Tall Dāmiya (Volume III): Archaeological research in the Central Jordan Valley between 2004 and 2019

This publication presents the results of nine seasons of excavations at Tall Dāmiya, an Iron Age cultic centre and strategic site in the Central Jordan Valley, shedding light on its long-term occupation and role as a cultural crossroads in the ancient Near East. This monograph presents the results of nine seasons of archaeological excavations (2004–2019) at Tall Dāmiya, a key site in the Central Jordan Valley. Situated just south of the confluence of the Az-Zarqa and Jordan rivers, near one of the region’s few natural river fords, the settlement mound has long served a vital crossroads of cultures. Founded in the Late Bronze Age, Tall Dāmiya developed into a prominent cultic centre in the Iron Age. In the second half of the first millennium BCE, it was repurposed as a storage site for mobile pastoralists, later serving as a graveyard in the Byzantine and Ottoman periods – before becoming a battleground in the twentieth century. Presented in three volumes, this joint Jordanian–Dutch project explores how people lived in and moved through the arid Jordan Valley over time, offering a comprehensive reconstruction of Tall Dāmiya’s settlement history and shedding new light on its long and varied afterlives.

Pagina's: 388, Editie: Eerste editie, Paperback, Sidestone Press