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Tel Hadar is a small site (1.6 hectares) located on the eastern shore of the Sea of Galilee and along the main highway leading from Bashan in the south to the Galilee. The site was discovered during a 1968 survey of the Golan, and was excavated from 1987 to 1995 by Moshe Kochavi for the Land of Geshur Project.

Six strata of occupation have been identified at the site. The first level of occupation (Stratum VI) dates to the Late Bronze I period. The most significant level of occupation is Stratum IV, dating to the eleventh century. The architecture of this period suggests the site functioned as a royal administrative center for the kingdom of Geshur. After a period of abandonment, the site was occupied during the ninth-eighth centuries BCE by private dwellings (Strata III-I).

The archaeological strata uncovered at the site, as illustrated in the site plan, date to the following periods:

	Strata I–III
	Stratum IV
	Stratum VI