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Field School Lecture Schedule

 

2015 Field School Lecture Schedule (tentative)

Note: Schedule Subject to change

Sunday, June 14t^h
Title: Gezer: History of Research and Goals and Objectives of the 2015 Season
Lecturers: Steve Ortiz and Sam Wolff

Monday, June 15^th
Title: Historical Geography of Ancient Israel
Lecturer: Dr. Steve Sanchez

Tuesday, June 16^th
Title: Archaeological Method and Theory
Lecturer: Dr. Steve Ortiz

Wednesday, June 17^th
Title: Tel Gezer: Bible, Sources, and Epigraphy
Lecturer: Dr. Robin Knauth

Thursday, June 18t^h
Title: The Bronze Age (2^nd Millennium BCE)
Lecturer: Cameron Coyle

Friday, June 19th
Free Evening

Saturday-Sunday, June 20-21st
Jerusalem

Monday, June 22^nd
Title: Tel Gath and the Philistines
Lecturer: Dr. Aren Meier (Bar Ilan University)

Tuesday, June 23rd
Title: Conservation in Archaeology
Lecturer: Rachel Arenstein

Wednesday, June 24^th
Title: Free Study Time
***Ceramic Workshop-Optional*** Steve Ortiz and Sam Wolff

Thursday, June 25^th
Title: The Hydraulic Systems of Ancient Israel/Tel Gezer Water System
Lecturer: Dr. Tsvika Tsuk, Israel Parks Authority

Friday, June 26^th
Free Evening

Saturday-Sunday, June 27^th-28^th
The South: Tour of the Judean Wilderness (Qumran, Masada, Dead Sea, En Gedi) and the Negev (Beersheba, Arad)

Monday, June 29th
Title: The Jaffa Cultural Heritage Project
Lecturer: Dr. Aaron Burke, UCLA

Tuesday, June 30th
Title: The Iron Age I Period
Lecturer: Dr. Gary Arbino

Wednesday, July 1st
Title: Free Study Time
***Ceramic Workshop-Optional*** Steve Ortiz and Sam Wolff

Thursday, July 2nd
4^th of July Party

Friday-Sunday, July 3rd—5^th
The North: Caesarea, Megiddo, Sea of Galilee, Mt. of Beatitudes, Capernaum, Golan, Tel Dan, Caesarea Philippi, etc.

Monday, July 6^th
Title: Khirbet Qeiyafa
Lecturer: Dr. Yossi Garfinkel, Hebrew University

Tuesday, July 7^th
Title: The Iron Age II Period
Lecturer: Dr. Gary Arbino

Wednesday, July 8^th
Title: Free Study Time
***Ceramic Workshop-Optional*** Steve Ortiz and Sam Wolff

Thursday, July 9^th  
Title: 2007 Gezer Results and Goals and Strategy for the Future
Lecturers: Dr. Steve Ortiz and Dr. Sam Wolff

Friday, July 10^th
Final Exam
Final Party