Description
Book SynopsisThis book presents the results of a complete detailed survey of the north-eastern region of Samaria, mainly the northern area of the Jordan Valley, in the territory of Israel/Palestine. It is Volume 4 of the Manasseh Hill Country Survey publications. This project, in progress since 1978 and covering 2500 sq. km, is a thorough, metre-by-metre mapping of the archaeological-historical area between the River Jordan and the Sharon Plain, and between Nahal 'Iron and the north-eastern point of the Dead Sea. This territory is one of the most important in the country from the Biblical and archaeological points of view; and the survey is a valuable tool for scholars of the Bible, Archaeology, Near Eastern history and other aspects of the Holy Land. This volume (covering ca. 250 sq. km) describes the area of the Jordan Valley between Nahal Bezeq (Wadi Shubash) in the north and the Sartaba range in the south. It is a fully revised and updated version of the Hebrew publication of 2005.
Table of ContentsAbbreviations Preface PART ONE: INTRODUCTION CHAPTER ONE: Geographical and Settlement Data CHAPTER TWO: The Geographical-Historical Identifications PART TWO: DESCRIPTION OF THE SITES CHAPTER THREE: The Southern Beit She'an Valley – Landscape Unit 27 CHAPTER FOUR: The Narrow Jordan Valley – Landscape Unit 28 CHAPTER FIVE: Nahal Tirzah Floodplain – Landscape Unit 29 CHAPTER SIX: The Sartaba Range and its Surroundings – Landscape Unit 30 GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY PART THREE: APPENDICES AND INDICES APPENDIX A: The Flint Assemblages, by Haim Winter APPENDIX B: Excavations at Bedhat esh-Sha'ab, an Early Iron Age Enclosure in the Jordan Valley: 2002-2003 Excavation Seasons, by Dror Ben-Yose APPENDIX C: Excavations at Yafit (3), an Iron Age Sandal-Shaped Enclosure in the Jordan Valley, by Dror Ben-Yosef APPENDIX D: Excavation at Elevation Point -167 (Site 192): 2007 Season, by Shay Bar. APPENDIX E: The Coin Finds, by Haim Shkolnik and Shay Bar
