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Dothan and Gitin’s “Ekron,” Scheuer’s “Phoenicians” Named Best BAR Articles

Trude Dothan and Seymour Gitin’s pair of articles on “Ekron of the Philistines” (“Part I: Where They Came From, How They Settled Down and the Place They Worshipped In,” BAR 16:01, and “Part II: Olive-Oil Suppliers to the World,” BAR 16:02) will share the Fellner Award for the best BAR article of 1990. The award, the fourth in a continuing series, carries a $500 prize. A second prize of $250 will go to Joan Scheuer for “Searching for the Phoenicians in Sardinia,” BAR 16:01.

The judges were John Laughlin, professor of religion and department chair at Averett College, and Norma Kershaw, a member of BAR’s Editorial Advisory Board and honorary trustee of the American Schools of Oriental Research.