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and architectural evidence at Tell Balata indicates that there was a break in occupation between the end of the Late Bronze Age (c. 1150 BC) through to the early Iron Age II (c. 975 BC). A small quadrangular altar discovered in Tell Balata, similar to ones found in other Iron Age sites such as
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1161:(1991).
1064:Levy, T.
1057:Lapp, N.
1044:Lapp, N.
1038:Lapp, N.
1032:Horn, S.
958:(1998).
928:(1997).
841:See also
458:electrum
443:Tel Arad
343:Josephus
319:platanos
286:camp of
272:Fellahin
182:ت٠بŮاء؊
150:Cultures
140:Iron Age
75:Location
28:ت٠بŮاء؊
1299:Shechem
1189:(ed.).
556:7 March
525:Haaretz
497:26 June
451:incense
447:Tel Dan
421:in the
363:in situ
339:Shechem
299:Aramaic
264:Semitic
253:Shechem
194:Shechem
132:Periods
127:History
1284:Nablus
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403:Jordan
327:Balata
295:balata
288:Balata
276:Balata
221:UNESCO
202:Balata
178:Arabic
79:Nablus
359:Bible
317:word
315:Greek
307:acorn
303:Balut
301:word
268:mound
214:Salim
1197:ISBN
1169:ISBN
1145:ISBN
1121:ISBN
1098:ISBN
1074:ISBN
1048:ISBN
1019:ISBN
998:ISBN
966:ISBN
936:ISBN
912:ISBN
895:ISBN
885:ISBN
868:ISBN
801:ISBN
558:2010
532:2018
499:2024
445:and
280:Arab
260:Tell
231:and
210:tell
204:, a
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