ASOR 1952-28

Original caption: Breaking camp at close of excavation on March 29, 1952.

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Comments: This picture shows the Bedouin workers taking down the main food tent of the team camp at the end of the expedition. Importantly, behind them at the foot of the hill there are ruins of a small structure made of field stones built up against the lower rocks of the hill.

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