Agricultural terraces were identified between two moderate spurs inside a tributary of Nahal Hazaz, which flows northwestward and drains to Nahal Ha-Ro‘eh. The site lies within the Map of Sede Boqer — East (168) (Cohen 1981), in which various archaeological remains were found. A survey of Nahal Noqed, which runs to the northwest of the current site, recorded agricultural terraces, rock shelters, caves and a farmhouse dating from the Late Byzantine and Early Islamic periods (Erickson-Gini and Pittman 2005). At Horbat Hazaza, c. 0.5 km north of the current excavation area, a Nabataean temple from the Roman period was uncovered (Cohen 1981: Site 83; Erickson-Gini 2019).

The excavation examined a sample of seven agricultural terraces (W100, W103, W106, W107, W110–W112; see Fig. 1) out of 25 such terraces documented in this location. The terrace walls were preserved to a height of one to three courses, and most were built on a northeast–southwest alignment, perpendicular to the northwestward flow of the stream. No diagnostic finds were retrieved from the excavation, although several building methods attest to the region’s ancient agricultural practices. This report describes four of the excavated terraces, from south to north.

 
Terrace 112. The terrace wall (length c. 25 m; Fig. 2) was built of two rows of medium-sized flint stones in two straight sections, forming an obtuse angle; it was preserved to a height of two courses. The wall cut into an earlier terrace wall built of large flint stones, which was preserved to a height of two courses (W111; length c. 15 m).
 
Terrace 100. The terrace wall (length c. 25 m; Fig. 3) was built of two rows of medium-sized flint stones in two straight sections that joined at an obtuse angle. The wall was preserved to a height of two courses; the upper course was built of angled stones, which were laid so that their vertex pointed upward. No traces of earlier construction were discovered beneath this terrace.
 
Terrace 103. The terrace wall (length c. 20 m, excavated length 5 m; Fig. 4) was built of dressed limestone blocks, preserved to a height of two courses. The terrace wall was built on top of remains of a more ancient retaining wall (W107; excavated length 5 m) that was partially excavated and was poorly preserved.
 
Terrace 106. The terrace wall (length c. 20 m; Fig. 5) was built of dressed limestone blocks, preserved to a height of two courses. Approximately 0.3 m beneath W106, was a retaining wall of an earlier terrace, built of large flint stones (W110; preserved length c. 2 m).
 
The agricultural terrace walls excavated in the streambed were built in an alignment conforming to the topography, and thus created broad farming plots. Some of the excavated terrace walls were built on the remains of earlier terraces walls, and several of the latter were incorporated into the new walls. However, none of the walls could be dated due to the absence of finds.