"This report summarizes the Kadesh Barnea (Tell el-Qudeirat) excavations, conducted under Rudolph Cohen's directorship between 1976 and 1982, on behalf of the Israel Department of Antiquities (now the Israel Antiquities Authority). Preliminary general overviews and presentations of the main discoveries have been published in Hebrew (primarily Cohen 1976b, 1981b, 1982, 1983a, 1983b), in English (Cohen 1981a, 1983b), and in French (Cohen 1985)." |