Tell Abu Hawam is the site of a small city established in the Late Bronze Age (circa 1600 BCE) in the area of modern-day Haifa, Israel. It was known to the Crusaders as (Ancient Haifa) and (Old Haifa).
It existed as a port city and a fishing village, and was moved in the late 11th century to the site which became known as Haifa el-Atika.
The site was excavated by a British expedition from 1929 to 1933.
Archaeology During the 1929-1933 British excavations, a black-glazed bowl of the "fish-plate" type was uncovered, featuring a Phoenician graffito scratched on its underside. It is suggested that the bowl may originate from the 4th or 3rd century BCE.
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See also History of Haifa List of Phoenician cities Tel Shikmona
References
Further reading Encyclopedia Judaica, Haifa, Keter Publishing, Jerusalem, 1972, vol. 7, pp. 1134–1139 The New Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations in the Holy Land, Volume 5, article Abu Hawam p 1553
External links
Tell Abu Hawam at the National Library of Israel