In Sq D3, an occupation layer was uncovered (L11; c. 0.4 m thick; Fig. 3), exhibiting numerous fragments of pottery vessels and flint items from the Chalcolithic period. Refuse pits were unearthed in Sqs C3 (L51, L53) and D6 (L50, L52; Figs 4, 5), also containing numerous fragments of pottery vessels and flint items from the Chalcolithic period. The pottery assemblage retrieved in the excavation included a variety of vessels from the Ghassulian culture in the Chalcolithic period, among them V-shaped bowls (Fig. 6:1–3), bowls decorated with thumb-imprinted rims (Fig. 6:4), pedestal bases of chalices (Fig. 6:5, 6), kraters (Fig. 6:7–9), basins (Fig. 6:10, 11), holemouth jars (Fig. 6:12, 13), jars (Fig. 6:14–16), cornet bases (Fig. 6:17, 18), a perforated cornet handle (Fig. 6:19), perforated handle (Fig. 6:20) and a ledge handle (Fig. 6:21).
 
Flint Assemblage
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Worked flint items were found in the excavation (Table 1; N=58), mainly in Sqs C3 and D6. The items were mostly made of a brown-gray colored raw material, sometimes transparent, apparently of the Mishash Formation, and were well preserved. The assemblage includes ad hoc tools made on flakes and blades (Fig. 7:1, 2), lacking indicative or formal tools characteristic of a specific culture or period. However, it is evident, that at the site, flint was trimmed to produce bladelets, which are characteristic of the Chalcolithic period; this industry manifested itself at the site in debitage, in the cores (Fig. 7:3) and the core debitage. Most of the assemblage consists of stone-trimming debris (82%), including mainly blades and bladelets, along with flakes and preliminary items, as well as a flake apparently deriving from a bifacial tool (Fig. 7:4).
 
Table 1. Flint items
Item
N
%
Chips
4
6.9
Preliminary items
8
13.8
Flakes
11
19
Blades
15
25.9
Bladelets
4
6.9
Core debitage
5
8.6
Bifacial tool debitage
1
1.7
Total debitage
48
82.8
Tools
5
8.6
Cores
5
8.6
Total
58
100