Biblical Archaeology Review, January/February 1985
Special Section
Excavation Opportunities 1985
Doings at Digs
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From taking the first level to dumping the final load of debris, volunteers contribute hours of labor for every important find. Taking a Level Sifting Protecting a Fragile Find Dumping Debris Tracing a Floor Making Notes Raising a TowerExcavation Opportunities 1985
Wanted: Volunteers
Choose your site, your dates and your historical period
Do you want to do more than just read about the archaeology of the Holy Land? Do the pictures in BAR make you wish you had a trowel and a brush and a chance to expose a pot, a wall or an inscribed sherd that’s been buried...Excavation Opportunities 1985
Excavation Tactics and Strategy
Looking at a dig from a director’s viewpoint
BAR’s January/February issue traditionally contains a catalogue of exciting opportunities for inexperienced as well as experienced volunteers who want to participate in archaeological excavations. An article describing a volunteer’s experience on a dig is usually part of that annual BAR tradition.a This year, however, we’re going to...Excavation Opportunities 1985
Strange’s Laws of Archaeological Excavation
New evidence for Murphy’s Law—if something can go wrong, it will
Laws In Tell Archaeology 1. No matter where you sink the first square,a you will find a Turkish toilet. 2. If three Ph.D.s with 39 years of field experience among them lay out the grid, it will later turn out to be irretrievably in error. Corollary: The...