Prior to these first excavations, two important ostraca were discovered at the site in 1945-96, by Jacob Kaplan and Robert Hoff.

[3] A later suggestion was to identify it with the phrase from the Book of Joshua "Mi Yarkon", stating it is a city and not a stream.

Stanhope's companion observed that “there were many proofs that this district was once highly populous.”[6] In 1946 the Tell was rediscovered by Jacob Kaplan who found two Ostraca written in Hebrew dating to the First Temple period.

Many offering and cult vessels were found on the floors, concentrated mainly around the "bamah" and in the storage alcoves of the temples.

Parallel to the arrival of the Philistines to the Land of Canaan in 12th century BC, a permanent settlement begins at the site.

As the Tel is closer to the Yarkon estuary and located on a Kurkar ridge, the Philistines choose to establish an inner harbor on the river banks.

Next to the temple was another building known as "Beit HaAch", Known at that period from places like Ashkelon, Ashdod and several regions of the Aegean world[1][5]

From the 11th century BC the Tell Qasila settlement began to grow evident in the larger structures, thicker and stronger stone walls.

As Tell Qasila reached its peak in the middle of the 11th century BC, the temple was enlarged and a room was built to store treasures of worship.

These finds testify for the Philistine and Aegean influence on the Land of Israel as well as the lifestyle and trade relations with Tyre, Sidon, ancient Egypt and Cyprus.

The floor shows Three inscriptions, one in Samaritan and two in Greek two of them indicate the names of donors and the wording of the third is: "Blessings and peace on Israel and on this place.

The latest structure known to stand on the mound is the khan that lived there during the early Muslim period in the Land of Israel.

[21] The building has been dated by its excavators to a period between the ninth and eleventh century, though both earlier (Umayyad) and later (Crusader) occupations of the site were found.