Archaeology’s Dilemma Making Artifacts Useful. Caesarea Maritima.

Archaeology’s DilemmaArchaeology’s DilemmaMaking Artifacts UsefulMaking Artifacts Useful

CaesareaMaritima

Tell Halif

Lahav Research Project

TELL HALIF SETTLEMENT HISTORY

STRATUM PERIOD DATE

XVII Chalcolithic 3500-3200 BCXVI EB I 3200-2900 BC (Gap?) EB II 2900-2600 BCXV EB IIIA 2600-2500 BC _________________________ Destruction ___________________________

XIV EB III A-B 2500-2450 BC XIII EB III B 2450-2400 BC XII EB III B 2400-2300 BC

_________________________ Destruction ___________________________

TELL HALIF SETTLEMENT HISTORY

STRATUM PERIOD DATEXI LB IA 1550-1475 BC X LB IB 1475-1400 BCIX LB IIA 1400-1300 BC VIII LB IIB 1300-1200 BCVII Iron I 1200-900 BC VI B Iron II 900-700 BC

_________________________ Destruction ___________________________

VI A Iron II 700-650 BC(Gap) Late Iron II 650-500 BCV Persian 500-300 BCIV Hellenistic 300-100 BC

Future of sherds as artifacts

Figurine 70843Horse and rider

Figurine 1904

Cypriot pyxis, Early BronzePierides Museum storeroom

Storeroom of Pierides

Mesoamerican artifacts in the LoisDowdle Cobb Museum(in the vault!)

ANAGLYPH MOVIESCreated by Dr. V. Tsioukas

Black terracotta of deity instanding position. Veracruz, Mexico.

Virtual archive as accessible recordintegrity of a collectiontotal publication

Virtual workplace for staff

Virtual tool for future scholars

Combined collections for virtualresearch database

Cobb Institute of Cobb Institute of ArchaeologyArchaeology

DigMaster II web siteDigMaster II web site

www.cobb.msstate.edu/diwww.cobb.msstate.edu/digmaster2/gmaster2/

Tall Halif, Tell Maresha, Pierides Tall Halif, Tell Maresha, Pierides Museum, Lois Dowdle Cobb MuseumMuseum, Lois Dowdle Cobb Museum

Pierides Museum, Larnaca, Cyprus

Holdings in the storage room

Woman with ChildWoman with Child