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Submitted by bat400 on Wednesday, 19 September 2012  Page Views: 4039

Multi-periodSite Name: Tel Haror Alternative Name: Tell Abu Hureireh, Geder, Gerar
Country: Israel
NOTE: This site is 7.195 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Be'er Sheva  Nearest Village: Netivot
Latitude: 31.379000N  Longitude: 34.606000E
Condition:
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4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
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no data Ambience:
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4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
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Ancient Settlement in Isreal.
In the Middle Bronze period (ca. 2000BC - 1500BC), Tel Haror was one of the largest cities in southern Canaan and covered 40 acres. This site is generally accepted as the biblical Gerar. The tell is surrounded by an earthen rampart.

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Oldest Known Equestrian Bit Found in Isreal by bat400 on Wednesday, 19 September 2012
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TThe bit was discovered in an equid burial site at Tel-Haror, and had probably been used on a donkey. Archaeologists led by Professor Eliezer Oren, from Ben Gurion University, made the discovery in a layer of material dating from 1750 BC to 1650 BC, known as the Middle Bronze IIB Period. It is among a growing number of sites in the Near East yielding the remains of horses and donkeys.

Dr Joel Klenck, a Harvard University-educated archaeologist and president of the Paleontological Research Corporation, led analysis of the remains in the Tel-Haror site.

Klenck, an archaeologist specialising in the analysis of animal remains, noted the animal was a donkey, as evidenced by foot bone measurements and traits on the grinding surfaces of its teeth.

“Until the excavation at Tel Haror, archaeologists had only indirect evidence for the use of bits,” he said. “An example of this indirect evidence is wear marks on equid teeth at the fortress of Buhen in contexts dating to the 20th century BC.

“At Tel Haror, we retrieved the actual metal device.”

Round plates on either end of the ancient bit feature triangular spikes that pressured the lips of the equid if the reins were pulled from one direction.

He said the discovery provided important insights into ancient equestrian practices and methods of transportation in Near East.

Other discoveries in recent years in the Near East have painted a picture revealing the extensive use of donkeys and horses in ancient cultures.
Thanks to coldrum for the link. For more, including discovered images of harnessed donkeys and horses at ancient sites in the near east, see the original article at:
horsetalk.co.nz.
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