Eshta’ol is a settlement site situated in the eastern part of the Shephelah. The site contains strata dated to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B, Pottery Neolithic, Late Chalcolithic, Early Bronze Age IB and Intermediate Bronze Age.

Relevant publications:
Tzin, B. and Rosenberg, D. in press. Eshta’ol ground stone tools assemblage – Stone working during the prehistoric and protohistoric periods in the Sheffela, Israel. In: Golani, A. Vardi, K (eds.). Eshtaol. Chapter 10. IAA Reports. Israel Antiquities Authority, Jerusalem.

Agnon, M. and Rosenberg, D. in press. Body ornaments in the later prehistory of the southern Levant – the bracelets of Eshtaol. 'Atiqot.