Introduction

• Published in: Excavations at Kadesh Barnea (Tell el-Qudeirat) 1976-1982 p. 1
• Main Authors: Rudolph Cohen, Hannah Bernick-Greenberg, Daniella E. Bar-Yosef Mayer, Israel Carmi, Michal Druk, Iris Eldar-Nir, Avivit Gera, Mordechai Haiman, Dalia Hakker-Orion, Yshayahu Lender, Stefan Münger, Dov Nahlieli, Dror Segal, Orit Shamir, Pnina Shor
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Israel Antiquities Authority 01.01.2007
• Subjects: Applied arts; Applied ecology; Applied sciences; Archaeology; Architectural elements; Architecture; Arts; Biological sciences; Cisterns; Civil engineering; Construction engineering; Courtyards; Decorative arts; Earth sciences; Ecology; Engineering; Environmental management; Excavations; Fortresses; Forts; Geology; Hydrology; Iron age; Man made reservoirs; Military bases; Military engineering; Military facilities; Military infrastructure; Natural resource management; Physical sciences; Pottery; Riverbeds; Social sciences; Stratigraphy; Three age system; Wadis; Water distribution; Water management; Water supply systems; Watercourses
• ISBN: 9654062046; 9789654062046

Tell el-Qudeirat (map ref. 0949/0064; 385 m asl), identified with biblical Kadesh Barnea, is situated in an oasis in the eastern part of the northern Sinai desert, southeast of the Egyptian village of Quseima, about 35 km west of the town of Miẓpe Ramon in Israel (Fig. 1.1). The region is bordered on the east by the Negev Highlands. On the west, Wadi el-Qudeirat, in which the site is located, drains into the drainage basin of Wadi el-‘Arish. The tell is situated on the northern bank of Wadi el-Qudeirat at an elevation of 385 m asl (Figs. 1.2–1.4). North