The archive of the Tell Deir Alla project originates from the archaeological excavations in the East Jordan Valley from 1960-2009. By organisation and goals it should be divided in three sub-projects.
The neighbouring Tell Hammeh (subproject C), with its very early iron production, was part of the project from1996-2009.
It should be noted that the excavations not only had a scholarly goal but were also set up to train DoA-staff and students from mainly Dutch and Jordanian universities (especially LU and YU).