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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459323803321

Titolo

A timeless vale [[electronic resource] ] : archaeological and related essays on the Jordan Valley in honour of Gerrit van der Kooij on the occasion of his sixty-fifth birthday / / edited by Eva Kaptijn; Lucas P. Petit

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Leiden], : Leiden University Press, 2009

ISBN

1-282-59175-4

9786612591754

90-485-1234-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Collana

Archaeological studies Leiden University ; ; 19

Altri autori (Persone)

KaptijnEva

PetitLucas Pieter

KooijG. van der

Disciplina

930.1

Soggetti

Iron age - Jordan River Valley

Bronze age - Jordan River Valley

Electronic books.

Jordan River Valley Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1. Dutch Cultural and Archaeological Activities in Jordan during the last fifty Years; 2. Early Reports on the Zerqa Triangle. What was known when the Tell Deir 'Alla Excavations started?; 3. Holocene Palaeoecology of the Hula Area, Northeastern Israel; 4. Khirbet Kerak Ware at Jericho and the EB III Change in Palestine; 5. The Jordan Valley during the Early Bronze Age; 6. Settling the Valley: Agrarian Settlement and Interaction along the Jordan Rift during the Bronze Age; 7. Textile Production at Tell 'Abu al-Kharaz, Jordan Valley

8. The Archaeological Context of the Tell Deir 'Alla Tablets 9. Down the River...: A Shrine Model from Tel Kinrot in its Context; 10. A Wheel-made Anthropomorphic Statue from Iron Age Tell Damiyah, Jordan Valley; 11. Of Slag and Scales;  Micro-Stratigraphy and Micro-Magnetic Material at Metallurgical Excavations; 12. The Early Persian Period at Tell Deir 'Alla: a Ceramic Perspective; 13. Some Aspects of Sugar



Production in Jericho, Jordan Valley

Sommario/riassunto

Thirteen studies of various disciplines on the Jordan Valley, in honour of Gerrit van der Kooij on the occasion of his retirement as lecturer in Near Eastern Archaeology at Leiden University