Program

Research Programs: Basic Research

Period of Performance

5/1/1984 - 6/30/1985

Funding Totals (outright + matching)

$37,969.00 (approved)
$37,969.00 (awarded)


Excavations in the Ancient Harbors of Caesarea Maritima, Israel

FAIN: RO-20769-84

University of Colorado, Boulder (Boulder, CO 80303-1058)
Robert L. Hohlfelder (Project Director: October 1983 to October 1990)

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

Previous award RO-20541-83

To provide continuing support for the survey and excavation of the submerged harbor complex of Caesarea Martima, Israel, which was constructed by Herod the Great ca. 10 B.C. A team of scholars will investigate innovations in maritime technology and the development of hydraulic concrete in antiquity.