The excavation in 2013, headed by Yotam Tepper on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority and funded by the Mekorot water company, investigated six squares and excavated down to groundwater level. The excavation shed further light on the settlement history of Tel Shem. The area investigated was in some parts of history The earliest discovery is a floor made of mortar which was dated thanks to the flint tool found above and below it, to the Chalcolithic period.