Hesban 5: Archaeological Survey of the Hesban Region:

Catalog of Sites and Characterization of Periods

by Robert D. Ibach, Jr. (Dallas Theological Seminary)

This volume offers systematic descriptions, including numerous maps and photographs of the 148 archaeological sites visited by the expedition's regional survey team within a 10 km. radius of Tell Hesban.  The finds reported span the Chalcolithic through the Late Ottoman periods.  The volume also includes a discussion of the likely route of the Jericho-Livias-Esbus road which connected Esbus with Jerusalem during Roman and Byzantine times.

Contents: Introduction; Catalogue of Sites; Characterization of Periods; Summary and Conclusions; Appendix A: Project Area Sites visited by C.R. Conder in 1881-1882; Appendix B: Sample Site Report Form; Index.  Includes 18 figures, 198 plates, and 34 tables.

[77] ISBN 0-943872-16-2  1987  299 pages, $45.99

Click here for the link to Hesban 5 at the Andrews University Press.

Edited 4/7/05 tlc