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Digging up the Bible : the excavations at Tell Deir Alla, Jordan (1960-1967) /
This is the account of a remarkable excavation. It started with a modest dig on an unremarkable tell in Jordan. The name of the tell does not occur in the Bible, and no ancient town of any importance was to be expected under the rubble. The excavator Henk Franken had not yet made a name for himself...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden :
Sidestone Press,
[2019]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro; Prologue; how it all began; Excavating in Jordan; The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan; The East Jordan Valley; Tell Deir Alla; The tent camp; From theologian to archaeologist; From theologian to archaeologist; Tell es-Sultan: a source of archaeological inspiration; From Tell es-Sultan to Tell Deir Alla; Sailing his own course ... ; This is how you organise a dig!; Start of the organisation in the homeland; The organisation in Jordan; the tell; The pick axe hits the soil; 1960
- Start of the expedition; 1961
- A difficult but successful excavation season; 1962
- Intermediate season
- 1964
- Excavation of the temple1967
- A new start; The story of the inhabitants; Farmers in the Chalcolithic Period; Trade in the Middle Bronze Age; Life around the Late Bronze Age temple; Bronze smiths in the Early Iron Age; A village on the crossroads; Mourning on the tell; Epilogue; Sources and literature; Sources; Books published on the excavations at Tell Deir Alla; Other literature consulted; Blank Page