"The Late Bronze Age Cemetery on the Palm Beach"

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THE LATE BRONZE AGE CEMETERY ON THE PALMAS COAST IS A BURIAL SITE LOCATED ABOUT 200 METERS SOUTH OF THE STREAM THAT IS SINKING TO THE MEDITERRANEAN, NORTH OF THE YVANNA SEA SITE.

THE SITE WAS DISCOVERED IN CASE AFTER A STRONG STORM TOOK PLACE IN 1960, THE WAVES EXPOSED SEVERAL GRAVES ON THE COASTLINE OF THE PALMACH, AND THE SUBSEQUENT YEARS GHOSTS REVEALED FURTHER GRAVES. THE RESEARCHERS WHO WORKED IN THE AREA WERE ABLE TO LOCATE 23 TOMBS THAT CONTAINED BURIAL CONSTITUENCIES THAT TESTIFIED ABOUT TIES WITH CYPRUS, THE ACQUIRED CULTURE, AND ANCIENT EGYPT, AND MY MINISTERS WERE BURIED. TWO TOMBS WERE FIRST UNCOVERED BY AARON KEMPINSKI AND SAMUEL LAFLITZ IN 1961, 13 TOMBS WERE UNCOVERED BY RAM GOPANA AND SAMUEL LAFLITZ IN 1967 AND 1969, THE REST WERE EXPOSED BY THE RESIDENTS OF THE PLACE, WITH SIX TOMBS DISCOVERED IN THE WORK OF SAMUEL LIMITZ AND HIS BROTHER YUVAL LIFLITZ, THE RESIDENTS OF THE KIBBUTZ.

THE TOMBS ARE MOSTLY LOCATED NEAR THE COASTLINE, IN A LIMITED AREA OF A FEW DOZEN METERS BETWEEN TWO QUARRY HILLS IN THE NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE SITE, A FEW OF THEM WERE FOUND FAR FROM IT. THE LAND IN PLACE IS A RENTED LAND (OPENED ON THE SOUTHERN COAST), AND THEREFORE MANY TOMBS WERE COVERED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MINE, BUT ONE OF THE TOMBS WAS BUILT FROM STONE. THE PENETRATION OF SEA WAVES INTO THE COAST HAS HIT THE GRAVES AND THEIR CONTENTS OVER THE THOUSANDS OF YEARS THAT HAVE PASSED SINCE THE CANAANITE PERIOD.

SEE ALSO
CIRCULAR BURIAL BUILDINGS IN THE WILD

MARGINAL COMMENTS

LATE BRONZE AGE
CANAANITE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES IN ISRAEL
SOUTHERN COASTAL PLAIN: ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES
GEOGRAPHIC PLACES WITHOUT COORDINATES
THE FLOWERS