Tel Dor – 2000, 2002, 2003
Authors:   Israel Antiquities
                        Authority, Sharon Ilan ,   Israel Antiquities
                        Authority, Gilboa Ayelet ,   Israel Antiquities
                        Authority, Stewart Andrew ,   Israel Antiquities
                        Authority, Bloch-Smith Elisabeth 
Published: December 2024

The seasons reported here mark a transition of management, and to a
certain extent, of strategy and aims in the Tel Dor project. The last field
season of the former expedition, headed for twenty years by E. Stern of the
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, was in 2000 (License No. G-98/2000).
Following Professor Stern's retirement and a decision by several of the
remaining staff to continue the project, the consortium was re-established
in the following years, directed by I. Sharon and A. Gilboa. The new
expedition conducted limited field operations in 2002 and 2003 (License
No.G-40/2003), pending a fuller field season in 2004. The institutions
participating in the project (past and present) included the Institute of
Archaeology of the Hebrew University, Jerusalem (E. Stern, 2000; I. Sharon,
2003); the Zinman Institute of Archaeology, University of Haifa (A. Gilboa,
2002, 2003); the Kimmel Center for Archaeological Sciences at the Weizmann
Institute of Science (S. Weiner, 2002, 2003); the University of California
at Berkeley, Department of Art History (A. Stewart, 2000, 2003); the
Department of Classics, University of Washington in Seattle (S. Stroup,
2003); the University of South Africa (W. Boshoff, 2000). Non-academic
affiliates in 2000 included a large contingent from Germany, organized by W.
Haury and B. Steiner. The expedition's senior staff included J. Berg (senior
field archaeologist), E. Bloch-Smith and A. Estes (field supervisors), B.
Har-Even, N. Kranot, S. Buchwald, T. Goldman, Y. Shalev, J. Yeldin-Sloan, C.
McGowan and D. Stitz (area supervision), S. Matskevich (surveying and
drafting), A. Killebrew (cultural heritage and conservation), R. Linn (field
conservation), O. Cohen (mosaic restoration), N. Vilozhni and M. Lavi
(fresco restoration), L. Bartosciewicz and N. Raban (archaeozoology), E.
Boaretto (radiocarbon dating), R. Shachak-Gross (micromorphology), F. Berna
(sediment chemistry), R. Albert (phytolith analysis), S. Shalev
(archaeometallurgy), R. Rosenthal-Heginbottom (Persian-Roman pottery), A.
Choyke (bone tools), B. Guz-Zilberstein (Persian-Roman pottery, registrar
and museum curator), Y. Hirshberg (photographer and museum director), U.
Smilansky and A. Karasik (ceramics shape-analysis), V. Rosen (artifact
drawing), R. Gross (pottery restoration), R. Assis (administration), A.
Haiem (administration and ceramic counts).The expedition was supported by
the Israel Exploration Society, The Berman Foundation for Biblical
Archaeology, the Kimmel Foundation for Archaeological Science, and was
hosted by the Pardes Hanna Agricultural School, Qibbuz Nahsholim and the
Nahsholim guest house. Conservation work was carried out with the support
and collaboration of the Israel Antiquities Authority's conservation
department (A. Freundlich) and the Israel National Parks and Nature
Protection Authority.