Both the Staff and Volunteer group flights depart from London Heathrow Terminal 2. You should collect your ticket a minimum of 2 hours prior to the flight from the Olympic Airways desk in terminal 2, and then proceed to the check in. You should meet at the Olympic Airways desk, as you MUST check in as a group. If you plan to travel before or after the excavation, take the allotted time into account. New policies in theDepartment of Antiquities of Jordan regarding the export of artifacts for study have compelled us to change some of our plans for this summer that will effect our schedule.
Excavators are no longer able to export significant amounts of artifacts for analysis abroad.
When we planned the expedition in 1997, we could export finds to our laboratories at UCSD and Bristol so that we could process materials year-round. As this is no longer possible, this summer, we can not excavate on the scale that we did in earlier seasons. This means in addition to the excavation, we will complete our archaeological field survey along the Wadi Fidan, conduct more intensive data processing during the field season, and prepare the four sites we have excavated in the JHF for eco-tourism by constructing presentation walls and placing signs at the sites. From your perspective, this means you will have a richer exposure to the archaeological process of excavation, survey and site conservation. You can still earn 12 units of University of California academic credit.