The dawn of the bronze age : : the pattern of settlement in the lower Jordan Valley and the desert fringes of Samaria during the late Chalcolithic period and early bronze age I / / by Shay Bar.

• Superior document: Culture and history of the ancient Near East, volume 72
• Author: Bar, Shay.
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : Brill,, 2014.
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Culture and history of the ancient Near East ; v. 72.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (613 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

In The Dawn of the Bronze Age Shay Bar presents a detailed account of the pattern of settlement during the Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age I periods (mid-Fifth to late Fourth Millennia BCE), in one of the least explored areas of the southern Levant – the lower Jordan valley and the desert fringes of the Samaria mountains. More than 120 surveyed sites and five excavation reports form an essential database for every scholar interested in the archaeology of the Near East in these periods. "Bar has accomplished an impressive task and has provided valuable new information on this important region that forms the transition between the central hill country and the eastern side of the Jordan River." Eva Kaptijn, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Bibliotheca Orientalis LXXIV n° 1-2 (2017)

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Preface -- Chapter One: General Introduction -- Chapter Two: Geographical and Environmental Data -- Chapter Three: History of Archaeological Research of the Chalcolithic and Early Bronze I Periods in the Study Area -- Chapter Four: Methodology -- Chapter Five: Settlement Patterns in the Southern Jordan Valley and the Desert Fringes of Samaria in the Chalcolithic Period -- Chapter Six: Settlement Patterns in the Southern Jordan Valley and the Desert Fringes of Samaria in the Early Bronze I Period -- Chapter Seven: Comparison of the Settlement Pattern with the Settlement in the Eastern Jordan Valley and the Slopes of the Jordanian Mountain Ridge in the Chalcolithic and Early Bronze I Periods -- Chapter Eight: The Pottery of the Chalcolithic and Early Bronze I Periods in the Jordan Valley and Southern Desert Fringes of Samaria -- Chapter Nine: 'Ein Hilu: A Chalcolithic Site on the Desert Fringes of Samaria -- Chapter Ten: One of the Latest Chalcolithic sites of the Jordan Valley? Fazael 2: Preliminary Report of the 2007–2008 Excavation Seasons -- Chapter Eleven: The Excavations at Fazael 7 – One of the Largest Dwelling Complexes from the Chalcolithic Period in the Southern Levant -- Chapter Twelve: Sheikh Diab 2 – An Early Bronze Age I Period Hamlet in the Jordan Valley -- Chapter Thirteen: Fazael 4: The Excavations at the Early Bronze Age I Site -- Chapter Fourteen: General Conclusions -- Chapter Fifteen: Site Catalogue -- Reference List.