Sacred and sweet : studies on the material culture of Tell Deir ʻAlla and Tell Abu Sarbut / edited by Margreet L. Steiner and Eveline J. van der Steen.

Dedicated to the memory of Henk Franken. Includes the last article he wrote before his death, along with a bibliography of his works.

Includes bibliographical references.

Foreword / Eveline J. Van der Steen and Margreet L. Steiner -- Henk Franken and the study of pottery / Abraham Van As and Gloria A. London -- Bibliography / H.J. Franken -- Introduction : Tell Deir 'Alla in the Late Bronze and Iron Ages / Eveline J. Van der Steen -- Deir 'Alla and its religion / Hendricus J. Franken -- Dots close together on a map : Mycenaean pottery in the Jordan valley / Gert Jan van Wijngaarden -- Tell Deir 'Alla : the newcomers of the Early Iron Age / Eveline J. Van der Steen -- A possible explanation for the stratigraphic and ceramic changes at Tell Deir 'Alla during the transition from the Late Bronze Age to the Early Iron Age / Anthony J. Frendo -- A walk through the Wadi Zerqa / Eveline J. Van der Steen -- Unravelling the threads : textiles and shrines in the Iron Age / Jeannette H. Boertien -- Introduction : the Deir 'Alla region in the Islamic periods / Margreet L. Steiner -- Tell Abu Sarbut : the occupation of a rural site in the Ayyubid / Mamluk periods / Margreet L. Steiner -- Archaeo-botanical report of the excavations of Tell Abu Sarbut / Ellis Grootveld -- The bread ovens of Tell Abu Sarbut / Noor Mulder-Hijmans -- An analysis of the Islamic glass bracelets found at Tell Abu Sarbut / Margreet L. Steiner -- The small objects from the Islamic cemetery of Tell Deir 'Alla / Cornelia Franken-Burggraaff.