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36 The second season of excavations in the Givati Parking Lot began in February 2008 . The excavated area was expanded northwards and it is bordered now by the edge of the previous area ( M1 ) to the south, and the road along the wall of the old city, to the north . The excavation, was initiated by the Elad Foundation on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority, and directed by the authors ( Ben - Ami and Tchehanovetz 2008 ) . So far, remains of the Byzantine and Early Islamic periods have been discovered throughout the expanded area ( M2 ) . Apart from the opportunity to examine previous conclusions, the new data along with the data from the southern section, has enabled us to illustrate a wider scheme of settlement in this part of the city during the fourth through tenth centuries CE . The following description is focused on the history of the settlement in the late Byzantine period . The recent discoveries have contributed to our understanding of the changes that occurred in the c...
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