Editing Antipatris (section)

===Area A===
The earliest [[winepress]]es discovered to date in the Southern Levant were excavated adjoining the governor's residency at Tel Aphek, dated to the 13th century BC, the reign of [[Ramesses II]]. The two winepresses were plastered and possessed two treading floors (Hebrew: ''gat elyonah'', “upper vat”) in parallel configuration extending over 6 m². Beneath and next to these, the stone-lined plastered collection vats (Hebrew: ''gat tahtonah'', “lower vat”) could each store over 3 m³, or 3,000 litres, of pressed grape juice. [[Canaanite amphora]]e were recovered still in situ at the bottom of each pit, while a midden of grape skins, seeds and other debris was discovered adjacent to the installations [Kochavi 1981:81]. The excavator has drawn attention to the proximity of these winepresses to the Residency, their large size and the fact that ancient winepresses were normally located outside settlements amongst the vineyards suggesting that the Egyptian administration supervised the viniculturists of the [[Sharon plain|Sharon]] closely [Kochavi 1990:XXIII].