August 4, 2016
A 15-year partnership
For fifteen years, Concordia University has been most pleased to partner with the Zinman Institute of Archaeology at the University of Haifa on the Hippos Excavations. I am most thankful for the colleagues from Haifa, during the first eleven years with Prof. Arthur Segal and his associate, Michael Eisenberg, and more recently with Dr. Eisenberg and his team, including Arleta and Nofar.
These folks from Haifa have been most gracious and supportive, and demonstrate what is possible when institutions cooperate internationally.
I am proud to be part of this project and will miss very much interactions in the field with these colleagues.
August 10, 2016
What’s next for the Northeast Insula Project?
by Dr. Mark Schuler • 2016 • Tags: Hippos, NIP, publication
Now that the field work is over, people often ask what I will do now.
Work on the Northeast Insula Project is far from over! The project is shifting from the field work phase to the publication phase. So, I expect to be involved in the Northeast Insula Project for a number of years.
First of all, I will be writing a report on the 2016 season. That report will be submitted to my colleagues at Haifa, along with supporting documentation. I will also post that complete report here under the menu item “Excavation Reports.”
Secondly, I will be reorganizing all the data from the dig over fifteen years and publishing much of that data on this site. I want anyone interested to be able to see as much detail about the field work as possible. I will also include in this phase copies of all papers I have presented on the excavation (along with the supporting slides).
Lastly, there is the Final Report. I am not sure at this early stage about the format or the publisher. But it is so very important for future scholarship to provide a comprehensive discussion of the work of the last decade and a half. And that will happen.
Even though I am no longer in the field, the Northeast Insula Project will be a going concern for a number of years. And I will also follow closely the work of my colleagues from Haifa and elsewhere on this beautiful mountain overlooking the Sea.