ABSTRACT
Tell Halif, a three-acre site located about five miles southwest of Tell Beit Mirsim, is located on the northern fringe of the Negev overlooking a major road leading from Egypt and the Mediterranean to the Judean hills and Jerusalem. This location explains the town’s importance in antiquity. Today, Kibbutz Lahav is situated on the tell’s eastern side. While some archaeological work was conducted here in the 1950s, the major excavation was not begun until 1976. Called the “Lahav Research Project,” the excavations were directed by Joe D. Seger (Mississippi State University), and consisted of three phases
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(fourth millennium century) Arab settlement called Khirbet Khuweilifeh (after 1937).
