Written by admin on July 21, 2017
Excavations at Legio
Excavation . UncategorizedThe OU students and I, along with the JVRP staff, our colleagues from SUNY Brockport, and students from other universities, recently wrapped up our part in the excavations at Legio, the castrum of Rome’s 6th Legion. The project is directed by Matthew Adams and Yotam Tepper, and you can find out more about the project
Written by admin on June 2, 2016
Returning to the Med and Reviving the Blog
UncategorizedAs is obvious, this blog has been in hiatus for a couple of years. However, even though I have not written anything here in a long time, I continue to get comments on the posts. In fact, when I was introduced as a guest speaker this spring to a group of high school students visiting
Written by admin on September 9, 2014
The Acropolis Museum
UncategorizedNow that I’m back in the States and have resumed teaching at the University of Oklahoma, I thought I would write about a few topics that occurred to me over the summer but that I did not have time to write about while abroad. The first of those topics is the new Acropolis Museum in
Written by admin on July 26, 2014
American Research Institutes
UncategorizedThis week I’ve traveled on from Istanbul to Athens, where I’m using the bibliographic resources of the American School of Classical Studies to research my next book project, which deals with changing attitudes towards the dead in late antiquity. In particular, I’m interested in the increasing presence of the dead in cities (intra-mural burial) and
Written by admin on July 18, 2014
The Theodosian Walls
UncategorizedThis week I’ve been in Istanbul. The purpose of visiting Istanbul, besides the fact that it’s a beautiful city, is to better understand the urban boundaries and the locations of churches and cemeteries of late antique Constantinople. To that end, I spent one day this week following the famous land walls of Istanbul, largely building
Written by admin on July 11, 2014
On to Jerusalem
UncategorizedLast week concluded the third week of excavation at Megiddo, at which point the OU students traveled home or to other destinations. I journeyed south to Jerusalem, via Eldan rental car (below) to pursue research on two projects. One project examines the transition to intra-mural burial in late antiquity and the middle ages. The other
Written by admin on June 29, 2014
End of Week Two
UncategorizedWeek Two at Megiddo saw continued excavation, but included some additional educational features. Megiddo is a large and complex site, and most staff and volunteers work in only one area, or part of the Tel, per season. Individual areas can be fairly large — as big as individual sites elsewhere. That means that volunteers could
Written by admin on June 21, 2014
End of Week One at Megiddo
UncategorizedThe first week of excavation has ended at Tel Megiddo, and below are images that illustrate some of the activity from the week. Excavation days begin early. The bus departs our place of residence about 4:30 so that we can be on site by 5:00 a.m., when the sun starts to rise. As seen in
Written by admin on June 16, 2014
Day One at Megiddo
UncategorizedThis week we begin excavations at Megiddo. On the first day, that involves preparing the shades for the areas to be excavated. Not all excavations put up shades for the diggers, but in Israel they are typical. The first day involves quite a bit of cleaning as well. The Megiddo excavations are bi-annual, which means
Written by admin on June 13, 2014
Jezreel Valley Regional Project Tour
UncategorizedGivat Haviva This summer I’m leading a group of University of Oklahoma students to Israel to take part in a summer archaeological program organized by the Jezreel Valley Regional Project (JVRP). OU has joined in a consortium with the JVRP to put together a program that involves a one-week study tour of archaeological
