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or guide; public transportation available; no accommodations nearby. Directions: located 30 kilometers south
of Gaza; go to town center of Deir el
Balah, ask police post for directions to
site. Contact: Trude Dothan, Institute
of Archaeology, Hebrew University,
Jerusalem, Israel (tel) 882-404.
Lachish (Open June 15-August 8,
1980): Excavation of major site dating
fromthe Bronze Age and IronAge with
Judaean structures and fortifications.
No appointment necessary for admission; accessible by public transportation; no accommodations nearby. Directions: bus from KiryatGat, or car to
site, southwest of Jerusalem. Contact:
Song Nai Rhee, Northwest Christian
College, 11th and Alder Streets,
Eugene, OR 97401 or David Ussishkin, Institute of Archaeology, Tel
Aviv University,Tel Aviv, Israel.
Shikmona (Open August 1980): A
Byzantine town and architectural remains from the age of King Solomon
and KingAhab. Onsite museum open
daily 10 a.m.-5 p.m. No appointment
necessary for admission; no guide
available; accessible by bus; hotel,
motel and camping nearby. Directions:
located in Haifaon the coast at the foot
of the promontory of Mount Carmel.
Contact: Joseph Elgavish, P.O.B.
4811, Haifa, Israel.
Tel Anafa (Open June 8-August 1,
1980): Standing walls and remains of
Hellenistic and Roman buildings dating from 150 b.c. to the first century
after Christ. Museum at Kibbutz
Shamir by appointment only with
Moshe Kagar. No appointment necessary for admission or guide; accessible
by taxi from Qiryat Schemona; hotel
and guest houses nearby. Directions:
by car from Qiryat Schemona toward
KibbutzShamir, visible in cotton fields
two kilometers past entrance to Kibbutz Amir.Contact: Saul S. Weinberg
or Sharon Herbert, Kelsey Museum,
Universityof Michigan,Ann Arbor, Ml
48109 or Tel Hai Hostel, Upper
Galilee, Israel.
Tel Aphek-Antipatris (Open June
15-August 8, 1980): Site dating from
the Late Bronze Age to the Roman
period with remains of Canaanite
palace, extensive Roman ruins including main road, forum and shops
and remains of a 16th-century Turkish
fortress. Site museum at Petah Tiqvah.
Appointmentnecessary for admission
and guide; accessible by public transportation; nearby hotel at Petah Tiqvah. 'Izbet-Sartah site in close proximity.Directions:located three kilometers
east of Petah Tiqvah; by bus from
Jerusalem, get off at Rosh Ha'ayin,
turn left after passing Kibbutz GivatHashlosha. Contact: Donald Hobson,
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Box 14, Allegheny College, Meadville,
PA 16335 (tel) 814-724-2368.
Tel Dalit (Open May 15-June 15,
1980): Early Bronze Age site with ancient fortifications. No appointment
necessary for admission or guide; not
accessible by publictransportation; no
nearby accommodations. AphekAntipatris site in close proximity. Directions: five miles east of Ben Gurion
Airport, just off the road going east
from Bet Nehemyah. Contact: Bruce
Cresson, Institute for Archaeological
Studies, Baylor University,Waco, TX
76703 before May or during excavation Box 49, Rosh Ha'ayin, Israel.
Tel Dan (Open all year): Major site
dating to the second millennium b.c.
with remains of Canaanite ramparts,
Bronze Age tomb with Mycenaean imports, open sanctuary and Roman
fountain house. Site museum at Beit
Ussishkin, Kibbutz Dan. No appointment necessary for admission; no
guide available; accessible by public
transportation; hostel and camping
nearby. Hatzor site in close proximity.
Directions: take bus from Kiryat
Shimona. Contact: Avraham Biran,
Hebrew Union College, P.O. Box
4506, Jerusalem, Israel.
Tel-el-Efshar (Open June 27-August
12, 1980): Extensive excavation reveals Chalcolithic tombs, Middle
Bronze and Iron Age settlements, and
stone architecture dating to the Late
Roman and Early Byzantine periods.
Museums in nearby KibbutzMa'abarot
and Ruppin Agricultural College by
appointment only. No appointment
necessary for admission or guide; accessible by bus; resort hotels in
Nethanyah and Caesarea nearby. Directions: from Tel Aviv, coastal highway north to Nethanyah Junction, east
to Hasharon Junction, north on inner
highwayto entrance of KfarVitkin;site
is in southwest corner by bus stop.
Contact: Samuel M. Paley, Department of Classics, SUNY-Buffalo,Buffalo, NY 14260 (tel) 716-636-2154.
Tell Halif (Open June 15-July 25,
1980): Excavation of site ranging in
date from Early Bronze Age to Late
Arabic period with Early Bronze Age
fortifications, Iron Age tombs, houses
and fortificationsand Late Arabiccave
complexes. Site artifacts displayed in
onsite Joe Allon Center, open by appointment. Appointment preferred for
admission and necessary for guide;
accessible by public transportation;
accommodations in Beersheva. Directions: located 20 kilometers north of
Beersheba, go to Kibbutz Lahav and
ask for camp director. Contact: Joe D.
Seger, CBA 304, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE 68182
(tel) 402-554-2628.

Tell Massos (Open July-August
1980): Archaeological site in the
Negev being excavated in a salvage
operation in the face of Israeli border
changes. No appointment necessary
for admission or guide; public transportation available; accommodations
in Beersheva about 15 kilometerswest
of site. Other sites in vicinityincludeTel
Sheva and Arad. Contact: Aaron Kempinski, Tel AvivUniversity,Institute of
Archaeology, Ramat Aviv, Israel.
Tel Michal (Open June 29-August 22,
1980): Excavation of site dating from
Middle Bronze Age to the Hellenistic
period with major settlement duringthe
IronAge and Persian periods. IronAge
cultic worship center of the ninth to
eighth centuries B.c., Persian wine
press dating to the fourth century b.c.
and a Herodian watchtower/fortress
are main points of interest. No appointment necessary for admission or
guide; accessible by publictransportation; hotel nearby. Arsof-Apollonia,Tel
Aphek, Tel Poleg and Tel Qasile sites
in close proximity.Directions: located
nine kilometers north of Tel Aviv in
seacost community of Herzliya
Pituach; by car from Tel Aviv, along
Derekh Haifato the intersection for Akkadia Hotel, Herzliya,turn leftto public
beach parking area. Contact: Fred
Brandfon, Department of Religion,
Central Michigan University, Mount
Pleasant, Ml48859, or Steven Derfler,
Department of Religion, Hamline University, St. Paul, MN 55104.

Italy

Capalbaiccio (Open July 1980):
Well-preserved Mediaeval walls and
interior buildings overlook the Cosa
area. Appointment recommended for
site and guide; not accessible by public
transportation; hotel within ten
kilometers of site. Roman city of Cosa
nearby. For directions and details
contact: Stephen L. Dyson, Wesleyan
University,Middletown,CT 06457 (tel)
203-349-8653.
Castellazzo (Open Summer 1980):
Located in Sicily, this site offers architecture from the Bronze Age, Classical and Mediaeval periods. Onsite
museum open by appointment only.
Appointment necessary for admission
and guide; accessible by bus; no accommodations nearby. Directions:
from Palermo, take bus (two hour trip)
to Poggioreale. Other sites located in
nearby Segesta, Selinus. Contact: Alcontinuedon page 68

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