Archaeology in the land of "tells and ruins" : a history of excavations in the Holy Land inspired by the photographs and accounts of Leo Boer /
edited by Bart Wagemakers.
- Oxford ; Havertown, PA : Oxbow Books, (c)2014.
- 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographies and index.
List of contributors -- Preface / A chance meeting in a museum / Chronological table -- Leo Boer, a Dutch student in the Near East (1953-1954) / One hundred and fifty years of excavating Jerusalem / An archaeological historiography of Khirbet et-Tell and the ongoing search for the Biblical city of [.i] / A visitor at Samaria and Sebaste / Israelite Samaria : head of Ephraim and Jerusalem's elder sister / Archaeological campaigns at Shechem (1913-1973) / Tell Balata Archaeological Park project : fieldwork in 2010-2011 / Heritage management at Tell Balata / The archaeological expeditions to Tell es-Sultan (1868-2012) / I.W. Cornwall at Tell es-Sultan : pioneer in archaeothanatology / The archaeology of Khirbet Qumran / Qumran archaeology and science : a trans-disciplinary combination that bore fruit / The archaeology of Caesarea Maritima / A visit to Tel Megiddo in the spring of 1954 / A note on Boer's visit to the Roman city of Bet She'an / The Roman theatre at Nysa-Scythopolis (Bet She'an) / The history of the excavations at Tel Bet She'an and the regional surveys of the Bet She'an Valley / Appendix: List of photographs from the Leo Boer archive. Jürgen Zangenberg -- Bart Wagemakers -- Bart Wagemakers -- Margreet L. Steiner -- Lucas P. Petit -- Shimon Gibson -- Ron E. Tappy -- Edward F. Campbell, Jr -- Gerrit van der Kooij and Hamdan Taha -- Monique H. van den Dries -- Maura Sala -- Fanny Bocquentin and Bart Wagemakers -- Joan E. Taylor -- Jan Gunneweg -- Kenneth G. Holum -- Norma Franklin -- Yoram Tsafrir and Benjamin Arubas -- Gabriel Mazor and Walid Atrash -- Nava Panitz-Cohen --
"Recently, a travel account and 700 photographs came to light by the hand of Leo Boer, a former student of the École Biblique et Archéologique Française in Jerusalem who, at the age of 26 in 1953-4 visited many archaeological sites in the area of present-day Israel and the Palestinian Territories. This unique collection of images and essays offers to scholars working in the region previously unpublished materials and interpretations as well as new photographs. For students of archaeology, ancient or Biblical history and theology it contains both a detailed archaeological historiography and explores some highly relevant, specific themes. Finally, the superb quality of Boer's photography provides an unprecedented insight into the archaeological landscape of post-war Palestine for anyone interested in Biblical history and archaeology"--Provided by publisher.