Shay Bar received his PhD in archaeology from the University of Haifa (2008). He is a researcher in the Zinman Institute and teaches in the archaeology department at this University. His current projects include the excavations of the Bronze and Iron Age sites of Tel Esur and Tel Shiqmona.

• PrefaceChapter One: General IntroductionChapter Two: Geographical and Environmental DataChapter Three: History of Archaeological Research of the Chalcolithic and Early Bronze I Periods in the Study AreaChapter Four: MethodologyChapter Five: Settlement Patterns in the Southern Jordan Valley and the Desert Fringes of Samaria in the Chalcolithic PeriodChapter Six: Settlement Patterns in the Southern Jordan Valley and the Desert Fringes of Samaria in the Early Bronze I PeriodChapter Seven: Comparison of the Settlement Pattern with the Settlement in the Eastern Jordan Valley and the Slopes of the Jordanian MountainRidge in the Chalcolithic and Early Bronze I PeriodsChapter Eight: The Pottery of the Chalcolithic and Early Bronze I Periods in the Jordan Valley and Southern Desert Fringes of SamariaChapter Nine: 'Ein Hilu: A Chalcolithic Site on the Desert Fringes of SamariaChapter Ten: One of the Latest Chalcolithic sites of the Jordan Valley? Fazael 2: Preliminary Report of the 2007–2008 Excavation SeasonsChapter Eleven:The Excavations at Fazael 7 – One of the Largest Dwelling Complexes from the Chalcolithic Period in the Southern LevantChapter Twelve: Sheikh Diab 2 – An Early Bronze Age I Period Hamlet in the Jordan ValleyChapter Thirteen: Fazael 4: The Excavations at the Early Bronze Age I SiteChapter Fourteen: General ConclusionsChapter Fifteen: Site CatalogueReference List

Shay Bar received his PhD in archaeology from the University of Haifa (2008). He is a researcher in the Zinman Institute and teaches in the archaeology department at this University. His current projects include the excavations of the Bronze and Iron Age sites of Tel Esur and Tel Shiqmona.

• PrefaceChapter One: General IntroductionChapter Two: Geographical and Environmental DataChapter Three: History of Archaeological Research of the Chalcolithic and Early Bronze I Periods in the Study AreaChapter Four: MethodologyChapter Five: Settlement Patterns in the Southern Jordan Valley and the Desert Fringes of Samaria in the Chalcolithic PeriodChapter Six: Settlement Patterns in the Southern Jordan Valley and the Desert Fringes of Samaria in the Early Bronze I PeriodChapter Seven: Comparison of the Settlement Pattern with the Settlement in the Eastern Jordan Valley and the Slopes of the Jordanian MountainRidge in the Chalcolithic and Early Bronze I PeriodsChapter Eight: The Pottery of the Chalcolithic and Early Bronze I Periods in the Jordan Valley and Southern Desert Fringes of SamariaChapter Nine: 'Ein Hilu: A Chalcolithic Site on the Desert Fringes of SamariaChapter Ten: One of the Latest Chalcolithic sites of the Jordan Valley? Fazael 2: Preliminary Report of the 2007–2008 Excavation SeasonsChapter Eleven:The Excavations at Fazael 7 – One of the Largest Dwelling Complexes from the Chalcolithic Period in the Southern LevantChapter Twelve: Sheikh Diab 2 – An Early Bronze Age I Period Hamlet in the Jordan ValleyChapter Thirteen: Fazael 4: The Excavations at the Early Bronze Age I SiteChapter Fourteen: General ConclusionsChapter Fifteen: Site CatalogueReference List