2008 Excavation­s of the Jaffa Cultural Heritage Project

Where: 2008 Annual Meeting (Boston, MA), American Schools of Oriental Research Dates: 19th November 2008 - 22nd November 2008 When: 21st November 2008, 9am - 10am

Co-presented with Martin Peilstocker

In 2008 the Jaffa Cultural Heritage Project, under the auspices of the University of California, Los Angeles, the Israel Antiquities Authority, and Mainz University, inaugurated a program of research excavations in the vicinity of the Kikkar HaQedumim visitor’s center, formerly Area C of Jacob Kaplan’s 1960s excavations. The renewed excavations are intended to provide further clarity regarding the stratigraphy in this area and to build upon the results provided by one of Kaplan’s largest excavation fields. This data is crucial to the projects efforts to publish the pre-Hellenistic remains of Jacob Kaplan’s excavations in Jaffa, as well as useful for shedding light on the character of Jaffa’s earliest settlement during the Middle Bronze Age. This paper will present the results of this season’s excavations, their significance with respect to our understanding of Jaffa’s settlement history, and illustrate how this undertaking supports the project’s various initiatives.

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