The Manasseh Hill Country Survey Volume 4 : : From Nahal Bezeq to the Sartaba.

• Superior document: Culture and History of the Ancient near East
• Author: Zertal Z"l, Adam.
• TeilnehmendeR: Bar, Shay.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden : : BRILL,, 2017.
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Culture and History of the Ancient Near East 21/4.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (779 pages) :; illustrations.
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

This 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 circa 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 Contents

Preliminary Material -- Preface -- Geographical and Settlement Data -- The Geographical-Historical Identifications -- The Southern Beit She'an Vally: Landscape Unit 27 -- The Narrow Jordan Valley: Landscape Unit 28 -- Nahal Tirzah Floodplain: Landscape Unit 29 -- The Sartaba Range and its Surroundings: Landscape Unit 30 -- General Bibliography -- The Flint Assemblages, by Haim Winter -- Excavations at Bedhat Esh-Sha'ab, an Early Iron Age Enclosure in the Jordan Valley: 2002-2003 Excavation Seaons -- Excavations at Yafit (3), An Iron age Foot-Shaped Enclosure in the Jordan Valley -- Excavations at Elevation Point-167 (Site 192): 2007 Season -- The Coin Finds, by Haim Shkolnik and Shay Bar -- Indices.