Textbook Readings - Mazar, pages 20-34

• Stratigraphy
• Excavation Methods
• Coping with the Finds
• Regional Studies
• Chronology
• Terminology and Periodization
• Ideology and Interpretation
• Notes

Course Notes

• Go here for the notes for this assignment

BAR Resources

"BAR" is Biblical Archaeology Review - volumes are located in the Magazine Stacks of Golden Library, at the far back center of the Ground Floor. BAR is on Reserve through the semester - volumes are to be kept in the Library, available for all students. Students may use BAR at the computers in the Library.
Each year, the January-February issue of BAR contains a listing and descriptions of current digs in Israel, and some in Jordan, links to their Web Sites, and usually also some articles by students and volunteers about their experiences on digs. Check out some of these articles to help with your assignment. The articles listed below should be particularly helpful

• 1991 January-February, page 34 - Starting a new dig
• 1992 January-February, page 50 - Dig Reports
• 1993 January-February, page 46 - Accounts from digs
• 1994 January-February, page 64 - Questions to ask before joining a dig
• 1994 January-February, page 66 - Diggers
• 1995 January-February, page 56 - Student dig reports
• 1995 January-February, page 68 - Glossary of Archaeological Terms - Illustrated
• 2008 January-February, pages 28-33 - Updates on digs, and student reports on digs

If you cannot get to the ENMU campus to check out BAR, and if your local Library does not carry this journal, don't worry - there is enough supplementary material in the Internet Links for you to be able to do well on the assignment.

InterNet Resources

• Go here for the page of links to InterNet Resources
• other useful articles can be found by using the Topics as search words in Search Engines such as MSN, Dogpile, or AltaVista

This Week's Assignment

• Three Reflection Papers - on a separate Web Page
• Remember to cite your sources
• Use MSWord or a text editor such as Notepad to prepare and save your work, then send it as an Attachment to, or pasted into, an email message to Dr. Rollinson at rollinsondr@yahoo.com,rollinsondr@hellokitty.com,rollinsondr@catholic.org.
  Please use all 3 email addresses in case any of the maiboxes go down.