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What Is Stratigraphy? How Archaeologists Read the Ground Like a Book

What Is Stratigraphy? How Archaeologists Read the Ground Like a Book

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When archaeologists dig at a site like Hazor, they're not just moving dirt — they're reading history written in layers. Understanding stratigraphy is the key to understanding how we know what we know about the ancient world of the Old Testament.


In this episode we cover what a tell actually is, how archaeologists assign meaning to destruction layers, how Hazor illustrates all of this with stunning clarity, and why pottery matters more than almost anything else for dating ancient sites.


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