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Open excavation trench on a Jerusalem terrace
Work · Jerusalem basin

Selected files, 2023–2025.

Archaeonest keeps 16 regional case studies on this page — the kinds of ground we record, not a public archive. Site numbers, landowner names, and coordinates stay in the project file. If this looks like your ground, write with a site and a question.

Files here16 regional studies
Years2023–2025
GroundGivati, Ophel, Emek Tzurim, Old City, Mount Zion, Silwan, Jaffa Gate, Kidron, Abu Tor, Dung Gate, Jewish Quarter, Sultan’s Pool, Hinnom, City of David, Mount of Olives
PublishedPlaces only. Names withheld.
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Filter by desk. Each file says the question, what was handed on, and what still stays off this site. These are regional case studies, not a public excavation archive.

Monitor beside an open-cut utility trench at Givati
Construction monitoring · 2024

Givati open-cut watch

City of David, Jerusalem

A monitor on the machine during open-cut utilities beside a recorded scatter.

Eleven machine days

Open-area recording on an Ophel terrace
Open-area recording · 2023

Ophel terrace season

The Ophel, Jerusalem

Open-area recording ahead of a drainage outfall through a historic scatter.

One field season

Finds store shelves during the Emek Tzurim recatalog
Collections · 2025

Emek Tzurim recatalog

Mount of Olives slope, Jerusalem

2,410 lots from mixed field seasons brought to one numbering system.

Nine weeks in store

Walkover along the Old City circuit
Phase I survey · 2024

Old City circuit walkover

Old City circuit, Jerusalem

Pedestrian survey and tests on a proposed access corridor around the walls.

Twelve field days

Students and a supervisor on a Mount Zion teaching trench
Field school · 2025

Teaching trench, summer season

Mount Zion, Jerusalem

Six weeks of excavation teaching that still produced a usable archive.

Six weeks

Waterlogged timber packed wet at Silwan
Field conservation · 2024

Wet timber packing

Silwan / Pool of Siloam, Jerusalem

First aid for waterlogged timber lifted from a wet context.

Lift and hand-off, two days

Night utilities watch on the Jaffa Gate approach
Construction monitoring · 2025

Jaffa Gate utilities watch

Jaffa Gate / Mamilla approach, Jerusalem

Night-shift watch on an open-cut beside the Jaffa Gate approach.

Nine night shifts

Salvage squares on an eroding Kidron slope
Open-area recording · 2024

Kidron slope salvage

Kidron Valley slope, Jerusalem

Salvage recording on an eroding Kidron slope ahead of winter wash.

Seventeen field days

Walkover and tests on the Abu Tor slope
Phase I survey · 2023

Abu Tor access corridor

Abu Tor, Jerusalem

Walkover and tests on a proposed stair and path across the Abu Tor slope.

Eight field days

Drawings and photographs for the Dung Gate drainage report
Reporting · 2024

Dung Gate drainage report

Dung Gate approach, Jerusalem

Grey literature for a drainage season on the Dung Gate approach.

Six weeks after the field file closed

Cistern lots packed in a Jerusalem store
Collections · 2023

Jewish Quarter cistern lots

Jewish Quarter, Jerusalem

Cistern lots from more than one lift packed to one box plan.

Five weeks in store

Temporary hold on loose facing at Sultan’s Pool
Field conservation · 2025

Sultan’s Pool masonry first aid

Sultan’s Pool / Hinnom, Jerusalem

Temporary hold on loose facing at Sultan’s Pool. Not a reconstruction.

Four days on the face

Pedestrian survey on the Hinnom valley floor
Phase I survey · 2025

Hinnom Valley walkover

Hinnom Valley, Jerusalem

Walkover ahead of a landscaping plan on the Hinnom valley floor.

Six field days

Grading watch on a City of David visitor path
Construction monitoring · 2023

City of David visitor-path watch

City of David, Jerusalem

Grading watch for a visitor path through known ground in the City of David.

Fourteen machine days

Evaluation squares on a Mount of Olives terrace
Open-area recording · 2025

Mount of Olives terrace evaluation

Mount of Olives, Jerusalem

Evaluation on a Mount of Olives terrace. Sample first. Data recovery only if the answer was yes.

Three weeks of evaluation

Grey literature for a Silwan wet-context season
Reporting · 2023

Silwan season grey literature

Silwan, Jerusalem

Grey literature for a Silwan season that included wet contexts and a timber lift.

Eleven weeks of write-up

Limits

What this list is not.

  • These are regional case studies, not a public excavation archive.
  • Client names, site numbers, and protected coordinates stay in the project file.
  • Archaeonest is not the Israel Antiquities Authority and does not issue licenses.
  • A file on this page is not a scope, a permit, or a crew packet.

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