Early Bronze Age Flint Workshop Discovered in Israel - Archaeology Magazine

Early Bronze Age Flint Workshop Discovered in Israel - Archaeology Magazine

Flint cores and blades KIRYAT GAT, ISRAEL—According to a statement released by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), archaeologists unearthed a prehistoric flint blade production workshop during a salvage excavation in advance of new neighborhood construction near the modern city of Kiryat Gat. This site, which dates to 5,500 years ago, is the first example of such a workshop identified in southern Israel. IAA archaeologists uncovered long, ve…