Abstract: This study presents a comprehensive evaluation of the Khirbet Kerak Ware phenomenon which marked the ceramic transition from the Early Bronze II to the Early Bronze III period in 3rd millennium B.C.E. northern Palestine. Early scholarship explained the arrival of Khirbet Kerak Ware in the region in the context of a migration of peoples from Anatolia at the end of the EB II, however, a general distrust of migration models for cultural change over the past forty years, and a scholarly aversion to equating pots with people, has long demanded a comprehensive reevaluation of the Khirbet Kerak Ware phenomenon. Precluding the possibility of such a reevaluation has been a lack of detailed published data from relevant Early Bronze Age settlements. The centerpiece of this study is a detailed analysis of unpublished materials from the Oriental Institute's excavations at Beth Yerah and Yaqush. Conclusions drawn from these sites are then examined in light of the evidence gleaned from other settlements in the region, as well as the northern Levant and Anatolia. Following a detailed study of the ceramic data from Beth Yerah and Yaqush, the key ceramic shifts that occur with the transition to the Early Bronze III are identified and then placed in the context of contemporary scholarly migration models. Evidence from both sites supports the arrival of a migrating population. At Beth Yerah, the Khirbet Kerak Ware consuming peoples appear to have settled within the existing town, over time coming to obtain significant social standing. At Yaqush, a two-wave settlement ultimately resulted in the complete breakdown of the local ceramic industry, and its accompanying social traditions.