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Sepphoris (Sippori) (All year, 5 a.m.-12
p.m.; June 12-July 17, 1987).A major city
of the Roman and Byzantineperiods, this
site features a hilltop citadel and a large
Roman reservoir and aqueduct. Getting
there: Located 4 mileswest of Nazareth on
the Accoroad;tum north at the Sipporisign
through modern village;turn right at the
Fighidi Sant Anna sign;then % mile to cattle guard on left;site is up hill.No appointment necessary for admission or guide;
accessibleby taxi;hotels and restaurants in
Nazareth. Student participants accepted.
Contact:James F. Strange, College of Arts
and Letters, Universityof South Florida,
Tampa, FL 33620 (tel) 813-974-2804.
Shiqmim (September-October 1987).
Thisis one of the largestand best-preserved
Chalcolithicvillagesin the Negev,occupied
ca. 4500-3200 b.c. Nearby museums include the Negev Museum,the Man in the
Desert Museumat TelBeer Sheva, and the
YadL'BanimMuseum.Gettingthere: Write
or call for directions.Volunteersaccepted;
minimum stay 2 weeks. Contact: Thomas
Levy, P.O. Box 19096, Jerusalem, Israel
91190 (tel) 02-288956.
Tel Dor (Allyear; July 1-August 7, 1987).
This large Mediterraneansite, a major port
city until Herod built Caesarea, was occupied from the Bronze and Iron ages,
throughthe Phoenician,Persian,Hellenistic
and Roman periods.The gate complexand
associatedpublicbuildings,a domed aqueduct and temple remains are visible.Site
museum at KibbutzNachsholim.Caesarea
and Haifa are nearby. Getting there: Located about 30 kilometersfrom Haifa via
the old highway;turn west at Hof Dor; follow signs to Dor Beach. No appointment
necessaryfor admission,but necessaryfor
guide; accessibleby bus or taxi;guesthouse
at kibbutz;many restaurants in Caesarea.
Volunteersaccepted.In the U.S.contact: H.
Neil Richardson, RICHDOR, 168 Mt. Vernon Street, Newton, MA 02160 (tel) 617332-1971. Outside the U.S. contact:
EphraimStern,Instituteof Archaeology,Hebrew University,Mt. Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel 91905. Participantsaccepted in 2 fieldschools; college credit available. ContactAndrew Stewart,Department of Historyof
Art, Universityof California,Berkeley,CA
94720 (tel) 415-642-5510; or Howard P.
Goldfried, Department of Anthropology,
CaliforniaState University,6000 "J" Street,
Sacramento, CA 95819.
Tel el Efshar (TelHefer) (June 13-August
2, 1987). This tell site is situated on the
AlexanderRiver in the center of the flood
plain on the inland ViaMaris.The superimposed levelsof earlyMiddleBronzeIIAwith
importedpottery from Syria and Egyptwill
be further investigatedthis season, hmeq
Hefer Museum in the Rupin Institute and
Ma'abarotKibbutzMuseumnearby.Getting
there: From Netanyah travel north on the
inland road to Sharon Junction just past
KibbutzMa'abarot; site is on southwest corner of junction.No appointment necessary
for admission,but necessaryfor guide; accessibleby bus from Netanyah or taxi; hotelsand restaurantsin Netanyah.Volunteers
accepted; college credit available.Contact:
Samuel M. Paley, Department of Classics,
State Universityof New York,Buffalo,NY
14260 (tel) 716-636-2154.

Tell Halif (June 21-July 31, 1987). Lo
cated on the southwestern flanks of the
Judean hills,this mound site commanded
a major route from Gaza and coastalzones
into the Hebron area, and has been continuouslyoccupied since ca. 3000 b.c. Iron
and Bronze Age fortificationsand domestic structures are visible.The Joe AlonCenter and the Bedouin Museum are nearby
Getting there: Located south of TelAvivor
Jerusalem toward Beer Sheba; turn left
about 20 kilometers north of Beer Sheba
to KibbutzLahav;site is adjacent to kibbutz.
Appointment necessaryfor admissionand
guide; accessibleby bus or taxi;accommodations in Beer Sheba. Volunteersaccepted.
Contact: Joe D. Seeger, Cobb Institute of
Archaeology,DrawerAR, MississippiState,
MS 39762 (tel) 601-325-3826.
Tell Kabri (July-August 1987). Work on
this large tell promises much information
from its many levelsof occupation,ranging
from the Neolithic, Chalcolithic, Bronze
and Iron Age periods. It may have been a
major city during 1750-1600 b.c. Getting
there: Located 5 kilometerseast of NàhaTel Ira (All year). Called "the Masada of
near KibbutzKabri in the north. No
the Iron Age in the Negev,"this fortified riyya,
appointment necessaryfor admission,but
town features a city gate and storehouse
necessary for guide (available in season
remains.It was later a Byzantinemonastery
) accessibleby bus and taxi;hotels and
only
and administrativecenter. Tel Beer Sheba,
in Naharriya; campingavailable.
restaurants
the Negev Museum at Beer Sheba and the
Volunteers accepted. In the U.S. contact:
Bedouin market are nearby. Getting there: David
Neiman,Department of Technology,
Located about 20 kilometerseast of Beer
Boston
College, Chestnut Hill,MA 02167
Sheba. Appointment necessaryfor admis- (tel) 617-552-3884
or 332-7981. Outside
sion and guide; not accessible by public
the U.S. contact: Professor Kempinsky,Tel
transportation; hotel in Beer Sheba; youth
Israel 69978.
Tel
hostel available.Contact: Itzhaq Beit-Arieh, AvivUniversity, Aviv,
Tell
Institute of Archaeology,Tel Aviv UniverQasile (All year, daily; April 26-May
30 and July 20-August 21, 1987).Founded
sity, TelAviv,Israel 69978 (tel) 420703 or
in the mid-12th century b.c.,this Philistine
420417.
in the 11th
site was
port-town
June
Tel Lachish (Allyear;
21-August 14, centuryand rebuiltindestroyed
the
Site
10th
century.
1987). One of the most important sites of
3 superand
cult
museum
objects
displays
the biblicalera in the Holy Land. Its long
imposed temples via an observationbridge.
stratigraphiesequence has revealedan Iron The
many attractionsof TelAvivare nearby.
and
and
fortifications,citygates
Age palace
there: Located near the Museum
Getting
wallsfrom the Kingdomof Judah (9th-8th
in Ramat Aviv,a northern suburb
Haaretz,
certturies b.c.), Assyrian remains and a
of TelAviv.No appointment necessaryfor
Persian temple. Hagan and Beit Guvrin
but necessaryfor guide; accessicaves nearby.Getting there: Located south- admission,
or taxi; many accommodations
ble
bus
by
west of Jerusalem, 10 kilometers east of
in TelAviv; youth hostel 2
and
restaurants
Kiryat Gat, near the village of Moshav
kilometers.Volunteersaccepted; minimum
Lachish.No appointment necessaryfor adage 18 years; minimumstay 1 week. Conmission or guide; accessible by bus from
tact: Semadar Harpazi, TellQasile ExcavaKiryatGat and by taxi.Volunteersaccepted; tions, Museum Haaretz, P.O. Box 17068,
college credit available.Contact: Song Nai
Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel 61170 (tel)
Rhee,NorthwestChristianCollege,828 East 415244.
11th Avenue,Eugene, OR 97401 (tel)503687-9456 or 343-1641.
Tel Yarmuth (July 6-August 14, 1987).
Tellel-Hammah (April27-June 12, 1987). Identifiedwith the biblicalcity of Yarmuth,
Identifiedfrom New Kingdom/LateBronze this extensivelyfortified city with a small
acropolis extended over 40 acres in the
Age Egyptiansourcesas ancientHamat,the
tell was occupied throughout the Bronze EarlyBronzeAge (ca.3200-2300 b.c.),and
and Iron Ages, servingas a link in the net- is an important example of early urbanization in Palestine.Several sites and national
workof settlementsaround Beth-Sheanand
Rehob. Well-preservedremains of wooden
parks nearby.Getting there: Located about
25 minutesfrom Jerusalem;followthe Beth
spindles,whorls,flaxthread and fabricfrom
the 10th century b.c.have been found. Get- Shemesh-Gat Govrin highwayabout 5 kilometers south of Beth Shemesh;followdirt
ting there: Located in the Jordan Valley,10
road east about llA kilometers.Appointmiles south of Beth-Shean and about 40
ment necessary for admission and guide;
miles north of Jericho; site is less than 1
mile north of MoshavMehola and is acces- bus availableto highway;accommodations
sibleby bus. Volunteersaccepted;minimum in Jerusalem; restaurantsin Beth Shemesh.
age 17 years; minimumstay 2 weeks.Con- Volunteers accepted. Contact: Pierre de
tact: Gary Lipton, Tellel-HammahArchae- Miroschedji,TelYarmuthArchaeologicalExological Project, Institute of Archaeology, pedition, Centre de Recherche Français,
HebrewUniversityof Jerusalem,Mt.Scopus, P.O. Box 547, Jerusalem, Israel91004 (tel)
972-224-8788 or 972-222-1982.
Jerusalem, Israel 91905.
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