An area covering 11,500 dunams (Fig. 1), which extends south of the area that had been surveyed the previous year (HA-ESI 121), was surveyed. The area, like the former one, is characterized by moderately stable sand dunes that are separated by shallow valleys oriented generally east–west (Fig. 2). Numerous remains of shepherd encampments scattered in the area evidence intensive grazing that has transpired in the region since the end of the Ottoman period. Twenty sites were inspected; three of the sites (7, 9, 12) had no archaeological finds, whereas in the rest, potsherd and flint flake scatters, without any building remains, were found. These sites were therefore used as temporary encampments, most of which were multi-period. This region of the country is conducive for grazing and traveling; in addition to the shepherds and their flocks, caravans probably passed through the region on their way to Gaza. Probe trenches dug with a backhoe at each of the sites yielded no archaeological remains beneath the sand dunes; yet, this is insufficient to determine conclusively that no other sites, which are not visible on surface, occur in the region.