Table of Contents

List of Figures List of Tables Preface and Acknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. The Hula Valley Environment 3. The Stratigraphic-Chronological Framework: Sites and Material Culture of the Hula Valley, EB I-MB I 4. Hula Valley Settlement Patterns: A Chronological Survey 5. Patterns of Settlement and Social Change in the Hula Valley, EB I-MB I, and Their Implications for the Study of Early Urban Cultures in the Southern Levant 6. Conclusion: The Ebb and Flow of Early Urbanism in the Levant References Index

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A reissue of an important publication on the first cycle of urbanization in the Bronze Age Levant, presenting a large volume of data from a survey undertaken in the Hula Valley in northern Israel.

About the Author

Raphael Greenberg is Associate Professor of Archaeology at Tel Aviv University, Israel.