Lever-and-Drum Presses at Moshav Habonim and Ḥorvat ʿAqav (Ramat Hanadiv)
Several rock-cut trenches uncovered at Moshav Habonim were almost certainly parts of lever-and-drum presses. Similar installations were previously published from Ḥorvat ʿAqav; although not recognised as lever-and-drum presses, we believe they should be interpreted as such. In Israel, lever-and-weigh...
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| Language: | English |
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2012
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Israel exploration journal
Year: 2012, Volume: 62, Issue: 1, Pages: 101-112 |
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| Summary: | Several rock-cut trenches uncovered at Moshav Habonim were almost certainly parts of lever-and-drum presses. Similar installations were previously published from Ḥorvat ʿAqav; although not recognised as lever-and-drum presses, we believe they should be interpreted as such. In Israel, lever-and-weight presses first appeared in the Iron Age and continued to be used until recent times. They were the main type of press to be used in North Africa, southern France, Greece and the Crimea as well. In Italy and former Yugoslavia, however, the lever-and-weights press was unknown, and there the lever-and-drum press was used. Cato the Censor and Pliny the Elder both make reference to it, and examples have been published from southern France, Italy and former Yugoslavia. In these, the drum is held between two drum piers made either of stone or of wood (Cato's stipes). The lever-and-drum presses at Moshav Habonim and Ḥorvat ʿAqav are the first to be reported from the Levant. They are also the first anywhere in which the sockets holding the drum appear on the sides of a rock-cut trench. In our opinion, knowledge of the existence of lever-and-drum presses reached the region from Europe but without details, and thus, a unique type was invented. |
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