Over the past five years, UCLA archaeologist Ran Boytner and USC archaeologist Lynn Dodd have served as facilitators for a team of prominent Israeli and Palestinian archaeologists who have negotiated the first-ever framework for the disposition of the region's archaeological treasures following the future establishment of a Palestinian state. The team's recommendations, which can be implemented in the context of a two-state peace solution, were presented to Israeli archaeologists at an April 8 conference in Jerusalem.
The project was funded in part by a grant from the United States Institute of Peace (USIP).
Video Blog from the Fayum Oasis Archaeological Project in Egypt. In this week's episode, students arrive in Egypt, get acquainted with their new surroundings, and visit the ancient necropolis at Sakkara.
This program is part of the UCLA Archaeology Field Program
(www.archaeology.ucla.edu) and is directed by Dr. Willeke Wendrich.
Video Blog from the Fayum Oasis Archaeological Project in Egypt. In this week's episode, students get a lesson on site management at the ruins of Karanis.
This program is part of the UCLA Archaeology Field Program
(www.archaeology.ucla.edu) and is directed by Dr. Willeke Wendrich.
Video Blog from the Fayum Oasis Archaeological Project in Egypt. In this week's episode, students do some bone-collecting... but fight over who gets to keep the skull.
This program is part of the UCLA Archaeology Field Program
(www.archaeology.ucla.edu) and is directed by Dr. Willeke Wendrich.
Professor Jesse Byock of UCLA is the principal investigator of the Mosfell Archaeological Project (MAP), an international research project employing the tools of archaeology, physical anthropology, saga studies, and environmental sciences. MAP works closely with the National Museum of Iceland and the town of Mosfellsbær. The goal of this interdisciplinary project is to construct a picture of human habitation and environmental change in the region of Mosfell in Iceland.
