List of Abbreviations

Preface

PART ONE: INTRODUCTIONS

CHAPTER ONE The Scientific Principles of the Manasseh Hill Country Survey

CHAPTER TWO The Geography and Settlement History of East Manasseh

A. History of Research

B. The Geography of East Manasseh

1. Boundaries of the Region

2. Geology and Relief

3. The Geology of East Manasseh

4. Climate and Soils

5. Water and Vegetation

6. The Roads and Paths

a. Roman and Byzantine Roads

b. Other Ancient Roads and paths

C. The Landscape Units

D. Notes on the Pottery of East Manasseh

E. Outlines on the History of East Manasseh

F. The Settlement by Periods

CHAPTER THREE The Geographical Historical Identifications

PART TWO: DESCRIPTION OF THE SITES

CHAPTER FOUR Zebabdeh Valley - Landscape Unit 12

CHAPTER FIVE Ras es-Salmeh - Landscape Unit 13

CHAPTER SIX Tubas Valley - Landscape Unit 14

CHAPTER SEVEN Wadi Malih - Landscape Unit 15

CHAPTER EIGHT Ras Jadir - Landscape Unit 16

CHAPTER NINE The Buqei'ah - Landscape Unit 17

CHAPTER TEN Jebel Tammun - Landscape Unit 18

CHAPTER ELEVEN Wadi el-Far'ah - Landscape Unit 19

CHAPTER TWELVE Ras Humsah - Landscape Unit 20

CHAPTER THIRTEEN The Desert Fringes - Landscape Unit 21

GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY

PART THREE: APPENDICES AND INDICES

APPENDIX A The Flint Finds, by Haim Winter

APPENDIX B The Coins, by Ya'akov Yannai

INDICES

1. List of Water Sources in the Territory of Vol. II

2. List of Geographical Names Collected during the Survey

3. Partial List of Features

4. List of Arabic Villages and Their Population

5. Site Index

6. List of Sites by Period