Exploring the Narrative

Eveline van der Steen is a Near Eastern archaeologist with a special interest the archaeology of the Southern Levant. She is currently Honorary Research Fellow at the School of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology, University of Liverpool, UK.Jeannette Boertien is an archaeologist in the faculty of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. Her research focuses on archaeological textiles and technological, social and religious aspects of textile production.Noor Mulder-Hymans is an independent scholar and classical archaeologist.

• JORDANMeinders Dijkstra and Karel Vriezen1. The Assyrian Province of Gilead and the ‘Myth of the Empty Land’Eva Kaptijn, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium2. The Late Bronze and Iron Age Cultural Landscape of the Eastern Jordan Valley: The Start of a Long TraditionGloria London, Seattle USA and Robert Schuster, University of Nebraska, USA3. Organization of Pottery Production in the Iron Age: Evidence from Tell Hesban and Tell el-UmayriNiels Groot, Utrecht, the Netherlands4. Regional Interaction in Ammon During the Iron Age IIc: An Insight into Regional Exchange Through Ceramics from the Amman Citadel and Tell Deir AllaBruce Routledge et al, University of Liverpool, UK5. A Late Iron Age I Ceramic Assemblage from Central Jordan: Integrating Form, Technology and DistributionLarry Herr, Canadian University College, Canada6. The Typology of Iron Age Cooking Pots at Tall al-?Umayri, JordanMichele Daviau, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada7. Recycling in the Ancient World: Potsherds and Mended PotsJeannette Boertien, University of Groningen, Netherlands8. Public or Domestic? Temple, Text and Textile Production at Khirbet al-Mudayna in MoabNoor Mulder, Maastricht, Netherlands9. The Bread Ovens of Khirbet Mudayna al-ThamadLucas Petit, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Netherlands10. Understanding the Pit PeopleDinie Boas, Delft, Netherlands11. Were the Casemates Ever Filled?Piotr Bienkowski, Independent Scholar, UK12. In Search of Edomite BurialsJERUSALEMKoert van Bekkum, Theological University, Netherlands13. ‘The Situation is More Complicated’: Archaeology and Text in the Historical Reconstruction of the Iron Age IIa Southern LevantZeidan Kafafi, Yarmouk University, Jordan14. Jerusalem in the Bronze and the Beginning of the Iron Ages: Biblical Narratives, Literary Sources, the Archaeological Evidence and Margreet SteinerAvraham Faust, Bar-Ilan University, Israel15. In Jerusalem’s Expansion during the Iron Age IINorma Franklin, W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research, Israel16. Dispelling the Fog Around the OphelIzaak De Hulster, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany 17. Colour Remains on Figurines from Jerusalem. Cor de Vos, WWU Münster, Germany18. Jerusalem: Why on Earth is it in Heaven?Eveline Van der Steen, University of Liverpool, UK19. Exploring Jerusalem in the 19th CenturyShimon Gibson, Charlotte University of the Holy Land, Israel20. Charles Warren’s Kidron Valley Tunnels, Bir Ayyub, and the Location of Biblical En RogelRaz Kletter, University of Helsinki, Finland21. Archaeological voices from Jerusalem

This in many ways highly significant collection, which appreciatively measures the work of the honouree, is concluded with an index of authors and biblical references.