Dates of Excavation: 28 June-11 August 2001
Description of Excavation
Excavation of Iron Age gate and Nabataean buildings at site of Khirbat al-Mudayna (central Jordan), including a regional survey of Wadi ath-Thamad.
Period of Excavation: Iron Age, Nabataean, and Early Roman
Directors: Dr. P.M. Michele Daviau, Wilfred Laurier University, Dr. Robert Chadwick (Asst. Director), Dr. Chris Foley (Survey Director)
Contact Person: Dr. P.M.M Daviau, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3C5, Canada
FAX: (519) 884-8853
E-mail: mdaviau@wlu.ca
Web site: http://www.wlu.ca/~wwwarch/jordan/index.html
Accepting students? Yes
Accepting volunteers? Yes, but housing may not be available
Academic credit available? Yes
Cost: $50 application fee, $2,200 CDN participation fee for Canadian residents; $1,700 participation fee for US and others. Airfare between $1,250 and $1,400.
Application deadline: Application and application fee due March 10, 2001; participation fee due April 10, 2001