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Many of the fortifications discussed in this book are done so within the context of the tell, an artificial mound formed from the accumulation and subsequent erosion of material deposited over long periods of time by the various human groups who occupied the site. A tell mostly consists of architectural material, such as stones, mud bricks and domestic implements such as pottery, which have been formed into various layers or strata, one on top of the other. A certain period can be identified by relating it to a stratum or group of strata. Thus Lachish Stratum III indicates the city that stood on the tell from c. 950 BC until 701 BC, when it was destroyed by the Assyrian army of Sennacherib.

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