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The village expanded over three low hilltops, with a general north-south orientation and over a distance of little over one kilometre. The hill of Jebel Qat lays outside and to the east of the village, and there archaeologists found a cave used as hideaway, signs of quarrying, and of olive and/or
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Being a village located in close proximity to a large city - Sepphoris, capital of
Galilee - and given that both ancient sources and archaeological finds attest to Shikhin's importance as a major centre for pottery production, the archaeologists hope to learn about the "relationship and the
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An archaeological survey of an area less than 1.5 km north of
Sepphoris, that led to the identification of Shikhin, took place in 1988, and a second one was undertaken in 2011. In 2012, excavation got underway led by James Riley Strange of
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describes the village as being home to many potters. The village was abandoned in the fourth century CE when the buildings were dismantled and the stones reused elsewhere. The Plain of
Asochis lay nearby, identified today as
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Seven molds used to make oil lamps, the most ever found in a village in Israel, were recovered from the site. According to Aviam, this is strong evidence that "the production of oil lamps was very important" to
Shikhin.
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in the 8th century BCE, there is hardly any historical evidence concerning the history and population of the
Galilee, until the second century BCE redevelopment of the region under the Hasmoneans. The Galileans of the
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Shikhin and nearby Sepphoris. In 2013, Aviam noted that Shikhin is one of the two earliest Galilean settlement names attested from the
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and literature, written in the first five centuries CE, Kefar
Hananya and Kefar Shikhin still are used as archetypal places where pottery was made with "black clay" (
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In August 2013, the team announced that it had uncovered evidence of an ancient synagogue and houses. They also found evidence of pottery production in the area.
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