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The Iron Age II in the Negev is characterized by extensive settlement and an abundance of remains in an excellent state of preservation. Much research has been conducted on the period since the discoveries of Woolley and Lawrence over 70... more
The Iron Age II in the Negev is characterized by extensive settlement and an abundance of remains in an excellent state of preservation. Much research has been conducted on the period since the discoveries of Woolley and Lawrence over 70 years ago. In the Negev Emergency Survey, which began in 1978, over 250 new sites, preserved with most elements intact, were added to the 100 sites previously known: about 150 of these were found by the author in a survey of the western Negev Highlands, 100 by Lender in the region of Ramat Matred, and ten in other areas.1 Most studies of the Negev Highlands in the Iron Age have focused on the architectural nature of the fortresses and the problem of chronology. The wide scope of the Negev Emergency Survey and the abundance of new finds have enabled us to reconsider several issues relating to the settlement of this peripheral desert region.