Excavations at the Early Bronze IV sites of Jebel Qa'aqir and Be'er Resisim / / by William G. Dever.

• Superior document: Studies in the archaeology and history of the Levant ; 6
• Author: Dever, William G.
• Place / Publishing House: Winona Lake, Indiana : : Eisenbrauns,, 2014.
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in the Archaeology and History of the Levant 6.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (378 pages) :; illustrations, maps.
• Notes: "Summary of salvage excavations in EB IV cemeteries at Jebel Qa'aqir and Be'er Resisim--Provided by the publisher.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 365-378).
• ISBN: 9004370153
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by William G. Dever.

This volume is the final report of excavations carried out in the Hebron hills and the Negev desert in 1967-1980 on behalf of Hebrew Union College in Jerusalem and the University of Arizona. They were pioneering, multidisciplinary projects that helped to illuminate what was then a poorly known “Dark Age” in the cultural history of ancient Palestine, a nonurban interlude of pastoral nomadic movements over several centuries (ca. 2400–2000 B.C.E.) between the great urban civilizations of the early Bronze Ages. Eighteen appendixes by specialists in many disciplines analyze all aspects of material culture and human and animal remains. A history of previous scholarship and a synthesis of the EB IV period in both Israel and Jordan conclude the volume, which will be a landmark study for many years.