Title: Early urbanizations in the Levant : a regional narrative /
Authors: Greenberg, Raphael
Publisher: Leicester University Press,
Year: 2002
Subjects: Urbanization Israel Hula Valley.; Cities and towns, Ancient Israel Hula Valley.; Land settlement patterns, Prehistoric Israel Hula Valley.; Hula Valley (Israel) Antiquities.
Abstract: "This work examines the first cycle of urbanization, collapse, and reurbanization in the Levant during the 4th to 2nd millennia B.C.E. The core of the study is a detailed analysis of settlement fluctuations and material culture development in the Hula Valley, at the crossroads between modern Israel, Syria, and Lebanon. Focusing on field data and a close reading of the material text, the book emphasizes the variety in patterns of cultural and social change revealed when small, densely settled regions are carefully scrutinized.