Editing Lod (section)

===Early Bronze===
In the Early Bronze, it was an important settlement in the central coastal plain between the Judean Shephelah and the Mediterranean coast, along Nahal Ayalon.<ref>Amir Golani (2022) Early Bronze Age Remains at Tel Lod, 'Atiqot 108</ref> Other important nearby sites were Tel Dalit, Tel Bareqet, Khirbat Abu Hamid (Shoham North), [[Tel Afek|Tel Afeq]], [[Azor]] and [[Jaffa]].

Two architectural phases belong to the late EB I in Area B.<ref>Keplan 1977</ref> The first phase had a mudbrick wall, while the late phase included a circulat stone structure. Later excavations have produced an occupation later, Stratum IV.<ref>Brink 1999, 2002; Brink et al. 2015</ref> It consists of two phases, Stratum IVb with mudbrick wall on stone foundations and rounded exterior corners. In Stratum IVa there was a mudbrick wall with no stone foundations, with imported Egyptian potter and local pottery imitations.

Another excavations revealed nine occupation strata. Strata VI-III belonged to Early Bronze IB. The material culture showed Egyptian imports in strata V and IV.<ref>Paz, Rosenberg and Nativ 2005:131–154</ref>

Occupation continued into Early Bronze II with four strata (V-II). There was continuity in the material culture and indications of centralized urban planning.