Introduction to the food system concept and the Heshbon expedition.- Sedentarization and nomadization.- The Hesban area food system during the recent past.- From archaeological information to food system configurations.- Configurations of the food system during the iron age millennium: Ca. 1200-500 B.C.- Configuration of the food system during the Greco-Roman millennium: Ca. 333 B.C. to A.D. 661.- Configuration of ..