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Jul, 2017

By Jennifer Munro

Conch Shell find at Tel Akko

The conch shell can be an instrument with multiple meanings and uses.

How old the custom of blowing it is and whence it originated are not known. Probably the first musical instruments that were ever invented were made of shells. Shell trumpets have been known since the Magdalenian period (Upper Paleolithic), one example being the “conch Marsoulas”, an archeological Charonia lampas shell trumpet which is on display at the Museum de Toulouse. As might be expected from an instrument that has been around since neolithic times, conch-shell trumpets are found almost everywhere, including inland areas. In Israel/Palestine, the [Charonia tritonis nodifera] conch trumpet was used at a very early stage in antiquity (from approximately the third millennium B.C.[E.] on).

 

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Jul, 2017

By Jennifer Munro

JAKE SPRINGER

Penn State University

CAMS (Classics & Ancient Mediterranean Studies) & Secondary Education Double Major

I came to Akko to gain crucial archaeological experience. As I plan on being a history teacher, I feel obligated to be able to tell my students as much as possible about history. The reality of archaeology is a crucial facet of historical studies, especially if one wishes to pursue it as a career. I’d love go further than just one classroom soon after graduation and work in administration or even in government.

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Jul, 2017
EVAN TAYLOR

By Jennifer Munro

EVAN TAYLOR

University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Anthropology (B.A.  & M.A.) PhD student.

I am an anthropologist who does research on the relationships between local communities and state heritage projects. In addition to Akko , I also do this research in Rhodes, Greece

 

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Jul, 2017
Prof. Ann E. Killebrew, Departments of Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies, Jewish Studies and Anthropology, the Pennsylvania State University and Research Fellow at the Leon Recanati Institute for Maritime Studies, University of Haifa

By Jennifer Munro

ANN E. KILLEBREW (Pennsylvania State University; 2010–2019)

Ann E. Killebrew is an Associate Professor at the Pennsylvania State University. For the past thirty-five years, she has participated in or directed numerous archaeological projects in Israel, Egypt, and Turkey. Her research focuses on the Bronze and Iron Ages in the eastern Mediterranean, ancient ceramic studies, Roman and Byzantine Palestine, new technologies and 3D documentation in archaeology, and heritage studies/community archaeology. She serves as a co-director for the Tel Akko Total Archaeology Project.

 

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28
Jul, 2017

By Jennifer Munro

TAMMI SCHNEIDER

Claremont Graduate University.

PhD.

I am a professor of religion at CGU. I love digging!

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27
Jul, 2017

By Jennifer Munro

Cats are always cats

The domestic cat has stamped its claws on ancient history. A long time ago someone left some amphora to dry in a place clearly owned by a cat. The mark of its claws is visible in the clay where the cat may have scratched or stretched. Centuries later this piece was found on Tel Akko.

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26
Jul, 2017

By Jennifer Munro

SPENCER SILVER

The University of Iowa.
Ancient Civilizations and Religious Studies.
I am entering my senior year at the University of Iowa. You can often find me in the Classics department on campus. I enjoy studying First Temple Judaism and the ancient near east. In addition, I spend my time learning New Testament Greek, Biblical Hebrew, and Biblical/Targumic Aramaic.
Tel Akko is the beginning of my archaeological experience. I will be writing from the perspective of an individual with no archaeological knowledge. I look forward to learning about archaeology first-hand.
Interests: traveling, family, Delta Zeta, Classics, linguistics
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Jul, 2017

By Jennifer Munro

CAS POPP

Pennsylvania State University

B.A. Anthropology | B.A. Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies | M.A. Anthropology

A stone tool and ancient economy specialist, I am in the process of finishing my Master’s degree at Penn State. My background includes extensive experience in Mesoamerican archaeology, intertextual biblical studies and competencies in Latin and Ancient Greek. I can often be found getting excited about strange rocks and then sharing them around the breakfast table.

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The lion of Tel akko
The lion and the oil lamp
Conch Shell find at Tel Akko
EVAN TAYLOR
EVAN TAYLOR
Prof. Ann E. Killebrew, Departments of Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies, Jewish Studies and Anthropology, the Pennsylvania State University and Research Fellow at the Leon Recanati Institute for Maritime Studies, University of Haifa
ANN E. KILLEBREW (Pennsylvania State University; 2010–2019)
TAMMI SCHNEIDER
Cats are always cats
Tiny amulet showing a ram
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