Korazim Plateau
[3] The plateau is home to a few Israeli communities, including Rosh Pinna, Hatzor HaGlilit and the Bedouin town of Tuba-Zangariyye.
The plateau's rural settlements make part of the regional councils of Upper Galilee, Mevo'ot HaHermon and Emek HaYarden.
Several important archaeological and historical sites are located on the plateau, including Tel Hazor, Daughters of Jacob Bridge, Mount of Beatitudes and Jubb Yussef.
[4] According to Ministry of Environmental Protection the plateau is bounded between the Safed and Naftali Mountains (west), the Hula Valley (north), the Jordan River and Golan Heights (east) and the Sea of Galilee, excluding the narrow coastal strip (south).
[1] The archaeological survey of the Israel Antiquities Authority also included parts of the mountains to the west and the shoreline of the Sea of Galilee, bringing the total area to 135 km2.
French explorer Victor Guérin and the PEF Survey of Palestine headed by Claude Reignier Conder and Herbert Kitchener described the various sites in the plateau.
In the early 20th century the area was studied by German explorer Paul Karge and British archaeologist Francis Turville-Petre.
[5] Although the Korazim Plateau is considered a peripheral area, during most of its history, it was a dense region as evidenced by the remains of over a hundred ancient settlements which were discovered by archaeologists.
The plateau's location allowed it to serve as a transit region for the valleys to the north and south, and the heights to the east and west.
These settlements resemble the Golan Heights, Hula Valley, and the Dalton Plateau's Chalcolithic cultures, with distinctive pottery and rectangular houses.
During Middle Bronze Age I (2200–2000 BCE), Hazor shrank to a small village, while in the plateau there was only one settlement in Khirbet Berech.
[2] These are, from north to south: Ayelet HaShahar, Gadot, Mishmar HaYarden, Mahanayim, Hatzor HaGlilit, Kfar HaNassi, Rosh Pinna, Tuba-Zangariyye, Elifelet, Karkom, Ami'ad, Korazim, Almagor and Amnun.
