Final publication of the excavations and surveys between 2001 and 2011

The results of the excavations at Tall Zira'a (2003–2011) and of the surveys are published in english on this site.

We started with Volume 1 in 2017 - and finished with Volume 10 in 2024




Volume 1: Introduction

Aims of the ‘Gadara Region Project’;
Tall Zirā‘a and the Wādī al-‘Arab;
Research History of Tall Zirā‘a;
the 2001 Tall Zirā‘a Survey;
Scientific Methods;
Framework of Archaeological Work on Tall Zirā‘a.

ISBN: 978-3-579-08290-5

Volume 2: Early and Middle Bronze Age

Early Bronze Age I–III (3600–2300 BC),
Intermediate Period: (2300–1950 BC),
Middle Bronze Age II (1950–1550 BC),
Typology of Cooking Pots from the Early to the Middle Bronze Age,
Faunal Remains from Tall Zirā'a.

ISBN: 978-3-579-08291-2

Volume 3: Late Bronze Age

The Transition from Middle to Late Bronze Age
The Late Bronze Age
Faunal Remains – Part II

ISBN: 978-3-579-08292-9

Volume 4: Iron Age

The Transition from Bronze Age to Iron Age
Iron Age I and II
The Persian Period
Typology of Cooking Pots from the Iron Age

ISBN: 978-3-579-08293-6

Volume 5: Hellenistic to Roman Period

Historical Information and Periodisation
Stratum 8: Hellenistic Period
Stratum 7c, 7b, 7a: Early Roman Period
Stratum 6c, 6b, 6a: (Early) Roman Period

ISBN: 978-3-641-32882-5


Volume 6: Hellenistic to Umayyad Period

The Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine Pottery;
The Hellenistic to Umayyad Glass Finds;
The Hellenistic to Islamic Metal Finds.

ISBN: 978-3-579-08295-0


Volume 7: Byzantine to Umayyad Period

The Late Roman and Early Byzantine Periods
The Late Byzantine Period
The Early Islamic and Umayyad Periods

[Strata 5 to 3)

ISBN: 978-3-579-08296-7



Volume 8: Wādī al-̒Arab Survey

Historical Surveys Review;
Survey Findings 2009 - 2011

ISBN: 978-3-579-08297-4




Monographs




Volume 9: The 2018 and 2019 Excavation Seasons

The Iron Age, Hellenistic and Early Roman Period in Area II

ISBN: 978-3-579-08298-1




Volume 10: The Chalkstone Vessels of the Early Roman Period

Their Contexts and Implications
Purity Concerns in the Early Jewish Diaspora during the Second Temple Period


ISBN 978-3-579-08300-1


Project Partners

Biblical Archaeological Institute Wuppertal   (BAI
German Protestant Institute of Archaeology (GPIA)

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Patronage

His Royal Highness Prince El Hassan bin Talal  took up the patronage of this project as a representative of the royal house.

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Friends and Donors

  • Freundeskreis des BAI Wuppertal
  • Gerda Henkel-Stiftung, Wuppertal
  • Deutsches Archäologisches Institut

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Cooperations

We cooperate closely with many universities, institutes and companies.

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