Over 400 tons of refuse were removed before excavation began, and excavation of the site was begun in 1999 with the Israel Antiquities Authority. In 2000, the Institute of Archaeology at Tel Aviv University joined the project, and excavations were conducted by Dr Raphael Greenberg and M.A. candidate Gilad Cinamon. As the project is community-sponsored, priorities must be established by consensus. This requires complete disclosure on the part of the archaeologists of the methods and requirements of the discipline, and of the results of the excavation. A significant tool is the project's website, which will eventually house a full record of the excavation, along with interpretetive texts on various levels.
Ongoing work includes the integration of the site into local educational curricula.
Click here to go to the official website for the Rogem Ganim Project in Community Archaeology .