Tel Burga

Tel Burga

תל בורגה
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Location	Binyamina, Israel
Coordinates	32°31′15.0312″N 34°57′50.8242″E

Tel Burga is an archaeological site in the Sharon Plain 1 km east of Binyamina, Israel.^[1]

History

Tel Burga was a small fortified site strategically located between larger cities in Canaan in a position to support growing urban culture during the Middle Bronze Age.^[2] Archaeological surveys on site identified the remains of at least two towers and a wall, as well as ceramic remains from various periods, starting with the Chalcolithic; Early, Intermediate and Middle Bronze and Iron Ages. Roman and Medieval artifacts were also found.^[1]

See also

• Archaeology of Israel

References

1. A built tomb from Middle Bronze Age IIA and other finds at Tel Burga in the Sharon Plain, Amir Golani
2. The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of the Levant: c. 8000-332 BCE, Margreet L. Steiner, Ann E. Killebrew