REL 3004 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Tel Hazor, Casemate, Bronze Age
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Megiddo was built on a hill, but the water source was an underground. Spring at the base of the tel, outside the wall. Gallery 629 cut through the solomonic casemate wall b. Long set of stairs down the side of the tel c. 2nd stairwell at the base of the tel that led to an underground spring chamber. City wall 325 was built over the casemate wall & gallery 629 b. A vertical shaft was built (115ft) downward c. a horizontal tunnel (200ft) was built leading to the spring chamber in this system one can get water safely: hazor. A smaller upper tel (on the south side, at a higher elevation) After the late bronze age (1500-1200) the lower tel was not occupied again. Filling in the old casemate wall on the north and south. Building over it a solid wall w/ insets & offsets.
