  We analyze the hadron yields obtained at the AGS in the range 11--11.6 A GeV
and discuss strategies to identify possible deconfinement at this energy scale.
These include consideration of chemical nonequilibrium at hadronization, and
the study of (multi)strange hadrons. We find that the totality of experimental
results available favors the interpretation as hadron freeze-out at the phase
boundary between confined and deconfined phase.
