Tel Tanninim : Excavations at Krokodeilon Polis, 1996-1999

Author: Stieglitz, R.R.

Ancient Greece

Published on 1 December 2005 by American Schools of Oriental Research as part of 'the ASOR Archaeological Reports' series.

Includes 168 b/w figures and 10 tables.

Following the annexation of Samaria by Sargon II, around 700 BC, a new settlement was established just south of the urban center at Tel Dor. The site, known as Krokodeilon Polis 'Crocodile City' to the Greeks (modern Tel Tanninim), was excavated from 1996 to 1999 by the Tanninim Archaeological Project, revealing significant Persian and Hellenistic period remains. Located on the Crocodile River in the Sharon Plain in Israel, this fishing village experienced something of a renaissance in the Late Byzantine period (450-640 AD), boasting several fresh water fishponds supplied by the Caesarea Maritima aqueduct and a large basilica church atop its mound. The site continued to be occupied sporadically through the Ottoman period. This volume is a final report of the excavations at this important site.