Tall Zarᶜa in Jordan: Report on the sondage at Tall Zarᶜa 2001-2002 (Gadara Region Project: Tall Zarᶜa)

Product Description In 2001, the Gadara Region Project was started, and the tell in the centre of Wadi al-Arab, Tall Zarca was chosen as an initial focus of research. During previous visits to the site, it had been established that this tell had been inhabited almost continuously from the Early Bronze Age to the Late Ottoman Period. Tall Zarca is situated in the western sector of Wadi al-cArab, which runs from the Transjordanian highlands near the city of Irbid to the Jordan Valley near northern Shunah. Contents: Introduction; Sondage and Stratigraphy; Architectural Remains; The Pottery; Small Finds; Stone Artefacts; Iron Age Cooking Vessels; Tall Zarca as Gadara in the Later Bronze and Early Iron Age. About the Author Jan Dijkstra, Meindert Dijkstra, Karel J.H. Vriezen