Sacred and Sweet : Studies on the Material Culture of Tell Deir ‘Alla and Tell Abu Sarbut

Stoop-van Paridon, P. W. T. Sacred and Sweet : Studies on the Material Culture of Tell Deir ‘Alla and Tell Abu Sarbut. Leuven: Peeters, 2008. First edition. Quarto (12″ x 8-1/2″). viii, 285 (3)pp. 16 page bibliography. Red cloth lettered in gilt. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the book’s honoree, Henk Franken. Further illustrated with numerous drawings, photos and archaeological sketches. An ex-library book but with minimal rubber stamps on title page & at bottom of text block, otherwise fine.

Henk Franken contributed much to the archaeology of the Levant. He directed excavations, in the 1960s and 1970s, at the Bronze and Iron Age site of Tell Deir ‘Alla, and was later involved in the excavations at the nearby Mamluk site of Tell Abu Sarbut. This volume, dedicated to his memory, is about these two sites in the Jordan Valley, the region to which Franken devoted so much of his time and energy, and about the interaction between the land and its people. Several students and colleagues contributed to it. It also contains Franken’s last article on the religion of Deir ‘Alla. (Publisher)

Contents: Henk Franken and the study of pottery / Abraham Van As, Gloria A. London — Tell Deir ʻAlla in the late Bronze and Iron Ages / Eveline J. van der Steen — Deir ʻAlla and its religion / Hendricus J. Franken — Dots close together on a map : Mycenaean pottery in the Jordan valley / G.J. van Wijngaarden — Tell Deir ʻAlla : the newcomers of the Iron Age / Eveline J. van der Steen — A possible explanation for the stratigraphic and ceramic changes at Tell Deir ʻAlla from the late Bronze age to the Iron Age / Anthony J. Frendo — A walk through the Wadi Zerqa / Eveline J. van der Steen — Unravelling the threads : textiles and shrines in the Iron Age / Jeannette H. Boertien — The Deir ʻAlla region in the Islamic periods / Margreet L. Steiner — Tell Abu Sarbut : the occupation of a rural site in the Ayyubid/Mamluk periods / Margreet L. Steiner — Archaeo-botanical reports of the excavations of Tell Abu Sarbut / Ellis Grootveld — The bread ovens of Tell Abu Sarbut / Noor Mulder-Hijmans — An analysis of the Islamic glass bracelets found at Tell Abu Sarbut / Margreet L. Steiner — The small objects from the Islamic cemetary of Tell Deir ʻAlla / C. Franken-Burggraaff. (OCLC)

Note: Dedicated to the memory of Henk Franken. Includes the last article he wrote before his death, along with a bibliography of his works (p. 11-16)./ Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-285). (OCLC)

Supplement 24 of the Peeters series, “Ancient Near Eastern Studies.” near fine. Hardcover. (53098) $95