During May-June 2006 and January-May 2008, salvage excavations were conducted in the cemetery at Qanat el-Ja'ar ('the ge'ara channel', 'line between the zomot') in the Bet She'an Valley (Permit Nos. A-4830, A-5293, A-5425; map ref. 2479-80/7090-2), following work for the installation of a sewer line. The excavation, undertaken on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority and underwritten by the National Sewage Management, was directed by Z. Horowitz, with the assistance of Y. Lavan (administration), V. Essman, V. Pirsky and T. Meltsen (surveying), Y. Nagar (physical anthropology), H. Tahan (pottery drawing) and laborers from Umm el-Fahm and Nazareth.