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Tuesday, September 24, 2019 at 6:00pm
Goldwin Smith Hall, G22
232 East Ave, Central Campus
On September 24, 2019, Ann E. Killebrew, Associate Professor of Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies, Jewish Studies and Anthropology at Penn State University will give a talk on
Total Archaeology at Tel Akko, Israel: New Approaches to Akko’s Past, Present and Future
Lecture summary:
As one of the few safe anchorages along the southern Levantine coast, Akko has served as a major maritime center and cross-roads between east and west for over five millennia. First excavated by Moshe Dothan (1973 – 1989), the renewed excavations at Tel Akko (2010 – present) under the direction of Ann E. Killebrew (Pennsylvania State University) and Michal Artzy (University of Haifa) incorporate an integrated, “total archaeology” approach to exploring and preserving the site’s past, present, and future. This lecture will present the results of our excavations at Canaanite and Phoenician Akko including the discovery of a Phoenician iron smithing industrial center, our development of cutting-edge technologies to document and reconstruct the site’s past, and the role of the city’s diverse local communities in the protection of Akko’s shared cultural heritage.
Classics, History of Art and Visual Studies, Near Eastern Studies
Sarah Blitz
607-255-9861
Ann E. Killebrew
Penn State University
Please contact slb343@cornell.edu for accommodations
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