2. Archaeology and Epigraphy

Abstract

Previous volumes of this valuable series were reviewed in B.L. 2005, p. 37; 2009, pp. 35-36; 2018, p. 29; 2020, p. 15; and 2022, p. 13. vol. 7 deals with the small territory from the eastern slopes of the Samaria Mountains to the Jordan Valley and between the Wadi Rashash on the north and Wadi ‘Aujah on the south. The region was surveyed systematically on foot from the early 1980s to 2018. Chapter 1 discusses the geography of the region and the history of research on it. Chapter 2 surveys the settlement by archaeological periods from prehistory to the Ottoman period. Chapter 3 outlines the history of the region. The bulk of the book is taken up by chapter 4 which surveys the region site by site. Perhaps the site that readers will have heard most about is Wadi edDaliyeh where papyri from late Persian Samaria were found. There is an Appendix on the destructive plundering of the Dhahr Mirzbaneh Tumulus (Site 109) and five Indexes: (1) a list of springs and other water sources; (2) a list of roads; (3) agricultural installations and other features; (4) a site index; and (5) a list of sites by periods. Sadly, Adam Zertal died during the survey for this volume. leSter l. grABBe