Bet Yerah is an Early Bronze Age I–III site located on the southwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee. Architectural remains at the site are extensive and reflect a gradual transition of the settlement from a typical rural occupation to an early city with mudbrick fortifications. The site is one of the most important of the period in the southern Levant due to its continuous stratigraphic sequence that attests to the first urbanization process in the region. It also features abundant evidence of settlement activity of the Khirbet Kerak Ware migrants, that co-existed within the settlement with the local population during EB III period.

Relevant publications:
Hruby, K., Paz, S., Rotem, Y., Iserlis, M., Rosenberg, D. 2022. Tracing social dynamics of the Khirbet Kerak Ware diaspora and local Early Bronze Age III Jordan Valley communities: Food processing and other ground stone tools as cultural markers. Journal of the Israel Prehistoric Society 52: 6–40.

Rosenberg, D. and Chasan, R. 2018. The characteristics and significance of prestige goods during the Early Bronze Age period of the southern Levant: The particular case of the four-handled basalt vessels phenomenon. Quaternary International 464: 241–259.

Rosenberg, D. and Greenberg, R. 2014. The stone assemblages. In: Greenberg, R. (ed.). Bet Yerah: The Early Bronze Age Mound (Vol. 2) Urban Structure and Material Culture. 1933–1986 Excavations, pp. 189–234. IAA Reports 54, Israel Antiquities Authority, Jerusalem.