Sacred and sweet
Subtitle: studies on the material culture of Tell Deir ʻAlla and Tell Abu Sarbut
By: edited by Margreet L. Steiner and Eveline J. van der Steen
Contributors: Franken, H. J. (Hendricus Jacobus), 1917-2005
Series: Ancient Near Eastern studies. Supplement -- 24; Ancient Near Eastern studies -- 24.
Publisher: Peeters
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Leuven; Dudley, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 285
ISBN-13: 9789042919211
Subjects: Ausgrabung; Bibliography; 15.30 archaeology: general; Excavations (Archaeology); Antiquities; Sachkultur
Other titles: Studies on the material culture of Tell Deir ʻAlla and Tell Abu Sarbut
Notes: 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).
Table of contents: title: Henk Franken and the study of pottery / Abraham Van As, Gloria A. London; title: Tell Deir ʻAlla in the late Bronze and Iron Ages / Eveline J. van der Steen; title: Deir ʻAlla and its religion / Hendricus J. Franken; title: Dots close together on a map : Mycenaean pottery in the Jordan valley / G.J. van Wijngaarden; title: Tell Deir ʻAlla : the newcomers of the Iron Age / Eveline J. van der Steen; title: A possible explanation for the stratigraphic and ceramic changes at Tell Deir ʻAlla fron the late Bronze age to the Iron Age / Anthony J. Frendo; title: A walk through the Wadi Zerqa / Eveline J. van der Steen; title: Unravelling the threads : textiles and shrines in the Iron Age / Jeannette H. Boertien; title: The Deir ʻAlla region in the Islamic periods / Margreet L. Steiner; title: Tell Abu Sarbut : the occupation of a rural site in the Ayyubid/Mamluk periods / Margreet L. Steiner; title: Archaeo-botanical reports of the excavations of Tell Abu Sarbut / Ellis Grootveld; title: The bread ovens of Tell Abu Sarbut / Noor Mulder-Hijmans; title: An analysis of the Islamic glass bracelets found at Tell Abu Sarbut / Margreet L. Steiner; title: The small objects from the Islamic cemetary of Tell Deir ʻAlla / C. Franken-Burggraaff.