By Emma Dunleavy
…and on the third day we began our survey near the spring of
Jezreel. We trampled, traversed, and tripped our way through grass, weeds, and
plants taller than our heads. Surprisingly, we were able to discover a path in
the undergrowth which might have been used in the 20th century. After
our heroic stamping through the bush we surveyed a cleared open field and
collected fragments of pottery, flint and basalt. We found many fragments of
pottery dating from the Early Bronze Age to the Byzantine period. In the late
afternoon session we returned to Jezreel to survey a large remaining section of
the eastern slope. Many of us felt like mountain goats while surveying, and I
believe a few bleats could be heard coming from our team. The finds this
afternoon were among the most interesting yet: a large olive or wine press cut
into the rock as well as an unfinished sarcophagus still in a quarry.  |
| Surveying on the terrace near the spring in the morning. |
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