Zeidan A Kafafi

Biographic Data

ID4124410
NAMEZeidan A Kafafi
GIVEN NAMESZeidan A
FAMILY NAMEKafafi
SIGNATUREKAFAFI Z A
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS2
AUTHOR COUNT8
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1985
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2018
H-INDEX1

  • Life and Settlements During the Iron Age in the Central Jordan Valley

    Open AccessZeidan Kafafi, Zeidan A KafafiARTICLEVicino Oriente2018

    This study aims at discussing the way of life and the settlement patterns at the Central Jordan Valley during the Iron Age. The presented informations are based on the results of surveys and excavations conducted by Jordano-Dutch teams during the last decades at the following three sites: Tell Deir ‘Alla, Tell el-Hammeh and Tell Damiyah.Generally speaking, the inhabitants of the Jordan Valley conducted during the period ranging from about 1200 to…

  • New Insights on the Copper Mines of Wadi Faynan/Jordan

    Zeidan Kafafi, Zeidan A KafafiARTICLEPalestine Exploration Quarterly2014Cited by: 1References: 1

    The article reviews archaeological surveys and excavations in the area of the Wadi Faynan, together with various dating proposals. In particular, the results so far published of the San Diego expedition under Thomas Levy and of the possible connection between Iron Age copper mining and the biblical King Solomon are considered, along with the necessity of utilizing evaluation of the material remains by conventional archaeological means (stratigrap…

  • Neither early Bronze Age Cities nor States in the south of the Levant

    Zeidan Kafafi, Zeidan A KafafiARTICLESyria2011

    Contrairement aux cultures urbaines et civilisations complexes à écriture de l’Égypte et de la Mésopotamie dans la seconde moitié du IVe millénaire, il faut attendre près de mille ans pour voir se developper l’écriture en Jordanie. Par ailleurs, alors que l’on avait jusque‐là identifié le système d’organisation politique comme celui de la Cité-État, certains chercheurs ont proposé récemment que le Levant Sud du IIIe millénaire n’ait connu ni État…

  • The Chalcolithic Period in the Golan Heights

    Zeidan Kafafi, Zeidan A KafafiARTICLEPaléorient2010References: 1

    The archaeological field work conducted in the Golan Heights proves that the region was densely occupied during the Chalcolithic period (Late 5th and Early 4th millennia BC). Some of the archaeological materials from excavations and surveys show similarities with others excavated in the surrounding areas. This presentation will discuss Chalcolithic architecture, flint industries, pottery vessels, and basalt stands and vessels. In addition, econom…

  • Henri de Contenson’s archaeological fieldwork in the Eastern part of the Jordan Valley

    Zeidan Kafafi, Zeidan A KafafiARTICLESyria2006

    Suite à la reprise de travaux à Tell esh-Shuneh esh-Shamaliyyeh (Shuneh Nord) et aux fouilles conduites sur la rive orientale du Jourdain, à Pella, Abu Hamid, Ghassul et sur la rive occidentale à Tell Tsaf, cet article se propose de revoir la périodisation des trois sites de la Vallée du Jourdain, Shuneh, Abu Habil et Tell es-Saʿidiyyeh el-Tahta sondés par H. de Contenson en 1953. Ces établissements, au vu de la céramique et de quelques rares ves…

  • Early Pottery Contexts from ʿAin Ghazal, Jordan

    Zeidan Kafafi, Zeidan A KafafiARTICLEBulletin of the American Schools…1990

    During the 1984 season of excavations at the Neolithic village of ʿAin Ghazal, the site yielded for the first time in situ pottery sherds assigned to the Late Neolithic period and ascribable to the Yarmoukian phase. This article presents a detailed study of the 1984 and 1985 excavated pottery assemblage at the south and central fields

  • "White Objects from "ʿAin Ghazāl, near Amman

    Zeidan Kafafi, Zeidan A KafafiARTICLEBulletin of the American Schools…1986

    Among the many artifacts found in several seasons of excavation at ʿAin Gh̊azāl were items designated "white ware," collected during the first season. X-ray fluorescence analysis of these wares showed them to be made primarily of limestone, with a little quartz, rather than of plaster. The samples from ʿAin Gh̊azāl are discussed in comparison with objects from the surrounding area, in terms of composition, manufacturing technique, and decoration

  • Late Neolithic architecture from Jebel Abu Thawwab, Jordan

    Zeidan Kafafi, Zeidan A KafafiARTICLEPaléorient1985Cited by: 1

    Two seasons of excavations at Jebel Abu Thawwab (Jordan), a Late Neolithic site (Yarmukian) revealed two types of structures : rectangular rooms and round structures, both stone-built