Was Qumran a fort in the Hasmonean period?

Full title
Was Qumran a fort in the Hasmonean period?
Research notes

Reader Checked|OA 12/02/2014||hw/not checked/27/01/2014

Reference type
Author(s)
Magness, Jodi
Year
2013
Journal / Book Title || Series Title
Journal of Jewish Studies
Volume
64
Issue / Series Volume
2
Abbreviated Series Name
JJS
Pages
228-241
Work type
Label
27/01/2014
Abstract

This article considers the recent proposal that Qumran was a Hasmonean fort during Period Ia ( c. 140/130–100 BCE). An analysis of the published pottery and coins from Roland de Vaux’s excavations suggests that the earliest post-Iron Age occupation does not antedate the early first century BCE, while comparisons with Hasmonean forts contradict the identification of Qumran as a fort.