Hovlata is an archaeological site within Halamish in the West Bank. It is named after the rocky hill "Givat Hovlata".[1]
The place was first mentioned by the French traveler Victor Guérin in a description from 1864: "On a small mountain...there are the remains of a very small village that was destroyed and I was told that it is called Khirbat Hovlata".[1] The site was later surveyed and restored, and is preserved with the help of Halamish's youth.
The site is located on a rocky hill that is not suitable for agricultural cultivation because of the large limestone rock surfaces. Quarries, residential and industrial buildings, cisterns, winepress and rock-cut tombs were found throughout the site. According to the ceramic finds and coins, the site was active from the Hasmonean period to the early Arab period, with its activity peak occurred during the Second Temple period to the early Roman period.[1]
- ^ a b c Raviv, Dvir (2017). "היישוב בדרום השומרון בתקופות ההלניסטית והרומית לאור תוצאות סקר ארכיאולוגי". Bar Ilan University Library (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2024-04-11.