Tel Dover (Hebrew name) or Khirbet ed-Duweir (Arabic name) is an archaeological site and Iron I-IIa settlement located southeast of the Galilee, on the northern bank of the Yarmuk River Hebrew text in Hebrew section, pp. 21-23. near (northeast of) modern-day Kibbutz Sha'ar Hagolan.
Tel Dover was surveyed on several occasions since the 12th century, but a licensed excavation was conducted only between July and September 1997 by the Israel Antiquities Authority, in preparation for the construction of a dam as part of the Israel–Jordan peace treaty. The excavation was directed by E. On.
History and archaeology The settlement of Tel Dover spanned from the Neolithic (10,000 BCE-2,000 BCE) to the Mamluk period (1250-1517).
Neolitihic Remains from the Neolithic era include a pit with a rounded stone wall, pottery with black and red edges, engraved and stamped decorations, and flint tools.
Byzantine period During the Byzantine period (late 4th century to early 7th century CE), Tel Dover fell within the province of Palaestina Prima. Evidence from that time also show a major earthquake that lead to the town's abandonment, which is often correlated to the 363 Galilee earthquake.
In the northern part of the settlement, archaeologists found a collection of broken church furniture imported from Cyprus, suggesting the presence of a Christian community.
Early Muslim to Mamluk period In the 8th-15th centuries, during the Early Muslim, Crusader/Ayyubid and Mamluk periods, the area of Tel Dover was densely occupied. Tombs from those periods were found, as well as architectural remains.
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