A Timeless Vale : archaeological and related essays on the Jordan Valley in honour of Gerrit van der Kooij on the occasion of his sixty-fifth birthday

Abujaber, Raouf Sa'd; Kaptijn, Eva; Zeist, Willem van; et al. (2009)

Book (monograph)

The Jordan Valley continues to present many fascinating facets: a barrier as well as a demographic centre, a steppe as well as a fertile agricultural zone, and a region inhabited by a mix of different ethnic groups, cultures and ideas. This rich volume, written in honour of the Leiden archaeologist Gerrit van der Kooij, presents a wealth of research material from wide range of scholars. Chronologically and thematically diverse, the chapters include material on, among others, historical reports of the Zerqa Triangle; the palaeoecology of the Hula area; Khirbet Kerak Ware found at Jericho; the Jordan Valley during the Early Bronze Age; clay tablets of Tell Deir ‘Alla; a shrine model from Tel Kinrot; an anthropomorphic statue from Tell Damiyah; and sugar production in Jericho during the Ayyubid and Mamluk periods. Also incuded is an overview of Dutch cultural and archaeological activities in Jordan during the last fifty years.

• All authors: Abujaber, Raouf Sa'd; Kaptijn, Eva; Zeist, Willem van; et al.
• Editor(s): Kaptijn, Eva; Petit, Lucas P.
• Date: 2009
• Publisher: Leiden University Press
• ISBN (print): 9789087280765.0