Remains dating to the Persian,Zedan, 2017, Kafr Yasif Hellenistic (4th-3rd centuries BCE)Streger, 2020, Kafr Yasif (B) and RomanAbu Raya, 2010, Kafr Yasif (B) periods have been found here. According to a tradition from Kafr Yasif, cited by F.M. Abel, the village was named Kefar Akko until Josephus fortified it and named it after himself.Avi-Yonah 1953, p. 97, note 11.
