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The tour of the
Hovlata site begins next to an elaborated sign providing information about the site. A short walk leads to a fork that to left after 3 meters are the remains of a lime kiln. 50 m beyond it is the central area of the site. There are clear remains of an ancient mikveh, a weighing stone,
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The wine production method: the grapes are harvested a just before they are ripe, and they are dried in the strong sun inside the round facilities in the rock, being turned over three times a day for a time period of three days. After the grapes were exposed to the sun for two or three days, a small
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16 circular installations were found on large rock platforms with an average diameter of 2.3 meters, and a depth of up to about 10 centimeters. The surfaces were built with a slight slope, and at the edge of each one there is a pit or a hewn pit (up to 0.75 m in diameter, 0.4 m deep). It seems that
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Khirbat Hovlata". The site was later surveyed and restored, and is preserved with the help of Halamish's youth.
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dripped from them, which flowed into the collection pits. In the second stage, which began on the fourth day, these grapes were squeezed in a press, and in this process a large amount of must was obtained, which was collected in jugs.
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the purpose of the pits was to collect liquids from the round surfaces.
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