Program

Research Programs: Basic Research

Period of Performance

4/1/1983 - 3/31/1986

Funding Totals (outright + matching)

$67,000.00 (approved)
$67,000.00 (awarded)


Chicago Euphrates Archaeological Project

FAIN: RO-20556-83

University of Chicago (Chicago, IL 60637-5418)
Leon Marfoe (Project Director: October 1982 to October 1990)

To support the continuation of salvage excavations at the Early Bronze Age siteof Kurban Hoyuk in southeastern Turkey. This project belongs to an international rescue effort undertaken by archaeologists excavating along the Euphrates valley before the region is flooded by the damming of the river.