Tel Halif

Albrecht Alt suggested that it is the location of the biblical town of Ziklag. Other evidence suggests Rimmon.[https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.2307/3210035 "The Biblical Identity of Tel Halif"] {{doi|10.2307/3210035}}

Tel Halif was a small town inhabited by Israelites during the Iron Age I.{{Cite book |last=Dever |first=William G. |title=Beyond the Texts: an archaeological portrait of ancient Israel and Judah |date=2017 |publisher=SBL Press |isbn=978-0-88414-218-8 |location=Atlanta |pages=438–439, 562}} It had a casemate wall and typical pillar-courtyard houses in the 9th–8th centuries BCE. William G. Dever estimates that the town's population was 200 in the 10th century and about 300 in the 9th and 8th centuries BCE.{{Cite book |last=Dever |first=William G. |title=Beyond the Texts: an archaeological portrait of ancient Israel and Judah |date=2017 |publisher=SBL Press |isbn=978-0-88414-218-8 |location=Atlanta |pages=272, 393}} Archaeological evidence uncovered a house destroyed during the 701 BCE Assyrian invasion, and the town saw brief reoccupation in the early 7th century before being abandoned under Persian rule.

Rock-cut bench tombs were found nearby, and they represent burial practices typical to the 8th century BCE.

Excavcations around Tel Halif was among the research activities of the Cobb Institute of Archaeology as part of the Lahav Research Project arranged by Joe Seger in 1974.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cobb.msstate.edu/research/|title= Research |website=www.cobb.msstate.edu|access-date=2019-05-16}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.crm.cobb.msstate.edu/curation/research-grant/|title=Research Grant|date=2018-01-31|website=Cobb Institute Cultural Resources Management|language=en|access-date=2019-05-16}}

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Category:archaeological sites in Israel

Category:Negev