A Built Tomb from the Middle Bronze Age IIA and Other Finds at Tel Burga in the Sharon Plain (with a contribution by Daphna Ben-Tor) (pp. 69–98)

Two soundings were conducted within the limits of Tel Burga (Areas A, B). Exposed in Area A were an occupation level, consisting of several rounded shallow pits; three primary articulated adult burials; and a stone-built subterranean tomb, revealing two burial phases. The burials may be part of a cemetery within the confines of the Middle Bronze Age IIA settlement. In Area B, two architectural phases were encountered, pointing to the existence of a massive building, preceded by an earlier structure. All the pottery from the site, from both areas, was dated to MB IIA. Two scarabs, from the stone tomb in Area A, bear designs that commonly occur on late Middle Kingdom Egyptian scarabs. These soundings, although of limited scope, are an important addition to our knowledge concerning the beginning of MB II in the southern Levant.