The first volume of the final publications from the Danish-German Jerash Northwest Quarter Project has just been published. The final publications from the project will make up the most comprehensive publication series on the archaeology of Gerasa, a Decapolis city in northern Jordan, since the 1938 publication edited by C. H. Kraeling. Furthermore, they underline the ground-breaking outcomes of the high-definition and full-quantification approaches, which were implanted throughout the project and highlights in which ways classical archaeology still has much to offer to the broader humanities in terms of cultural historical insights and new angles on historical events.

The ancient city of Gerasa (modern Jerash) has long attracted attention from travellers and scholars. This is both because of the longevity of the site as well as the remarkable finds uncovered during successive phases of excavation that have taken place from 1902 onwards. Between 2011 and 2016, a Danish-German team, led by Professor Achim Lichtenberger and Professor and Centre Director Rubina Raja, focused its attention on the Northwest Quarter of Jerash – the highest point covering about 4 hectares – within the walled city.

The new publication Environmental Studies, Remote Sensing, and Modelling. Final Publications from the Danish-German Jerash Northwest Quarter Project I is the first in a series of volumes presenting the team’s final results, analysis and synthesis of the finds from these campaigns in their fullest extent.