Be’er Sheva‘, Naḥal Koveshim and Naḥal ‘Ashan

In July–December 2018, a salvage excavation was conducted in and beside an old ammunition base in northern Be’er Sheva‘ (Permit No. A-8306; map ref. 176000–81000/575600–7879 [map ref. of Area L 1785/5764]; Fig. 1), in preparation for the development of a neighborhood (Rakafot). The excavation, undertaken on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority and funded by Be’er Sheva‘ Municipality, was directed by D. Eisenberg-Degen (field photography) and A. Levi-Hevroni, with the assistance of T. Sapir, H. Silberklang and D. Biton (area supervision), S. Gur and N. Freifeld (assistant area supervisors), Y. Alamor (administration), E. Aladjem (surveying and drone photography), A. Azoulay (drafting), Y. Haimi and S. Ganor (metal detection), Y. Asscher (analytical laboratory), A. Fraiberg (digital documentation), T. Winter (glass), D. Gazit (studio photography), L. Sandberg (numismatics) and Y. Abadi-Reiss and A. Golani (scientific guidance).