BRAP Bibliography

Here is a list of publications related to Khirbat al-Baluʿa or the Karak region.

Publications by the BRAP or its affiliates:

• 2024. C. W. Tyson. "Into the Heart of Moab: Excavations at Khirbet al-Balu'a." Pp. 41-47 in Biblical Archaeology Review Summer 2024.
• 2023. K. Bramlett, M. Roddy, C. Tyson, and F. Ninow. “The Qasr at Balu’a” pp. 923-942 in “And in Length of Days Understanding” (Job 12:12): Essays on Archaeology in the Eastern Mediterranean and Beyond in Honor of Thomas E. Levy. Edited by E. Ben-Yosef and I.W.N. Jones. Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology. Cham, Switzerland: Springer.
• 2022. M.D. Roddy, K. Bramlett, and F. Ninow. “Balu’a Regional Archaeological Project” pp. 1-3 in Archaeology in Jordan 3: 2020-2021 Seasons. Amman (Jordan): ACOR. (Link: https://publications.acorjordan.org/volumes/archaeology-in-jordan-3-2020-2021-the-pandemic-volume-2022/)
• 2020. K. Bramlett, M.D. Vincent, and F. Ninow. “Khirbet al-Balu’a” pp. 119-121 in Archaeology in Jordan 2: 2018-2019. Amman (Jordan): ACOR. 2020. (Link: https://publications.acorjordan.org/volumes/archaeology-in-jordan-2-2018-2019/)
• 2019. C. W. Tyson and F. Ninow. "A Basalt Volute Capital Fragment from el-Baluʿ, Jordan. Pp. 158-167 in Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins 135:2.
• 2018. K. Bramlett, M. D. Vincent, and F. Ninow. “Khirbat al-Baluʿa.” Pp. 61-61 in Archaeology in Jordan Newsletter: 2016 and 2017 Seasons. ACOR: Amman, Jordan. (Link: https://www.acorjordan.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/AIJ-2016-2017-High-Res.pdf)
• 2018. K. Bramlett, M. D. Vincent, and F. Ninow. “Baluʿa 2017.” Institute of Archaeology, Siegfried H. Horn Archaeology Museum Newsletter 39: 1-3. (Link: https://andrewsarchaeology.files.wordpress.com/2019/01/newsletter-39.1.pdf)
• 2014. M. D. Vincent, M. L. Vincent, and F. Ninow. “Balu’a Regional Archaeology Project.” Pp. 649-650 in Corbett, J. et al. eds. “Archaeology in Jordan, 2012-2013 Seasons.” American Journal of Archaeology 118(4): 627-676. (Link: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3764/aja.118.4.0627)

Publications about Khirbat al-Baluʿa:

• ND. U. Worschech. “Egyptian Scarabs Found at el-Balu’” in Occident & Orient: Newsletter of the German Protestant Institute of Archaeology in Amman 7. (Link: http://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/propylaeumdok/163/1/2002_Vol07_No02.pdf)
• 2008. F. Ninow. “Khirbat al Balu’ Excavation Project 2008.” Munjazat 9: 86-87. (Link: http://publication.doa.gov.jo/uploads/publications/94/Munjazāt_2008-1-188.pdf)
• 2006. U. Worschech. “An Inscription from al-Balu’ (Ard al-Karak).” Annual of the Department of Antqituies of Jordan 50: 99-106. (Link: http://publication.doa.gov.jo/Publications/ViewChapterPublic/1710)
• 2000. U. Worschech. “Rectangular Profiled Rims from el-Balua’: Indicators of Moabite Occupation?” Pp. 520-524 in L. Stager, J. Greene, and M. Coogan, eds., The Archaeology of Jordan and Beyond: Essays in Honor of James A. Sauer. Studies in the Archaeology and History of the Levant 1. Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns.
• 1997. U. Worschech. “Balu’.” Pp. 269-270 in E. Meyers, ed. The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East. Volume 1: ABBA-CHUE. New York: Oxford University Press. (Link: https://oi-idb.uchicago.edu/id/d47bb82a-174a-41e7-9f7a-0480338bfb3b)
• 1995. U. Worschech. “City Planning and Architecture at the Iron Age City of al-Balu’ in Central Jordan.” Studies in the History and Archaeology of Jordan V: 145-149. (Link: http://publication.doa.gov.jo/Publications/ViewChapterPublic/670)
• 1992. U. Worschech. “El-Balu’: A Moabite City in Central Jordan.” Pp. 9-17 in S. Kerner, ed. The Near East in Antiquity: German Contributions to the Archaeology of Jordan, Palestine, Syria, Lebanon and Egypt, Volume III. Amman: Goethe-Institut, German Protestant Insitute for Arcaheology, Al Kutba. (Link: https://oi-idb.uchicago.edu/id/eb16b1e9-9244-4807-86cc-d5cdbfdf9ddf)
• 1992. U. Worschech and F. Ninow. “Preliminary Report on the Third Campaign at the Ancient Site of el-Balu’ in (1991).” Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 36: 167-174. (Link: http://publication.doa.gov.jo/Publications/ViewChapterPublic/1617)
• 1991. U. Worschech. “Eine keilalphabetische Inschrift von el-Balu?” Ugarit Forschungen 23: 395-400. (Link: https://oi-idb.uchicago.edu/id/25720562-abd7-4e27-a645-e3516f8e9b2a)
• 1990. U. Worschech. “Ergebnisse der Grabungen in el-Balu’ 1987: Ein Vorberichte.” Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins 106. (Link: https://www.jstor.org/stable/27931388)
• 1989. U. Worschech. “Preliminary Report on the Second Campaign at the Ancient Site of el-Balu’ in 1987.” Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan33: 111-121. (Link: http://publication.doa.gov.jo/Publications/ViewChapterPublic/2052)
• 1988. F. Zayadine and U. Worschech. “Khirbet el-Balu’ (1986-1987).” Syria: 415-419. (Link: https://www.jstor.org/stable/4198734)
• 1986. U. Worschech, U. Rosenthal, and F. Zayadine. “The Fourth Survey Season in the North-West Ard el-Kerak, and Soundings at Balu’ 1986.” Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 30: 285-310. (Link: http://publication.doa.gov.jo/Publications/ViewChapterPublic/2181)

Other publications related to Khirbat al-Baluʿa:

• 2020. A. Dolan and S. Edwards. "Preference for Periphery? Cultural Interchange and Trade Routes along the Boundaries of Late Iron Age Moab." Palestine Exploration Quarterly 152 (1): 53-72.
• 2009. B. Routledge and C. Routledge. “The Balu’a Stela Revisited.” Pp. 71-95 in P. Bienkowski, ed. Studies on Iron Age Moab and Neighbouring Areas in Honour of Michèle Daviau. Ancient Near Eastern Studies Supplement 29. Lueven: Peeters. (Link: https://www.academia.edu/5257612/The_Balua_stela_revisited)
• ND. U. Worschech. “A Summary of Moab, Moabite Place Names and Moabite kIngs in Egyptian and Assyro-Babylonian Inscriptions” in Occident & Orient: Newsletter of the German Protestant Institute of Archaeology in Amman 8. (Link: http://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/propylaeumdok/165/1/2003_Vol08_No02.pdf)
• 2009. U. Worschech. “Environment and Settlements in the Ard al-Karak: Remarks on the Socioecological and Socio-economic Conditions in the Iron Age.” PP. 47-70 in P. Bienkowski, ed. Studies on Iron Age Moab and Neighbouring Areas in Honour of Michèle Daviau. Ancient Near Eastern Studies Supplement 29. Lueven: Peeters. (Link: https://oi-idb.uchicago.edu/id/e4c2314b-11b5-49ca-a629-0cfd53c18410)
• 2009. F. Ninow. “Crossroad and Sites at the Northern Edge of the Northern Edge of the Central Moabite Plateau.” Studies in the History and Archaeology of Jordan X: 633-640. (Link: http://publication.doa.gov.jo/Publications/ViewChapterPublic/217)
• 2003. U. Worschech. A Burial Cave at Umm Dimis North of el-Balua’. Beiträge zur Erforschung der antiken Moabitis (Ard el-Kerak), Band 3. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.