In March 2019, an excavation was carried out at Tel Arad (Permit No. A-8494; map ref. 211921/576330; Fig. 1) prior to construction of a trail. The excavation, on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority and funded by the Israel Nature and Parks Authority, was directed by S. Talis (field photography), with the assistance of Y. Alamor (administration), E. Aladjem (surveying, drafting, field photography and photogrammetry), A. Azoulay (plans) and I. Lidsky-Reznikov (pottery drawing). Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE HE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:150%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; mso-ascii-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi; color:black; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold;}