The Kamon Cave Survey: A Refuge Cave from the Time of the Wars of the Diadochi

Eitan Klein; Amir Ganor; Nir Distelfeld; Boaz Langford; Micka Ullman; Roi Porat; Amos Frumkin

The Kamon Cave Survey: A Refuge Cave from the Time of the Wars of the Diadochi

Eitan Klein, Amir Ganor, Nir Distelfeld, Boaz Langford, Micka Ullman, Roi Porat, Amos Frumkin

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

1 Scopus citations

Abstract

The archaeological survey of the Kamon cave revealed several groups of finds, including a hoard of coins and jewelry; a cache comprising a lamp with agate beads inside it; several pottery vessels and an arrowhead found together in a rock crevice; and scattered pottery and metal artifacts. Based on the finds, it was concluded that the major period of human activity in the cave was at the beginning of the Hellenistic period, with meager activity during Iron Age IIA. The cave probably served as a refuge for a group of people during the Wars of the Diadochi. This article discusses the social background of the refugees and the circumstances leading to the deposition of the hoard.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	251-277
Number of pages	27
Journal	Atiqot
Volume	112
State	Published - 2023

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 Israel Antiquities Authority. All rights reserved.

Keywords

cache
Galilee
hoard
jewelry
numismatics
Wars of the Diadochi
weapon

Cite this

@article{7587c82e91794d4984b03423aceb8a13,

title = "The Kamon Cave Survey: A Refuge Cave from the Time of the Wars of the Diadochi",

abstract = "The archaeological survey of the Kamon cave revealed several groups of finds, including a hoard of coins and jewelry; a cache comprising a lamp with agate beads inside it; several pottery vessels and an arrowhead found together in a rock crevice; and scattered pottery and metal artifacts. Based on the finds, it was concluded that the major period of human activity in the cave was at the beginning of the Hellenistic period, with meager activity during Iron Age IIA. The cave probably served as a refuge for a group of people during the Wars of the Diadochi. This article discusses the social background of the refugees and the circumstances leading to the deposition of the hoard.",

keywords = "cache, Galilee, hoard, jewelry, numismatics, Wars of the Diadochi, weapon",

author = "Eitan Klein and Amir Ganor and Nir Distelfeld and Boaz Langford and Micka Ullman and Roi Porat and Amos Frumkin",

year = "2023",

language = "אנגלית",

volume = "112",

pages = "251--277",

journal = "Atiqot",

issn = "0792-8424",

publisher = "Israel Antiquities Authority",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - The Kamon Cave Survey

T2 - A Refuge Cave from the Time of the Wars of the Diadochi

AU - Klein, Eitan

AU - Ganor, Amir

AU - Distelfeld, Nir

AU - Langford, Boaz

AU - Ullman, Micka

AU - Porat, Roi

AU - Frumkin, Amos

PY - 2023

Y1 - 2023

N2 - The archaeological survey of the Kamon cave revealed several groups of finds, including a hoard of coins and jewelry; a cache comprising a lamp with agate beads inside it; several pottery vessels and an arrowhead found together in a rock crevice; and scattered pottery and metal artifacts. Based on the finds, it was concluded that the major period of human activity in the cave was at the beginning of the Hellenistic period, with meager activity during Iron Age IIA. The cave probably served as a refuge for a group of people during the Wars of the Diadochi. This article discusses the social background of the refugees and the circumstances leading to the deposition of the hoard.

AB - The archaeological survey of the Kamon cave revealed several groups of finds, including a hoard of coins and jewelry; a cache comprising a lamp with agate beads inside it; several pottery vessels and an arrowhead found together in a rock crevice; and scattered pottery and metal artifacts. Based on the finds, it was concluded that the major period of human activity in the cave was at the beginning of the Hellenistic period, with meager activity during Iron Age IIA. The cave probably served as a refuge for a group of people during the Wars of the Diadochi. This article discusses the social background of the refugees and the circumstances leading to the deposition of the hoard.

KW - cache

KW - Galilee

KW - hoard

KW - jewelry

KW - numismatics

KW - Wars of the Diadochi

KW - weapon

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85184486268&partnerID=8YFLogxK

M3 - ???researchoutput.researchoutputtypes.contributiontojournal.article???

AN - SCOPUS:85184486268

SN - 0792-8424

VL - 112

SP - 251

EP - 277

JO - Atiqot

JF - Atiqot

ER -

The Kamon Cave Survey: A Refuge Cave from the Time of the Wars of the Diadochi

Abstract

Bibliographical note

Keywords

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this