ASOR Annual 59: Part I, Results of the 2001 Kerak Plateau Early Bronze Age Survey; Part II, Two Early Alphabetic Inscriptions from the Wadi el-Hol

Part I presents the results from the 2001 research project combining surface surveys and limited test excavations at eight Early Bronze Age (c. 3600-2000 BC) settlement sites identified in a previous survey by Miller (1991) on the Kerak Plateau. The team collected data to determine the suitability of these sites for a future, multi-year research project, and to assess the applicability of an alternative perspective for reconstructing the nature of the earliest walled towns in the southern L...