A new population, apparently originating from Syria, arrived in the Land of Israel at the end of the 3rd millennium BCE and intermingled with displaced elements from the urban culture of the earlier period. These newcomers, who were nomads or semi-nomads, occupied the marginal areas of the Land of Israel and left only feeble traces of settlement. Yet they did leave numerous remains of graves and cemeteries, which have yield funeral offerings - jewelry, clay vessels, tools, and weapons made of metal. The relatively large number of metal utensils attests to the technological achievements of the people of that period, who were able to utilize bronze alloy.