Occident & Orient Volume 2, No. 1, June 1997 online

Inhalt

The Institute Maintains a Wide Range of Activities.
By Hans-Dieter Bienert, German Protestant Institute of Archaeology (Amman)

Gadara / Umm Qais excavations.
By: Adolf Hoffmann, Technical University of Cottbus (Germany)

New Perspectives for the Study of Petra: The Archaeological Map of the Nabataean Capital
By: Laïla Nehmé, CNRS, Paris (France)

Architectural Evidence of Neolithic Wadi Shu’eib.
By: Gary O. Rollefson, ‘Ain Ghazal Research Institute (AGRI), Ober-Ramstadt (Germany)

Umm Qais – More than Just Gadara
By: Anna-Christine Janke, Irbid (Jordan)

Update on the Petra Church Papyri.
By: Robert Daniel, American Center of Oriental Research – ACOR.

Azraq Wetlands Prehistory and Paleoenvironment Project.
By: Gary O. Rollefson, ‘Ain Ghazal Research Institute (AGRI), Ober-Ramstadt (Germany)

Kamid el-Loz in Lebanon: The resumption of work in summer 1997.
By: Marlies Heinz, University of Freiburg (Germany)

‘Ain Ez-Zara – Kallirrhoe: The thermal bath of Herod the Great.
By: Christa Clamer, Amman

Ba’ja – Investigations into one of the earliest settlements in Jordan.
By: Hans-Dieter Bienert, German Protestant Institute of Archaeology, Amman-office (DEI),
Hans Georg Gebel, Free University of Berlin (Germany)

CARCIP Launches Restoration Works in Petra.
By: Helge H. Fischer, Project Director CARCIP, Amman (Jordan)

The Madaba Mosaic Map Centenary, 1897-1997: Travelling through the Byzantine-Umayyad Period.
By: Herbert Donner, University of Kiel (Germany)

The Muslim-Christian Consultation on Religion and Secularism: A conference organized by Aal Albait Foundation, in cooperation with the Evangelical Church of Germany (EKD)
By: Claudia Schreiber, German Speaking Congregation, Amman (Jordan)

The Gebel Shara Survey: A New Approach to Petra’s Hinterland.
By: Laurent Tholbecq, Institut Français d’Archéologie du Proche-Orient (IFAPO), Amman (Jordan)

New Discoveries at Yajouz.
By: Lutfi Khalil, University of Jordan, Amman (Jordan)

A New Thamudic Inscription From Madaba.
By: Pierre M. Bikai (American Center of Oriental Research – ACOR)

Excavations at Tel el-Handaquq South
By: Meredith S. Chesson, Harvard University (USA)