FIELD SCHOOL

Tel Akko Field School: 2017
Daily Schedule and General Lectures
Excavation meal times (Monday – Thursday):
5:00 AM “first breakfast”
8:30 AM “tell breakfast”
1:15 PM lunch
7:00 PM dinner
Weekends (Friday night – Sunday) may vary (see schedule and as per announcements)
Departure for the tell: 5:30 AM (sharp)
Week 1:
Sunday July 16th: Arrival
8:00 PM: Dinner
Monday July 17th:
8:00 AM: Breakfast
9:00 AM – 11:00 AM: Lectures (Rahav Auditorium)
9:00 – 9:15 Welcome and Introduction (Ann Killebrew and Tammi Schneider)
9:15 – 9:30 General information (Rahel Merhav)
9:30 – 10:45 Ancient Near East History as Context to the History of Israel (Tammi Schneider)
Introductory Tour of Akko:
11:00 AM – 1:00 PM Tour of the Old City (Gary Gilbert) (meet at north gate at 11:15)
1:15 PM: Lunch
2:00 – 3:00 PM: Staff meeting (Dakar)
4:30 – 7:00 PM: Lecture (Rahav Auditorium)
4:30 – 5:30 Introduction to Tel Akko (Ann E. Killebrew)
5:30 – 6:30 Archaeological Excavation 101: The Basics (Nicholaus Pumphrey)
6:30 – 7:00 Nautical College Welcome (Reuven Wagner)
7:00 PM: Dinner
Tuesday July 18th:
5:30 – 12:30 PM: Tour of Tel Akko (Michal Artzy); Clean-up; first day of field work
2:00 – 3:00 PM: Staff meeting
4:00 – 5:15 PM: GIS Lecture (Dakar):
Introduction to GIS (Jane Skinner)
4:00 – 5:15: Pottery Lab:
Introduction to Pottery Part I (Pottery Compound) (Jolanta Mlynarczyk, Martha Risser and Rachel Ben-Dov)
5:30 – 6:30 PM: General Lecture (Rahav Auditorium):
Community Outreach and Archaeology (Evan Taylor)
7:30 – 10:00 PM: Welcoming Party at Life Beach.
Departure from dining hall
Wednesday July 19th:
5:30 – 12:30 PM: Cleaning of tell
9:00 – 12:30 PM: Youth and Community Conservation Program (Evan Taylor, Elena Sesma and Ornit Babani-Schnecke)
4:00 – 5:15 PM: Pottery Lab:
Introduction to Pottery Part II (Pottery Compound) (Jolanta Mlynarczyk, Martha Risser and Rachel Ben-Dov)
5:30 – 7:00 PM: General Lecture (Rahav Auditorium)
Bronze and Iron Age Palestine (Ann E. Killebrew)
Thursday July 20th:
5:30 – 12:30 PM: Excavation and Survey
4:00 – 5:00 PM: General Lecture (Rahav Auditorium)
Persian and Hellenistic Palestine (Martha Risser)
5:00 – 6:00 PM: GIS Lecture (Dakar):
Introduction to GIS Part II (Jane Skinner)
5:00 – 7:00 PM: Pottery and Heavy Fraction Lab
Friday July 21st:
5:30 – 12:30 PM: Excavation and Survey
4:00 – 5:00 PM: General Lecture (Rahav Auditorium)
Roman and Byzantine Palestine (Martha Risser)
5:00 – 6:45 PM: Pottery, Archaeozoology, Archaeobotany and Heavy Fraction Lab
7:00 PM: Dinner
Saturday July 22nd:
Breakfast: 7:30 AM
Lunch: 12:00 PM
Dinner: 7:00 PM
8:00 AM – 6:30 PM: Tour of Galilee (Gary Gilbert)
Week 2:
Sunday July 23rd:
Breakfast: 7:30 AM
Lunch: 1:15 PM
Dinner: 7:00 PM
9:00 – 12:30 PM (Departure from north gate: 8:30):
Youth outreach program with Evan Taylor, Elena Sesma and Ornit Babani-Schnecke)
9:00 – 12:30 PM Pottery, Archaeozoology, Archaeobotany and Heavy Fraction Lab
4:00 – 5:00 PM: General Lecture (Rahav Auditorium)
5:00 – 6:00 PM: GIS Lecture (Dakar):
Georeferencing (Part II) (Jane Skinner)
5:00 – 7:00 PM: Pottery, Archaeozoology, Archaeobotany and Heavy Fraction Lab
Monday July 24th:
5:30 – 12:30 PM: Excavation, Survey and Youth Outreach Program
2:00 – 4:00 PM: Staff meeting
4:00 – 5:00 PM: General Lecture (Rahav)
Crusader Akko (Dani Syon)
Tuesday July 25th:
5:30 – 12:30 PM: Excavation, Survey and Youth Outreach Program
4:00 – 5:00 PM: General Lecture (Rahav Auditorium):
Christians and Muslims: 9th Century CE to the Crusades (Lori Anne Ferrell)
5:00 – 6:00 PM: GIS Lecture (Dakar):
Digitization (Jane Skinner)
5:00 – 7:00 PM: Pottery, Archaeozoology, Archaeobotany and Heavy Fraction Lab
Wednesday July 26th:
5:30 – 12:30 PM: Excavation, Survey and Youth Outreach Program
4:00 – 5:00 PM: General Lecture (Rahav Auditorium)
History of Conservation in Akko (Shelley-Anne Peleg)
5:00 – 7:00 PM: Pottery, Archaeozoology, Archaeobotany and Heavy Fraction Lab
Thursday July 27th:
5:30 – 12:30 PM: Excavation, Survey and Youth Outreach Program
4:00 – 5:00 PM: General Lecture (Rahav Auditorium)
Introduction to Archaeozoology (Emily Holt)
5:00 – 7:00 PM: GIS Course (Dakar)
Digitization (Cont.) and Quiz Review (Jane Skinner)
5:00 – 7:00 PM: Pottery, Archaeozoology, Archaeobotany and Heavy Fraction Lab
Friday July 28th:
5:30 – 12:30 PM: Excavation and Survey
3:30 – 4:00 PM: GIS Quiz
4:00 – 5:00 PM: General Lecture (Rahav Auditorium)
3D Documentation and Photogrammetry at Tel Akko (Jamie Quartermaine and AJ Tessner Risser)
5:00 – 6:45 PM: Pottery, Archaeozoology, Archaeobotany and Heavy Fraction Lab
5:00 – 6:45 PM: General Lecture (Rahav Auditorium):
Israeli Nationalism and the Development of the Ideology of a Jewish State (Gary Gilbert)
Dinner: 7:00 PM
Week 3:
Saturday July 29th:
Breakfast: 7:30 AM
Lunch: 12:00 PM
Dinner: 7:00 PM
8:00 AM: Trip to Caesarea and the Environs (Martha Risser)
Sunday July 30th:
Breakfast: 7:30 AM
Lunch: 1:15 PM
Dinner: 7:00 PM
8:15 – 12:00 PM: Tour of Akko (Departure from North Gate: 8:15)
Crusader Akko (Eliezer Stern)
4:00 – 5:00 PM: General Lecture (Rahav Auditorium)
Introduction to Archaeobotany and its Implications for Tel Akko (Melissa Rosenzweig)
5:00 – 7:00 PM: Pottery, Archaeozoology, Archaeobotany and Heavy Fraction Lab
Monday July 31st:
5:30 – 12:30 PM: Excavation, Survey and Community Outreach Project
2:00 – 4:00 PM: Staff meeting
4:00 – 5:45 PM: General Lecture (Rahav Auditorium)
To Whom Does Akko Belong? Four Different Points of View (Shelley-Anne Peleg, Meir Davidson, Sabba Sayed and a local resident)
5:45 – 7:00 PM: GIS Lecture (Dakar):
Managing Archaeological Data (Jane Skinner)
5:45 – 7:00 PM: Pottery, Archaeozoology, Archaeobotany and Heavy Fraction Lab
Tuesday August 1st:
5:30 – 12:30 PM: Excavation, Survey and Community Outreach Project
4:00 PM: General Lecture (Rahav Auditorium):
Management of Heritage in Israel (Raanan Kislev)
5:00 – 7:00 PM: Pottery, Archaeozoology, Archaeobotany and Heavy Fraction Lab
Wednesday August 2nd:
5:30 – 12:30 PM: Excavation, Survey and Community Outreach Project
4:00 – 5:00 PM: General Lecture (Rahav Auditorium)
Ottoman Acre (‘Akka, ‘Akko) as Reflected in the Ceramic Record (Edna Stern)
5:00 – 7:00 PM: Pottery, Archaeozoology, Archaeobotany and Heavy Fraction Lab
Thursday August 3rd:
5:30 – 12:30: Excavation, Survey and Community Outreach Project
4:00 – 5:00: General Lecture (Rahav Auditorium)
Introduction to Conservation: Adi Sela Wiener
5:00 – 6:00 GIS Lecture (Dakar)
Creating and Manipulating Elevation Data and Distributional Analysis (Jane Skinner)
5:00 – 7:00 PM: Pottery, Archaeozoology, Archaeobotany and Heavy Fraction Lab
6:00 – 7:00 PM: General Lecture (Rahav Auditorium):
Ancient Coastlines, Anchorages and Harbors at Tel Akko (Michal Artzy)
Friday August 4th:
5:30 – 12:30 PM: Excavation and Survey
4:00 – 5:00 General Lecture (Rahav Auditorium)
Akko: From Napoleon to the Modern Time (Tammi Schneider)
5:00 – 7:00 PM: Pottery, Archaeozoology, Archaeobotany and Heavy Fraction Lab
7:00 PM: Shabbat Dinner
Saturday August 5th:
Breakfast: 7:30 AM
Lunch: 12:00 PM
Dinner: 7:00 PM
8:00 AM: Trip to Jerusalem (Gary Gilbert)
Week 4:
Sunday August 6th:
Breakfast: 7:30 AM
Lunch: 1:15 PM
Dinner: 7:00 PM
8:30 – 12:00 PM: (Departure from North Gate: 8:15)
General conservation tour of Akko (Shelley-Anne Peleg and Shachar-Puni)
4:00 – 5:00 PM: General Lecture (Rahav Auditorium)
The Jewish Communities of Akko (Gary Gilbert)
5:00 – 7:00 PM: GIS Lab/Workshop
Final discussion and lab time
5:00 – 7:00 PM: Pottery, Archaeozoology, Archaeobotany and Heavy Fraction Lab
Monday August 7th:
5:30 – 12:30 PM: Excavation and Survey
2:00 – 4:00 PM: Staff meeting
4:00 – 5:00 PM: General Lecture (Rahav Auditorium):
Islamic Communities of Akko (Nick Pumphrey)
5:00 – 7:00 PM: Pottery, Archaeozoology, Archaeobotany and Heavy Fraction Lab
Tuesday August 8th
5:30 – 12:30 PM: Excavation, Survey and Conservation Program (David Zell)
4:00 – 5:00 PM: Akko Youth Program Graduation Ceremony
5:00 – 7:00 PM: Pottery/Bone/Flotation lab
Wednesday August 9th
5:30 – 12:30 PM: Pottery, Archaeozoology, Archaeobotany and Heavy Fraction Lab
4:00 – 5:00 PM: General Lecture (Rahav Auditorium):
Ancient Coastlines, Anchorages and Harbors at Tel Akko (Michal Artzy)
5:00 – 7:00 PM: Pottery, Archaeozoology, Archaeobotany and Heavy Fraction Lab
Thursday August 10th:
5:30 – 12:30 PM: Closing Excavation
4:00 – 5:00 PM: General Lecture (Rahav Auditorium):
Careers in Archaeology: Cultural Resource Management (Justin Batista and Brett Seibert)
5:00 – 7:00 PM: Pottery, Archaeozoology, Archaeobotany and Heavy Fraction Lab
Friday August 11th:
5:25 – 12:30 PM: Closing Excavation
4:00 – 6:00 PM: General Lecture (Rahav Auditorium):
The Season’s Results (Staff)
6:30 PM: Final Dinner
Saturday August 12th: Student Departures
Students of participating universities can request information from Department heads.