Program

Research Programs: Basic Research

Period of Performance

5/1/1983 - 4/30/1984

Funding Totals (outright + matching)

$25,000.00 (approved)
$25,000.00 (awarded)


Excavations in the Ancient Harbors of Caesarea Maritima, Israel

FAIN: RO-20541-83

University of Colorado, Boulder (Boulder, CO 80303-1058)
Robert Hohlfelder (Project Director: October 1982 to October 1990)

This project also received funding with the renewal award listed below.

Subsequent award (renewal) RO-20769-84

To support the continuation of underwater excavations in the harbor of CaesareaMaritima, Israel. This Roman and Byzantine harbor was one of the largest portsin the eastern Mediterranean and one of the earliest to use hydraulic concrete and sophisticated harbor engineering.