OCCIDENT & ORIENT: Newsletter of the German Protestant Institute of Archaeology in Amman (Volume 1, No. 1, June 1996)

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The Institute: History, Activities, Facilities By: Hans-Dieter Bienert, German Protestant Institute (Amman) Preliminary report for the 1996 spring season in Gadara / Umm Qais carried out by the German Archaeological Institute (DAI) Berlin in cooperation with the Technical University of Cottbus. By: Adolf Hoffmann, Technical University Cottbus (Germany), Günther Schauerte, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Germany) German Government supports establishment of a Jordanian Conservation and Restoration Center in Petra (CARCIP) through long-term GTZ project. By: Helge H. Fischer, Project Director of CARCIP Preliminary Remarks on the Water Supplies of Early Bronze Age Towns in the Southern Levant. By: Hermann Genz, University of Tübingen (Germany) Excavations at Abu Snesleh 1990 and 1992: Preparation of final report – Stratigraphy and Architecture. By: Roland Lamprichs, University of Freiburg (Germany) Jerash Cathedral Project. By: Carola Jäggi, University of Basel (Switzerland) Something unusual at the Institute: A Historian Looking After the Investment Climate in Jordan. By: Friedrich C. von Heyl, Munich (German) After eight years: Preparing the second Volume of the Prehistory of Jordan. By: H. G. Gebel, Free University of Berlin (Germany) Petra Church Papyri. By: Pierre M. Bikai, American Center of Oriental Research (ACOR), Amman, Jordan. South Cemetery Excavation at Wadi Faynan. By: Alison McQuitty, British Institute at Amman for Archaeology and History (BIAAH)