An Investigation into Early Desert Pastoralism: Excavations at the Camel Site, Negev

Investigation into Early Desert Pastoralism: Excavations at the Camel Site, Negev focuses on two primary purposes, one theoretical/methodological and the second substantive. Briefly stated, the book comprises a case study of excavations at an early (ca. 2800 B.C.) pastoral site in the Negev, providing detailed analyses and a synthetic overview of a seasonal encampment from this early period in the evolution of desert pastoral societies. It thus both demonstrates the feasibility of an archaeology…