The Cave of the Treasure is located in Naḥal Mishmar in the Judean Desert. The excavations yielded the well-known Late Chalcolithic “Nahal Mishmar Hoard” as well as 21 burials and diverse material culture assemblages dated to the Chalcolithic and Early Roman periods.

Relevant publications:
Rosenberg, D. and Davidovich, U. 2015. Looking at the Overlooked: The Possible Significance of the Ground Stone Assemblage from the Cave of the Treasure, Judaean Desert, Israel. Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, 373(1): 151–165.


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