Program

Research Programs: Basic Research

Period of Performance

5/1/1975 - 4/30/1977

Funding Totals (outright + matching)

$27,500.00 (approved)
$27,500.00 (awarded)


Archaeological Investigations at Tell Jemmeh, Israel

FAIN: RO-12475-75

Smithsonian Institution (Washington, DC 20560-0001)
Gus W. Van Beek (Project Director: May 1975 to present)

To support the excavations at Tell Jemmeh, Israel during 1975 and 1976 which will engender new insights into a facet of cultural history that is not well known as well as provide the opportunity to develop new archeological techniques yielding additional data and increasing the reliability of historical and cultural interpretations.