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Contents

Preface
Foreword
Chapter 1: Introduction to the Food System Concept and the Heshbon Expedition
Chapter 2: Sedentarization and Nomadization
Chapter 3: The Hesban Area Food System During the Recent Past
Chapter 4: From Archaeological Information to Food System Configurations
Chapter 5: Configurations of the Food System During the Iron Age Millennium: Ca. 1200-500 B.C.
Chapter 6: Configurations of the Food System During the Greco-Roman Millennium: Ca. 333 B.C. to A.D. 661
Chapter 7: Configurations of the Food System During the Islamic Centuries: Ca. A.D. 661 to 1870
Chapter 8: Intensification and Abatement: Summary and Reflections
Appendix A: Bibliography of Hesban-Related Scholarly Publications
Appendix B: Overview of the Hesban Final Publication Series
Appendix C: Sponsors and Participants of the Heshbon Expedition
References
Arabic Summary of Volume
Author Index
General Index