Socoh of the Judean Shephelah

The 2010 Survey

Michael G. Hasel, Yosef Garfinkel, Shifra Weiss

• Publisher: Eisenbrauns
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN: 9781575067667
• eBook ISBN: 9781575067674
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Ancient History
• Index: Social Sciences

This is the first monograph dedicated to the site of Socoh in the Judean Shephelah. Our research was initiated in 2010 as an intensive survey by the Institute of Archaeology, Southern Adventist University, and the Institute of Archaeology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The study incorporates historical sources that are listed and analyzed, including the Bible, ancient Near Eastern, Byzantine, and Medieval records. A history of the research conducted over the past 190 years by explorers, geographers, and archaeologists is compiled, before providing the full report on the results of an intensive site survey conducted at Socoh in 2010.

Finally, specialized studies of the finds and a report of recent salvage excavations of burial caves, looted by antiquity robbers nearby, give a state-of-the-art presentation of the latest information known about this important biblical site in southern Judah.

Table of contents

• COVER Front
• Table of Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Chapter 1: Name, Location, History of Research and Historical Context
• Chapter 2: Survey Methodology, Objectives and Fieldwork
• Chapter 3: Ceramic Typology, Distribution and Chronology
• Chapter 4: Looted Burial Caves
• Chapter 5: Petrographic Analysis of Iron Age Ceramics
• Chapter 6: Pyrotechnical Production Activity: Slag Distribution and Analysis
• Chapter 7: Royal Jar Handles with lmlk and Private Seal Impressions
• Chapter 8: Discussion and Conclusions
• Bibliography