Posted in dissertation, tagged Iron Age, Jordan, plaster, Safut on June 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Area A is below B where “road construction” appears. The highway is in the lower corner to the left of ‘meters’ A good chunk is gone, but substantial part remains (1982-83 & 85) (Iron IIC/Persian).
Area B Squares 1-6 dug in 82,83. The deity was in B5 (LB/Iron I/Iron II).
Area C 1-3 in 1982, [...]
Posted in dissertation, tagged assyrian pottery, Persian period, Safut on June 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Area L was excavated during three seasons from 1997-1999. The area is located on the northeast slope of the tell and consists of a megalithic perimeter wall (running 20 m long) and large interior walls that make up several rooms. In square L1 the wall (forming a corner) was excavated to the bottom, exposing over [...]
Posted in dissertation, tagged Andrews University, Safut on June 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here is the Tall Safut material, nestled into its new shelves.
Posted in Uncategorized on June 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Apologies for not updating the blog this week. After getting back with the Safut material, I came down with a bad cold and have been out of comission since. Tomorrow I hope to post something on Area L.
Posted in dissertation on June 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Safut material now has a new home, in the Andrews University, Institute of Archaeology building. And I am resting after a long day of driving and unpacking the material.
Posted in Israel archaeology, tagged Eric Cline, Megiddo on June 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I find it somewhat humorous that over at the DigMegiddo blog there are 10 females bloggers and only 2 males (including Eric Cline one of the directors). Anyways, its a great thing they are doing, giving everyone a solid understanding of what it’s like to excavate.
Posted in dissertation, tagged Jordan archaeology, Safut on June 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A reader, John McBryde, dug at the site of Safut in ‘97 and wanted an update on his area. So this gave me an idea to weekly give a brief summary of each area, significant finds, and current pictures from my trip in April. First up will be area L, since this is where John [...]
Posted in politics, tagged libertarians, new republic, obama on June 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Interesting article on conservatives and libertarians in support of Barack for president.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Lake Michigan, Perry Hotel, Petoskey, sunset on June 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Last weekend Angela and I went to a wedding in Petoskey, MI held at the same place we had our reception. The sunset was spectacular as usual and was a nice reminder of our wedding one year ago from Sunday.
Posted in Sports, tagged Dick Bavetta, NBA playoffs, Tim Donaghy on June 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I guess Donaghy, the NBA referee who confessed to gambling on games he reffed in, needs some kind of info to get his sentence reduced. But as this Sports Guy column proves, everyone knows Bavetta is at the very least incompetent. So basically he is easy pickings for a scumbag like Donaghy
