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Early Urbanizations in the Levant examines the first cycle of urbanization, collapse and reurbanization in the 4th-2nd millennium BCE Levant. 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 exhibited in patterns of cultural and social change when small, densely settled regions are carefully scrutinized. Using the concepts of time-space edges and shifting loci of p

Urbanization --- Cities and towns, Ancient --- Land settlement patterns, Prehistoric --- Prehistoric land settlement patterns --- Geography, Ancient --- Cities and towns, Movement to --- Urban development --- Urban systems --- Cities and towns --- Social history --- Sociology, Rural --- Sociology, Urban --- Urban policy --- Rural-urban migration --- Hula Valley (Israel) --- ʻEmeḳ ha-Ḥulah (Israel) --- ʻEmeḳ Ḥuleh (Israel) --- ʻEmeq Hula (Israel) --- Hulah Valley (Israel) --- Hule Valley (Israel) --- Antiquities. --- Israel --- Hula Valley --- Cities and towns [Ancient ] --- Land settlement patterns [Prehistoric ] --- Antiquities