Archaeology’s Dilemma Making Artifacts Useful

Caesarea Maritima

Tell Halif Lahav Research Project

TELL HALIF SETTLEMENT HISTORY STRATUM PERIOD DATE XVII Chalcolithic BC XVI EB I BC (Gap?) EB II BC XV EBIIIA BC _________________________ Destruction ___________________________ XIV EB III A-B BC XIII EB III B BC XII EB III B BC _________________________ Destruction ___________________________

TELL HALIF SETTLEMENT HISTORY STRATUM PERIOD DATE XI LB IA BC X LB IB BC IX LB IIA BC VIII LB IIB BC VII Iron I BC VI B Iron II BC _________________________ Destruction ___________________________ VI A Iron II BC (Gap) Late Iron II BC V Persian BC IV Hellenistic BC

Future of sherds as artifacts

Figurine Horse and rider

Figurine 1904

Cypriot pyxis, Early Bronze Pierides Museum storeroom

Storeroom of Pierides

Mesoamerican artifacts in the Lois Dowdle Cobb Museum (in the vault!)

ANAGLYPH MOVIES Created by Dr. V. Tsioukas Black terracotta of deity in standing position. Veracruz, Mexico.

Virtual archive as accessible record integrity of a collection total publication Virtual workplace for staff Virtual tool for future scholars Combined collections for virtual research database

Cobb Institute of Archaeology DigMaster II web site DigMaster II web site Tall Halif, Tell Maresha, Pierides Museum, Lois Dowdle Cobb Museum

Pierides Museum, Larnaca, Cyprus Holdings in the storage room

Woman with Child