Early Iron Age Cult Places—New Evidence from Tel Hazor

Abstract

This article discusses the early Iron Age cult place recently unearthed in the upper city of Tel Hazor. When analyzed in conjunction with the cult place uncovered at the site by Yadin, a new understanding of the cult patterns of the inhabitants of 11th-century-BCE Hazor emerges. Furthermore, the analysis of these two cult places clarifies the nature of another important but disputed Iron Age I cult site attributed to the early Israelites—the Bull Site.