller structures for wine are excavated. Footage includes organization of the excavation as well as preparation of the contour plan of the site.
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Local Number:
HSFA 1990.14.1
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The National Anthropological Archives holds the Gus Van Beek papers.
Provenance:
Received from Gus Van Beek in 1990.
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